before anything else

ADVERB

principally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically chiefly first and foremost generally importantly largely mostly notably particularly predominantly

STRONG

primarily

WEAK

above all cardinally dominantly eminently especially essentially first of all for the most part fundamentally in the first place in the main materially peculiarly preeminently prevailingly prevalently substantially superlatively supremely to a great degree universally vitally

Antonyms

WEAK

secondarily trivially

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before anything else

Sunday, before anything else, was a celebration of the WNBA’s existence and the pioneers who fought to bring the game to its current standing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

You see the fist before anything else, glowing in the hot Florida sun.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

Parsons, now A24's youngest ever director, has one solemn tip for survival in the Backrooms: "Make peace with it before anything else, because I don't like to give false optimism."

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

To make matters worse, it probably won't be until the 2040s before anything else we send there arrives.

From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2024

A horrible idea had just occurred to him, and he had to warn Chacho before anything else happened.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

before anything else

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