inaugural
Marks the start
Inaugural describes something that marks a beginning or first occurrence, particularly the formal start of an official term or institution.
An inaugural address is the speech a leader gives upon taking office; an inaugural flight is an airline's first on a new route.
As a noun, the inaugural refers specifically to the ceremony installing a president or other official.
We watched the inaugural on television.
The word emphasizes ceremony and significance rather than mere chronological firstness.
First public appearance
- premiereFirst public performance
- maidenUnmarried young woman
- initialName's opening letter
- foundingCreating an organization originally
opening · groundbreaking · pioneering · trailblazing · precedent-setting · historic · landmark · genesis
Official oath-taking ceremony
- oathFormal binding promise
- capitolState legislative building
- presidentElected leader of nation
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
platform · bible · dignitaries · pomp · pageantry · tradition · democracy · mandate
Ceremony conferring rank
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- inductionFormal admission process
- institutionEstablished organization or custom
establishment · dedication · consecration · ordination · accession · elevation · assumption · enshrinement
debut
First public appearance
founding · opening · groundbreaking · pioneering · trailblazing · precedent-setting · historic · landmark · genesis · origin
swearing-in
Official oath-taking ceremony
podium · platform · bible · dignitaries · pomp · pageantry · tradition · democracy · mandate · administration
investiture
Ceremony conferring rank
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- inductionFormal admission process
institution · establishment · dedication · consecration · ordination · accession · elevation · assumption · enshrinement
address
Speak to formally
proclamation · declaration · vision · agenda · unity · discourse · oratory · remarks · tribute · promise
ball
Spherical plaything or gala
- galaFestive formal occasion
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
festivities · reception · banquet · concert · luncheon · gathering · black-tie · dancing · guests · invitations
- public speakingspeech, public speaking, keynotes, keynote speeches, oratory
- announcementsannouncement, declaration, proclamation, pronouncement, statement
- beginningsbegin, beginning, start, first, opening
- innovationinnovation, invention, innovative, innovate, breakthrough
- speechesspeech, addresses, historic speeches, lecture, soliloquy
- firstsfirst, initial, beginning, start, opening
inauguralvaledictory
Farewell address or oration
farewell · outgoing · departing · removal · retirement
- presidential inaugurationFormal assumption of executive office
- inaugural addressLeader's first formal oration
- inaugural speechFirst formal address after taking office
- inaugural ballFormal dance after inauguration
- inaugural addressesNew leaders' first formal speeches
- Inauguration DayStart of presidential term
inaugurate, inauguration, inaugurated, inaugurating, inaugurates, inaugurator, inaugurations, inaugurators, inaugurals