embarks - 10 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | embark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get on transportation object |
| Synonyms: | board, commence, enter, launch, set sail, emplane, entrain, go aboard ship, leave port, plunge into, put on board, set about, set out, take on board, take ship |
| Antonyms: | disembark, stay |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin |
| Synonyms: | commence, embark, start, undertake, set about |
| Main Entry: | get in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infiltrate; find a way in |
| Synonyms: | alight, appear, arrive, come, embark, enter, include, insert, interpose, land, mount, penetrate, reach, show, show up, turn up, blow in*, gain ingress, get inside |
| Antonyms: | get out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mount |
| Synonyms: | ascend, board, climb, embark, scale, enplane, entrain, go up |
| Antonyms: | dismount, get off |
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart, abandon physically |
| Synonyms: | abscond, beat it*, break away, clear out*, cut out, decamp, defect, desert, disappear, ditch*, elope, embark, emigrate, escape, exit, flee, flit, fly, forsake, go, issue, migrate, move, part, pull out*, push off*, quit, relinquish, retire, sally, scram, split*, start, step down, take off, vacate, vamoose*, vanish, withdraw, come away, give the slip, go away, go forth, head out, move out, remove oneself, ride off, run along*, say goodbye, set out, slip out, take a hike, take leave, walk out |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | open |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin |
| Synonyms: | bow, commence, convene, embark, inaugurate, initiate, jump, launch, meet, raise the curtain*, sit, start, begin business, get things rolling, kick off, ring in, set in motion, set up shop, start the ball rolling |
| Antonyms: | close, conclude, end, finish, shut |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | travel through water, air; glide |
| Synonyms: | boat, captain, cast off, cross, cruise, dart, drift, embark, flit, float, fly, leave, motor, move, navigate, pilot, reach, run, scud, set sail, shoot, skim, skipper, soar, steer, sweep, tack, voyage, weigh anchor, wing, cast anchor, get under way, make headway, put to sea, skirr |
| Main Entry: | ship |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send, transport |
| Synonyms: | address, consign, direct, dispatch, drop, embark, export, forward, freight, haul, move, remit, route, shift, smuggle, transfer, transmit, go aboard, put on board, ship out |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | start |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin; come into existence |
| Synonyms: | activate, appear, arise, arouse, commence, create, depart, embark, engender, enter upon, establish, found, go ahead, hit the road*, inaugurate, incite, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, issue, launch, leave, light, open, originate, pioneer, rise, rouse, sally forth, set up, spring, turn on, come into being, get going, get under way, lay foundation, make a beginning, see light, set in motion, set out, take first step, take the plunge |
| Antonyms: | complete, conclude, die, end, finish, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | undertake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt, engage in |
| Synonyms: | agree, answer for, bargain, begin, commence, commit, contract, covenant, devote, embark, endeavor, enter upon, go about, go for, go into, guarantee, hazard, initiate, launch, move, offer, pitch in, pledge, promise, shoulder, stake, stipulate, tackle, take on, try, venture, volunteer, address oneself, commit oneself, fall into, go in for, have a hand in, have a try, make a run at, set about, set in motion, set out, take the plunge, take upon oneself, try out |
| Antonyms: | abstain, forego, forget |
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