Synonyms of the word

prelim

• adj. preliminary.
• n. (informal) Something preliminary, such as a trial, report, race, etc.

athletics

• n. (sports) Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill.
• n. A group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country and racewalking.

exam

• n. (informal) Shortened form of examination especially when meaning test or in compound terms.
• v. (sciences) Shortened form of examine.

examination

• n. The act of examining.
• n. Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness…
• n. A formal test involving answering written or oral questions with no or limited access to text books or…

preliminary

• adj. in preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory.
• n. A preparation for a main matter; an introduction.
• n. Any of a series of sports events that determine the finalists.
• n. A relatively minor contest that precedes a major one, especially in boxing.

test

• n. A challenge, trial.
• n. A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
• n. (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
• n. A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to…
• n. (cricket, normally “Test”) A Test match.
• n. (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars…
• n. (botany) Testa; seed coat.
• n. (obsolete) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
• v. To challenge.
• v. To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
• v. To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle…
• v. (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
• v. To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its…
• v. (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
• v. (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
• n. (obsolete) A witness.
• v. (obsolete) To make a testament, or will.