overtures Definition

feeler, prelude, approach, advance, preliminary, suggestions, proposals, attempts, gestures, bids, advances, offers, initiatives, approaches, postures, flicks, openings, tenders, apertures, clearings, entreaties, feelers, counteroffer, counterproposal, rapprochement, protestations, suitors, pleas, wooing, courting, concessions, gesture, offer, olive branch, ultimatums, talks, prodding, blandishments, rumblings, invitation, request, criticisms, saber rattling, insistence, inducements, dalliance, noises, rebuff, pledges, moves, flirtation, snubs, negotiations, courtship, inroads, discussions, demands, accusation, promises, assurances, pronouncements, commitments, forays, calls, emissaries, stance, assertions, provocations, threats, efforts, whispers, allegations, bid, detente, siren song, avowal, belligerence, dealings, enticements, conversations, headway, attentions, strides, rumors, pacts, reticence, gambit, insinuations, misgivings, inquiries, handshakes, dialogue, declarations, vow, megadeal, remark, announcement, intransigence, hostility, negotiating,