| Main Entry: | embark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get on transportation object |
Synonyms: |
board, commence, emplane, enter, entrain, go aboard ship, launch, leave port, plunge into, put on board, set about, set out, set sail, take on board, take ship |
Antonyms: |
disembark, stay |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin |
Synonyms: |
commence, embark, set about, start, undertake |
| Main Entry: | get in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infiltrate; find a way in |
Synonyms: |
alight, appear, arrive, blow in, come, embark, enter, gain ingress, get inside, include, insert, interpose, land, mount, penetrate, reach, show, show up, turn up |
Antonyms: |
get out |
| Main Entry: | get on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mount |
Synonyms: |
ascend, board, climb, embark, enplane, entrain, go up, scale |
Antonyms: |
dismount, get off |
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart, abandon physically |
Synonyms: |
abscond, beat it, break away, clear out, come away, cut out, decamp, defect, desert, disappear, ditch*, elope, embark, emigrate, escape, exit, flee, flit, fly, forsake, give the slip, go, go away, go forth, head out, issue, migrate, move, move out, part, pull out, push off, quit, relinquish, remove oneself, retire, ride off, run along, sally, say goodbye, scram, set out, slip out, split*, start, step down, take a hike, take leave, take off, vacate, vamoose, vanish, walk out, withdraw |
| Notes: | let means to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen, to allow; leave means to go away from a place |
Antonyms: |
come, go |
| Main Entry: | open |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin |
Synonyms: |
begin business, bow, commence, convene, embark, get things rolling, inaugurate, initiate, jump, kick off, launch, meet, raise the curtain, ring in, set in motion, set up shop, sit, start, start the ball rolling |
Antonyms: |
close, conclude, end, finish, shut |
| Main Entry: | sail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel through water, air; glide |
Synonyms: |
boat, captain, cast anchor, cast off, cross, cruise, dart, drift, embark, flit, float, fly, get under way, leave, make headway, motor, move, navigate, pilot, put to sea, reach, run, scud, set sail, shoot, skim, skipper, skirr, soar, steer, sweep, tack, voyage, weigh anchor, wing |
| Main Entry: | ship |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send, transport |
Synonyms: |
address, consign, direct, dispatch, drop, embark, export, forward, freight, go aboard, haul, move, put on board, remit, route, shift, ship out, smuggle, transfer, transmit |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep |
| 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: | undertake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt, engage in |
Synonyms: |
address oneself, agree, answer for, bargain, begin, commence, commit, commit oneself, contract, covenant, devote, embark, endeavor, enter upon, fall into, go about, go for, go in for, go into, guarantee, have a hand in, have a try, hazard, initiate, launch, make a run at, move, offer, pitch in, pledge, promise, set about, set in motion, set out, shoulder, stake, stipulate, tackle, take on, take the plunge, take upon oneself, try, try out, venture, volunteer |
Antonyms: |
abstain, forego, forget |