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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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | outbreak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden happening |
| Synonyms: | beginning, blowup, brawl, break, breaking, burst, bursting, commencement, commotion, convulsion, crack, crash, dawn, detonation, discharge, disorder, disruption, effervescence, epidemic, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, flash, fury, gush, gushing, insurrection, irruption, mutiny, onset, outburst, outpouring, paroxysm, plague, rebellion, revolution, roar, sally, sortie, spasm, spurt, storm, surge, thunder, tumult, uprising, volley, ebullition, rending, sundering |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, finale |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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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