| Main Entry: | inauguration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | installation of newcomers |
Synonyms: |
commencement, inaugural, induction, initiation, institution, investiture, launch, launching, opening, setting up |
| Notes: | the presidential induction ceremony is the inauguration; the speech made is the inaugural address or inaugural |
Antonyms: |
adjournment, close, end, finish |
| Main Entry: | accession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming to power |
Synonyms: |
assumption, attainment, inauguration, induction, investment, succession, taking on, taking over |
Antonyms: |
decline, fall |
| Main Entry: | beginning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | start of an event or action |
Synonyms: |
alpha, basis, birth, blastoff, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one, genesis, inauguration, inception, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, introduction, kickoff, onset, opener, opening, origin, origination, outset, point of departure, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, rudiment, source, spring, square one, starting point, takeoff, threshold, top |
Antonyms: |
completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, finish, goal, termination |
| Main Entry: | debut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first public appearance |
Synonyms: |
admission, appearance, beginning, bow, coming out, coming out party, entrance, entree, first step, graduating, graduation, inauguration, incoming, initiation, introduction, launching, opener, presentation |
| Notes: | a debut is a first public appearance; a premiere is a first performance, showing, or broadcast |
Antonyms: |
closing, finale |
| Main Entry: | establishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization; creation |
Synonyms: |
enactment, endowment, formation, formulation, foundation, founding, inauguration, installation, institution, setting up |
| Main Entry: | foundation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | established institution |
Synonyms: |
association, charity, company, corporation, endowment, establishment, guild, inauguration, institute, organization, plantation, set-up, settlement, society, trusteeship |
| Main Entry: | inception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
Synonyms: |
birth, commencement, dawn, derivation, fountain, inauguration, initiation, kickoff, origin, outset, provenance, provenience, rise, root, source, start, well, wellspring |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, end, ending, finish |
| Main Entry: | induction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | taking in, initiation |
Synonyms: |
consecration, draft, entrance, greetings, inaugural, inauguration, installation, instatement, institution, introduction, investiture, ordination, selection |
Antonyms: |
blackballing, expulsion, rejection |
| Main Entry: | initiation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | start, introduction |
Synonyms: |
admission, baptism, beginning, commencement, debut, enrollment, entrance, inaugural, inauguration, inception, indoctrination, induction, installation, instatement, investiture, preliminaries |
Antonyms: |
close, conclusion, end, ending, finish, termination |
| Main Entry: | introduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something new; something that begins |
Synonyms: |
addition, admittance, awakening, baptism, basic principles, basic text, beginning, commencement, debut, essentials, establishment, exordium, first acquaintance, first taste, foreword, hornbook, inauguration, inception, induction, influx, ingress, initiation, insertion, installation, institution, interpolation, intro, launch, lead, lead-in, opening, opening remarks, overture, pioneering, preamble, preface, preliminaries, prelude, presentation, primer, proem, prolegomenon, prologue, survey |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, end, ending, finish |