start - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of starting something

Synonyms

• beginning
• commencement
• start

More generic

• change of state

Opposite / Antonyms

• finish

More specific

• activation
• attack
• constitution
• creation
• debut
• entry
• establishment
• face-off
• first appearance
• first step
• formation
• foundation
• founding
• groundbreaking
• groundbreaking ceremony
• housing start
• icebreaker
• inauguration
• initiation
• initiative
• innovation
• installation
• installing
• installment
• instalment
• instauration
• institution
• introduction
• jump ball
• jumping-off point
• kickoff
• launching
• opening
• opening move
• organisation
• organization
• origination
• point of departure
• recommencement
• resumption
• scrum
• scrummage
• springboard
• startup
• tone-beginning
• unveiling

Noun

a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

Synonyms

• start
• starting

More generic

• play
• turn

Noun

a sudden involuntary movement

Synonyms

• jump
• start
• startle

More generic

• inborn reflex
• innate reflex
• instinctive reflex
• physiological reaction
• reflex
• reflex action
• reflex response
• unconditioned reflex

More specific

• Moro reflex
• flinch
• startle reaction
• startle reflex
• startle response
• wince

Noun

the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)

Synonyms

• head start
• start

More generic

• advantage
• vantage

Noun

a signal to begin (as in a race)

Synonyms

• start
• starting signal

More generic

• sign
• signal
• signaling

Noun

the beginning of anything

Synonyms

• start

More generic

• beginning

More specific

• adrenarche
• alpha
• curtain raising
• dawn
• flying start
• kickoff
• menarche
• morning
• oncoming
• onset
• opener
• opening
• opening night
• racing start
• running start
• send-off
• start-off
• thelarche

Noun

a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

Synonyms

• scratch
• scratch line
• start
• starting line

More generic

• line

Noun

the time at which something is supposed to begin

Synonyms

• beginning
• commencement
• first
• get-go
• kickoff
• offset
• outset
• showtime
• start
• starting time

More generic

• point
• point in time

More specific

• birth
• incipience
• incipiency
• starting point
• terminus a quo
• threshold

Verb

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

Synonyms

• begin
• commence
• get
• get down
• set about
• set out
• start
• start out

More specific

• attack
• auspicate
• bestir oneself
• break in
• come on
• embark
• enter
• fall
• get cracking
• get going
• get moving
• get rolling
• get started
• get to
• get weaving
• jump off
• launch
• plunge
• recommence
• strike out

Related

• begin

Verb

set in motion, cause to start

Synonyms

• begin
• commence
• lead off
• start

More specific

• commence
• embark on
• inaugurate
• introduce
• jump-start
• jumpstart
• recommence
• set off
• start
• start up
• usher in

Related

• begin
• start

Related

• begin

Verb

play in the starting lineup

Synonyms

• start

More generic

• play

Verb

bring into being

Synonyms

• initiate
• originate
• start

More generic

• create
• make

More specific

• date back
• date from
• go back
• initiate
• lead up
• set

Verb

get off the ground

Synonyms

• commence
• embark on
• start
• start up

More generic

• begin
• commence
• lead off
• start

More specific

• inaugurate
• kick off
• open

Verb

get going or set in motion

Synonyms

• start
• start up

More specific

• crank
• crank up
• hot-wire
• jump
• jump-start
• jumpstart
• kick-start
• re-start
• restart

Opposite / Antonyms

• stop

Related

• get going
• go
• start

Verb

begin or set in motion

Synonyms

• get going
• go
• start

More specific

• come on
• come up
• get off the ground
• go on
• take off

Opposite / Antonyms

• stop

Verb

move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

Synonyms

• jump
• start
• startle

More generic

• move

More specific

• boggle
• jackrabbit
• rear back
• shy

Verb

leave

Synonyms

• depart
• part
• set forth
• set off
• set out
• start
• start out
• take off

More generic

• go away
• go forth
• leave

More specific

• blaze
• blaze out
• lift off
• roar off
• sally forth
• sally out
• take off

Verb

bulge outward

Synonyms

• bug out
• bulge
• bulge out
• come out
• pop
• pop out
• protrude
• start

More generic

• change form
• change shape
• deform

Verb

begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job

Synonyms

• start
• take up

More specific

• take office

Verb

begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

Synonyms

• begin
• start

More generic

• act
• move

Related

• begin
• start

Verb

have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

Synonyms

• begin
• start

More specific

• break out
• bud
• dawn
• erupt
• kick in
• originate
• set in

Related

• begin
• start

Verb

have a beginning characterized in some specified way

Synonyms

• begin
• start

More generic

• be

Related

• begin
• start

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