inaugural

  • (a) occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction
    • the President's inaugural address
    • an inaugural ball
  • (s) serving to set in motion
    • the magazine's inaugural issue
    • the initiative phase in the negotiations
    • an initiatory step toward a treaty
    • his first (or maiden) speech in Congress
    • the liner's maiden voyage
    initiative, initiatory, maiden, first,

Nouns

  • (n) an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president) inaugural address,
  • (n) the ceremonial induction into a position
    • the new president obviously enjoyed his inauguration
    inauguration,

Synonyms

inaugural address initiative initiatory maiden first inauguration

Antonyms

exaugural

Words of close approximity

inaugural address inaugurally