Synonyms for start
Another word for start is first, get-go or starting time. Below are 30 synonyms and 30 related words across 12 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: started, starts.
1. noun: the beginning of anything
2. noun: the time at which something is supposed to begin
- first synonyms
- get-go synonyms
- starting time synonyms
- beginning synonyms
- offset synonyms
- commencement synonyms
- outset synonyms
- kickoff synonyms
- showtime
3. noun: a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- starting synonyms
4. noun: a sudden involuntary movement
- jump synonyms
- startle
5. noun: the act of starting something
- beginning synonyms
- commencement synonyms
Antonyms
- finish synonyms
6. noun: a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- starting line
- scratch synonyms
- scratch line
7. noun: a signal to begin (as in a race)
- starting signal
8. noun: the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
- head start
9. verb: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- get synonyms
- get down synonyms
- set out synonyms
- set about synonyms
- start out synonyms
- begin synonyms
- commence synonyms
10. verb: set in motion, cause to start
- lead off
- begin synonyms
- commence synonyms
11. verb: depart for someplace
- part synonyms
- take off synonyms
- set out synonyms
- start out synonyms
- set off synonyms
- set forth synonyms
- depart synonyms
12. verb: have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- begin synonyms
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- start-off
- morning synonyms
- running start
- send-off synonyms
- opening synonyms
- opening night
- flying start
- racing start
- dawn synonyms
- alpha synonyms
- opener synonyms
- curtain raising
- onset synonyms
- point synonyms
- point in time
- starting point
- birth synonyms
- threshold synonyms
- terminus a quo
- incipience
- incipiency
- play synonyms
- turn synonyms
- physiological reaction synonyms
- reflex synonyms
- reflex action synonyms
- reflex response synonyms
- innate reflex synonyms
- flinch
- instinctive reflex synonyms
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Questions people ask
What is another word for start?
You can say first, get-go, starting time, beginning or offset instead of start. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "the beginning of anything".
What is the opposite of start?
The opposite of start is finish.
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