| Main Entry: | start |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
Synonyms: |
alpha*, birth, bow, commencement, countdown, dawn, dawning, day one, derivation, embarkation, exit, first step, flying start, foundation, inauguration, inception, initiation, jump-off, kickoff, leaving, onset, opening, origin, outset, running start, setting out, source, spring, square one, start-off, takeoff |
Antonyms: |
completion, conclusion, death, end, ending, finish, stop |
| Main Entry: | start |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
Synonyms: |
allowance, backing, break, bulge, chance, draw, edge, handicap, head start, helping hand, introduction, lead, odds, opening, opportunity, sponsorship, vantage |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | start |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flinch |
Synonyms: |
convulsion, jar, jump, scare, shock, spasm, turn, twitch |
| Main Entry: | start |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin; come into existence |
Synonyms: |
activate, appear, arise, arouse, come into being, commence, create, depart, embark, engender, enter upon, establish, found, get going, get under way, go ahead, hit the road, inaugurate, incite, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, issue, launch, lay foundation, leave, light, make a beginning, open, originate, pioneer, rise, rouse, sally forth, see light, set in motion, set out, set up, spring, take first step, take the plunge, turn on |
Antonyms: |
complete, conclude, die, end, finish, stop |
| Main Entry: | start |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flinch |
Synonyms: |
blanch, blench, bolt, bounce, bound, buck, dart, draw back, jerk, jump, jump the gun, leap, quail, recoil, shrink, shy, spring, squinch, startle, twitch, wince |
Antonyms: |
ignore |
| Main Entry: | activate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate something; start a function |
Synonyms: |
actify, actuate, arouse, call up, energize, impel, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, rouse, set in motion, start, stimulate, stir, switch on, take out of mothballs, trigger, turn on |
| Notes: | when something is activated, it is made active; when something is actuated, it is moved to take action (or produce a consequence) to actuate is a general word meaning 'to set working' and has more to do with mechanical action - while activate is used mainly in scientific expressions |
Antonyms: |
arrest, stop |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin |
Synonyms: |
commence, embark, set about, start, undertake |
| Main Entry: | arise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; proceed |
Synonyms: |
appear, begin, come to light, commence, crop up, derive, emanate, emerge, ensue, flow, follow, happen, head, issue, occur, originate, result, rise, set in, spring, start, stem |
| Main Entry: | begin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; become functional |
Synonyms: |
appear, arise, be born, bud, come forth, come into existence, come out, commence, crop up, dawn, derive from, emanate, emerge, enter, germinate, get going, get show on road, get under way, grow out of, happen, issue forth, kick off, make tick, occur, originate, proceed from, result from, rise, sail, send off, set, spring, sprout, start, stem from, take off |
Antonyms: |
die, end |
| Main Entry: | birth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
Synonyms: |
commencement, dawn, dawning, emergence, fountainhead, genesis, onset, opening, origin, outset, rise, source, start |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, death, end, ending, finish |