premiered

Opened to audiences

Premiered is the past tense of premiere, meaning to have a first public performance or showing.

Films premiere at festivals, plays premiere on Broadway, television series premiere in the fall: The documentary premiered at Sundance.

The word can also be transitive: HBO premiered the series last night.

entertainment

red-carpet

Lavish welcome for dignitaries

star-studded · marquee · applause · ovation · celebrities · director · cast · critics · box-office · cinema

debut

unveiling

Act of first revealing

curtain-raiser · bow · entrance · arrival · emergence · inception · commencement · kickoff · outset · genesis

broadcast

aired

Transmitted via broadcast

live · syndicated · network · channel · viewers · ratings · episode · pilot · series · season

theatrical

proscenium

Theater's architectural frame

intermission · libretto · tableau · choreography · understudy · monologue · soliloquy · stage · footlights · Broadway

Categories
Opposites
temporal sequence of presentation

premieredrevived

Restored to consciousness

reprised · re-aired · rerun · restaged · re-released

production lifecycle

premieredclosed

Not accessible now

ended · cancelled · concluded · wrapped · finished

Phrases
Family

premier, premiere, premieres, premiering, premiers

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G