foreword

Meanings

Noun

a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).

Origin / Etymology

Morphologically fore- + word. Calque of German Vorwort, itself a calque of Latin praefatio (“preface”). Cognate with German Low German Vörwoord (“foreword”), Dutch voorwoord (“foreword”), West Frisian foarwurd (“foreword”), Danish forord (“preface; proviso”), Swedish förord (“foreword”). Compare also Old English forword, foreword (“proviso; condition”).

Synonyms

forespeech, foretale, foretalk, foreword, preface, prolusion

Antonyms

afterword, back matter, conclusion, endsay, epilogue, foreword, last word, postamble

Scrabble Score: 15

foreword is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
foreword is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
foreword is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

foreword is a valid Words With Friends word