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begun - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | begun |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | started |
| Synonyms: | happening, initiated, operational, operative, proceeding, working, going, in motion, in process, in progress, under way |
| Antonyms: | latent, prospective |
| Main Entry: | begin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start |
| Synonyms: | activate, actualize, break the ice*, bring about, bring to pass, cause, commence, create, do, drive, effect, embark on, enter on, enter upon, establish, eventuate, found, generate, go ahead, go into, impel, inaugurate, induce, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, launch, lead, make, motivate, mount, occasion, open, originate, prepare, produce, set up, trigger, undertake, break ground, get going, give birth to, give impulse, lay foundation for, make active, plunge into, set about, set in motion |
| Antonyms: | complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | begin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; become functional |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, bud, come out, commence, dawn, derive from, emanate, emerge, enter, germinate, happen, occur, originate, rise, sail, set, spring, sprout, start, take off, be born, come forth, come into existence, crop up, get going, get show on road, get under way, grow out of, issue forth, kick off, make tick, proceed from, result from, send off, stem from |
| Antonyms: | die, end |
| Main Entry: | inaugurated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | originated |
| Synonyms: | begun, initiated, installed, introduced, started |
| Main Entry: | launched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | started |
| Synonyms: | afloat, aloft, begun, begun, sent, floated, lofted, put in motion |
| Main Entry: | originated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | introduced |
| Synonyms: | begun, started, commenced, created |
| Main Entry: | undertaken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | set in motion |
| Synonyms: | begun, initiated, launched, started, tried, ventured, attempted, embarked upon, pushed forward, tackled |
| Main Entry: | underway |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in motion |
| Synonyms: | afoot, begun, initiated, moving, ongoing, started, undertaken, advancing, commenced, in progress |
| Antonyms: | stopped, halted |
| Main Entry: | present |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | existing; at this time |
| Synonyms: | ad hoc, already, begun, being, coeval, contemporary, current, extant, immediate, instant, modern, prompt, started, topical, up-to-date, at this moment, commenced, contemporaneous, even now, existent, for the time being, going on, in duration, in process, just now, nowadays, present-day, today, under consideration |
| Antonyms: | absent, former, future, past, previous |
| Main Entry: | cooking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in preparation |
| Synonyms: | begun, happening, being made, going on, under way |
| Main Entry: | established |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | set up to endure |
| Synonyms: | begun, completed, equipped, finished, founded, inaugurated, incorporated, initiated, organized, originated, produced, realized, set up, settled, chartered, codified, conceived, endowed, instituted, ratified, systematized |
| Antonyms: | insolvent, temporary, unsound |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do something |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it*, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off*, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Antonyms: | abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; proceed |
| Synonyms: | appear, begin, commence, derive, emanate, emerge, ensue, flow, follow, happen, head, issue, occur, originate, result, rise, spring, start, stem, come to light, crop up, set in |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take, undertake |
| Synonyms: | accept, acquire, appropriate, arrogate, begin, confiscate, don, embrace, enter upon, seize, take on, take up, attend to, embark upon, set about, take over |
| Antonyms: | not do |
| Main Entry: | break out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen, emerge |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, begin, commence, erupt, explode, occur, start, burst forth, set in, spring up |
| Main Entry: | bring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause; influence |
| Synonyms: | begin, compel, convert, convince, create, dispose, effect, engender, force, induce, inflict, lead, make, move, occasion, persuade, prevail on, produce, prompt, sway, wreak, contribute to, prevail upon, result in |
| Antonyms: | avoid, back out, desist, hold back, give up, pass up |
| Main Entry: | broach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | open, pierce |
| Synonyms: | begin, crack, decant, puncture, start, tap, draw off, uncork |
| Antonyms: | close, close up |
| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate, found |
| Synonyms: | base, begin, constitute, establish, formulate, inaugurate, institute, originate, set up, start |
| Antonyms: | destroy, overthrow, overturn, ruin |
| Main Entry: | cause |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into being; bring about |
| Synonyms: | begin, brainstorm*, break in*, break the ice*, breed, bring to pass, come out with*, compel, cook up*, create, dream up*, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, generate, hatch, incite, induce, introduce, kickoff*, kindle, let, make, make up, motivate, muster, occasion, open, originate, precipitate, produce, provoke, revert, secure, work up, be at the bottom of, fire up, get things rolling, give rise to, lead to, result in, sow the seeds, start the ball rolling, think up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appear, enter |
| Synonyms: | begin, come across, come upon, encounter, meet, come into, pass in, set foot in, take place |
| Antonyms: | depart, exit, go, leave |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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