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commencement - 19 thesaurus results
Main Entry: commencement
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ceremony marking the beginning of stage
Synonyms: admission, alpha, birth, bow, celebration, convocation, countdown, dawn, genesis, graduation, initiation, kickoff*, onset, opening, outset, proem, start, curtain-raiser, dawning, opener, services, starting point, tee off
Antonyms: cessation, completion, end, ending, finish, stop
Main Entry: genesis
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: beginning, creation
Synonyms: alpha, birth, commencement, dawn, formation, generation, inception, opening, origin, outset, propagation, provenance, root, source, start, dawning, engendering, provenience
Antonyms: conclusion, end, finale, finish
Main Entry: inauguration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: installation of newcomers
Synonyms: commencement, induction, initiation, institution, launch, opening, inaugural, investiture, launching, 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: inception
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: beginning
Synonyms: birth, commencement, dawn, derivation, fountain, inauguration, initiation, kickoff, origin, outset, provenance, rise, root, source, start, well, wellspring, provenience
Antonyms: conclusion, end, ending, finish
Main Entry: initiation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: start, introduction
Synonyms: admission, baptism, beginning, commencement, debut, enrollment, entrance, inauguration, inception, indoctrination, induction, installation, inaugural, 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, beginning, commencement, debut, establishment, foreword, inauguration, inception, induction, influx, ingress, initiation, insertion, installation, institution, launch, lead, opening, overture, preamble, preface, prelude, presentation, primer, proem, prologue, survey, basic principles, basic text, essentials, exordium, first acquaintance, first taste, hornbook, interpolation, intro, lead-in, opening remarks, pioneering, preliminaries, prolegomenon
Antonyms: conclusion, end, ending, finish
Main Entry: onset
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: beginning; attack
Synonyms: access, aggression, assault, birth, charge, commencement, dawn, encounter, inception, kickoff*, offense, offensive, onrush, onslaught, opening, origin, outbreak, outset, rush, seizure, start, assailment, dawning, incipience, onfall, outstart
Antonyms: conclusion, end, ending, finish
Main Entry: origination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: origin
Synonyms: beginning, birth, commencement, conception, creation, dawn, discovery, genesis, innovation, introduction, launch, source, start, dawning, starting point
Main Entry: prelude
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: beginning of event
Synonyms: commencement, foreword, introduction, overture, preamble, preface, preliminary, preparation, proem, prologue, start, curtain-raiser, exordium, intro, prelusion, prolegomenon
Antonyms: ending, epilogue, postlude
Main Entry: source
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: beginning; point of supply
Synonyms: antecedent, author, authority, authorship, begetter, birthplace, cause, commencement, connection, dawn, dawning, derivation, determinant, expert, father, fount, fountain, fountainhead, horse's mouth, inception, informant, maternity, mother, onset, opening, origin, origination, originator, parent, paternity, provenance, provenience, rise, rising, root, specialist, spring, start, starting point, wellspring
Antonyms: effect, end, result
Main Entry: beginning
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: start of an event or action
Synonyms: alpha, basis, birth, commencement, creation, dawn, genesis, inauguration, inception, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, introduction, kickoff, onset, opening, origin, origination, outset, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, source, spring, square one*, takeoff, threshold, top, blastoff, dawning, day one, opener, point of departure, rudiment, starting point
Antonyms: completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, finish, goal, termination
Main Entry: start
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: beginning
Synonyms: alpha*, birth, bow, commencement, countdown, dawn, derivation, exit, flying start*, foundation, inauguration, inception, initiation, kickoff*, onset, opening, origin, outset, source, spring, square one*, takeoff, dawning, day one, embarkation, first step, jump-off, leaving, running start, setting out, start-off
Antonyms: completion, conclusion, death, end, ending, finish, stop
Main Entry: birth
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: beginning
Synonyms: commencement, dawn, emergence, fountainhead, genesis, onset, opening, origin, outset, rise, source, start, dawning
Antonyms: conclusion, death, end, ending, finish
Main Entry: dawn
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: a beginning
Synonyms: advent, alpha, birth, commencement, emergence, foundation, genesis, head, inception, onset, opening, origin, outset, rise, source, start, dawning, outstart, unfolding
Antonyms: conclusion, end, ending, finish
Main Entry: entrance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: coming into a place; introduction
Synonyms: access, accession, adit, admission, admittance, appearance, approach, arrival, baptism, beginning, commencement, debut, enlistment, enrollment, entrée, entry, import, inception, incoming, ingress, initiation, invasion, outset, passage, penetration, progress, start, trespass, immigration, importation, ingoing, ingression
Antonyms: conclusion, departure, exit, leave
Main Entry: origin
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: beginning, inception
Synonyms: alpha, birth, blast off, commencement, creation, dawn, emergence, entrance, entry, foundation, genesis, inauguration, ingress, initiation, introduction, launch, origination, outbreak, outset, rise, square one*, start, dawning, day one, early stage, embarkation, forging, git go, nativity, opener, starting point
Antonyms: close, completion, conclusion, death, end, finale, termination
Main Entry: opening
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: beginning
Synonyms: birth, commencement, dawn, inauguration, inception, initiation, kickoff, launch, onset, outset, start, coming out, curtain-raiser, launching, opener
Antonyms: conclusion, ending, finish, closing
Main Entry: head
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: front, beginning
Synonyms: commencement, fore, forefront, fountainhead, origin, rise, source, start, van, vanguard, first place
Antonyms: conclusion, end, ending, finish
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