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Definition of first : 1. Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; - much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
3. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
4. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.
5. The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; - so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a preeminence in the combined effect.

Synonyms:

eldest, start-off, start, kickoff, capital, automobile, paramount, ideal, great, grand, engineer, commanding, arch, progenitor, mainly, outset, master, previous, at first, leading, number one, 2.1, commencement ceremony, scratch line, opening, initiative, first-class honours degree, stolon, for the first time, set-back, not just any..., depression, at the end of the day, send-off, prime, pioneer, rudimentary, major, front, lead, antecedent, front-end, virgin, defrost, in essence, essentially, originator, oldest, zinger, creator, first class, graduation exercise, jumper cables, visionary, offshoot, premiere, predominant, initiatory, first of all, low gear, starting signal, since, runner, ordinal, big, setoff, archetypical, last, earliest, cardinal, basic, leadoff, principal, head start, jump, revelation, graduation, first off, car wash, best, firstly, commencement, headmost, high, a blinding revelation/realization/vision, second to none, supereminent, lube job, affront, anterior, head, basically, shock, scandal, a first, a rude awakening, low, get-go, advanced degree, sovereign, source, ultimate, from the get-go, startle, par excellence, by the time, importantly, offset printing, jump leads, firstborn, top, chief, rootage, bachelor's degree, the AAA, presiding, body shop, associate degree, world-class, first base, incomparable, root, earlier, greatest, B.A., counterbalance, branch, author, preeminent, premier, prototypic, highest, Associate of Arts, inceptive, dominant, starting line, main, central, all along, the fact (of the matter) is, inventor, associate, scratch, 1st, creative commons, important, first gear, unsurpassed, advance, commencement exercise, frontmost, overbearing, forward, showtime, A.A., auto, origin, starting time, first-year, key, before, baccalaureate, number 1, surprise, numero uno, freshman, offset, primary, archetypal, first-rate, overmastering, there is no substitute for something, supreme, blow, overriding, barely, outgrowth, prototypal, prior, 2.2

formative, infant, inaugural, maiden, fetal, commencing, initial, early, dawned, preparatory, Genesis, foremost, beginning, nascent, primal, primeval, germinal, introductory, aboriginal, hatching, alpha, newborn, new, original, precursory, incipient, preliminary, embryonic, sprouting, primordial, budding, emerging, infantile, starting, baby

novel, ingenious, prototypical, unique, genuine, innovative, creative, authentic

initially, at first under first, to begin with

Usage examples:

• I was very angry with you when you came to me that first day. - "The Literary Sense", E. Nesbit.
• First him and then her! - "The Last Straw", William J. Smith.
• First time I see him, jus' lak' any man. - "Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer", Jessie Graham Flower.