preface

Nouns

(n) a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book foreword, prolusion,

Verbs

(v) furnish with a preface or introduction
- She always precedes her lectures with a joke
- He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution
premise, precede, introduce,

Synonyms

premise precede introduce foreword prolusion

Words of close approximity

prefab