| Main Entry: | infancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | babyhood |
Synonyms: |
beginning, childhood, immaturity, inception, incunabulum, minority, nonage, outset, pupilage, start |
Antonyms: |
old age |
| Main Entry: | age |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | period of animate existence |
Synonyms: |
adolescence, adulthood, boyhood, childhood, dotage, elderliness, girlhood, infancy, life, lifetime, majority, maturity, middle age, milestone, old age, senility, seniority, wear and tear, youth |
| Notes: | epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes and new developments - while era applies to the entire period; age denotes a period identified with some dominant personality or characteristic and period pertains to any portion of time |
| 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: | childhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | period of being young |
Synonyms: |
adolescence, babyhood, cradle, immaturity, infancy, juniority, juvenility, minority, nonage, nursery, puberty, pupilage, schooldays, teens, tender age, youth |
Antonyms: |
adulthood |
| Main Entry: | cradle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | early childhood; origins |
Synonyms: |
babyhood, beginning, birthplace, fount, fountain, fountainhead, infancy, nativity, nursery, origin, source, spring, ultimate cause, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | immaturity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | childhood |
Synonyms: |
adolescence, infancy, youth, youthfulness |
| Main Entry: | nonage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | youth |
Synonyms: |
childhood, immaturity, infancy |
| Main Entry: | incipience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
Synonyms: |
alpha, basis, birth, blastoff, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one, genesis, inauguration, inception, incipiency, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, introduction, kickoff, launch, leadoff, onset, opener, opening, origin, origination, outset, point of departure, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, rudiment, source, spring, square one, start, starting point, takeoff, threshold, top |
| Main Entry: | incipiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
Synonyms: |
alpha, basis, birth, blastoff, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one, genesis, inauguration, inception, incipience, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, introduction, kickoff, launch, leadoff, onset, opener, opening, origin, origination, outset, point of departure, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, rudiment, source, spring, square one, start, starting point, takeoff, threshold, top |
| Main Entry: | leadoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
Synonyms: |
alpha, basis, birth, blastoff, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one, genesis, inauguration, inception, incipience, incipiency, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, introduction, kickoff, launch, onset, opener, opening, origin, origination, outset, point of departure, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, rudiment, source, spring, square one, start, starting point, takeoff, threshold, top |