front matter
111 synonyms found
- acknowledgments
- anteriority
- article
- avant-propos
- back
- back matter
- bastard title
- bibliography
- bold front
- book
- brave face
- brave front
- breakthrough
- catch line
- catchword
- chapter
- clause
- colophon
- contents
- contents page
- copyright page
- dedication
- display
- endleaf
- endpaper
- endsheet
- errata
- exordium
- facade
- face
- facet
- facia
- fascicle
- flyleaf
- folio
- fore
- fore edge
- forefront
- foreground
- forehand
- foreland
- forepart
- forequarter
- foreside
- foreword
- front
- front elevation
- front man
- front page
- front view
- frontage
- frontal
- frontier
- frontispiece
- gathering
- half-title page
- head
- heading
- imprint
- index
- innovation
- inscription
- introduction
- lap
- leaf
- leap
- makeup
- number
- obverse
- overture
- page
- paragraph
- passage
- phrase
- postulate
- preamble
- preface
- prefix
- prefixture
- preliminaries
- preliminary
- prelude
- premise
- presupposition
- priority
- proem
- prolegomena
- prolegomenon
- prolepsis
- prologue
- proscenium
- protasis
- recto
- reverso
- running title
- section
- sentence
- sheet
- signature
- subtitle
- table of contents
- tail
- text
- title
- title page
- trim size
- type page
- verse
- verso
- voluntary
- window dressing
Definition
(n) :
written matter preceding the main text of a book