beginning - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of starting something

Synonyms

• beginning
• commencement
• start

More generic

• change of state

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

the first part or section of something

Synonyms

• beginning

More generic

• division
• part
• section

Opposite / Antonyms

• end
• middle

Noun

the event consisting of the start of something

Synonyms

• beginning

More generic

• happening
• natural event
• occurrence
• occurrent

Opposite / Antonyms

• ending

More specific

• casus belli
• conception
• creation
• egress
• emergence
• generation
• genesis
• ground floor
• growth
• inception
• issue
• origin
• origination
• outgrowth
• start

Noun

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

Synonyms

• beginning
• origin
• root
• rootage
• source

More generic

• point

More specific

• birthplace
• cradle
• derivation
• fountainhead
• head
• headspring
• headwater
• home
• jumping-off place
• place of origin
• point of departure
• point source
• provenance
• provenience
• spring
• trail head
• trailhead
• wellhead
• wellspring

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

Opposite / Antonyms

• end
• middle

More specific

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

Adjective

serving to begin

Synonyms

• beginning
• first

Related

• opening

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