| Main Entry: | genesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning, creation |
Synonyms: |
alpha, birth, commencement, dawn, dawning, engendering, formation, generation, inception, opening, origin, outset, propagation, provenance, provenience, root, source, start |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, end, finale, finish |
| Main Entry: | beginning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | start of an event or action |
Synonyms: |
alpha, basis, birth, blastoff, commencement, creation, dawn, dawning, day one, genesis, inauguration, inception, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, introduction, kickoff, onset, opener, opening, origin, origination, outset, point of departure, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, rudiment, source, spring, square one, starting point, takeoff, threshold, top |
Antonyms: |
completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, finish, goal, termination |
| Main Entry: | beginning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | origin, cause |
Synonyms: |
antecedent, birth, conception, egg, embryo, font, fount, fountain, fountainhead, generation, genesis, germ, heart, principle, resource, root, seed, stem, well |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, outcome, result |
| Main Entry: | birth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beginning |
Synonyms: |
commencement, dawn, dawning, emergence, fountainhead, genesis, onset, opening, origin, outset, rise, source, start |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, death, end, ending, finish |
| Main Entry: | cause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agent, originator |
Synonyms: |
account, agency, aim, antecedent, author, basis, beginning, causation, consideration, creator, determinant, doer, element, end, explanation, foundation, genesis, ground, grounds, incitement, inducement, instigation, leaven, mainspring, maker, matter, motivation, motive, object, occasion, origin, prime mover, principle, producer, purpose, root, source, spring, stimulation |
Antonyms: |
consequence, development, effect, end, fruit, issue, outcome, outgrowth, product, result |
| Main Entry: | commencement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ceremony marking the beginning of stage |
Synonyms: |
admission, alpha, birth, bow, celebration, convocation, countdown, curtain-raiser, dawn, dawning, genesis, graduation, initiation, kickoff, onset, opener, opening, outset, proem, services, start, starting point, tee off |
Antonyms: |
cessation, completion, end, ending, finish, stop |
| Main Entry: | creation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | development of entity |
Synonyms: |
conception, constitution, establishment, formation, formulation, foundation, generation, genesis, imagination, inception, institution, laying down, making, nascency, nativity, origination, procreation, production, setting up, siring |
Antonyms: |
destruction, ruin |
| Main Entry: | dawn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a beginning |
Synonyms: |
advent, alpha, birth, commencement, dawning, emergence, foundation, genesis, head, inception, onset, opening, origin, outset, outstart, rise, source, start, unfolding |
Antonyms: |
conclusion, end, ending, finish |
| Main Entry: | font |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | source |
Synonyms: |
fount, fountain, genesis, origin, root, seed, wellspring |
| Main Entry: | formation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composition, establishment |
Synonyms: |
accumulation, architecture, arrangement, compilation, configuration, constitution, construction, creation, crystallization, deposit, design, development, dispersal, disposition, embodiment, evolution, fabrication, figure, forming, generation, genesis, grouping, induction, makeup, manufacture, order, organization, pattern, production, rank, structure, synthesis |