introduced - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | introduced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brought in |
| Synonyms: | imported, received, made current, made known, popularized |
| Main Entry: | introduced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made acquainted |
| Synonyms: | acquainted with, familiar with, on speaking terms |
| Main Entry: | introduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known; present |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advance, air, announce, bring out, bring up, broach, come out with, familiarize, fix up, get together, harbinger*, herald, moot, offer, open, originate, precede, preface, propose, recommend, submit, suggest, usher, ventilate, do the honors, get things rolling, give introduction, kick off, knock down, lead into, lead off, open up, pave the way, put forward, set forth, spring with, start ball rolling |
| Antonyms: | close, end, finish, take away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | introduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin, institute |
| Synonyms: | admit, bring in, commence, enter, establish, found, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, invent, launch, organize, pioneer, plan, preface, present, set up, start, unveil, bring forward, innovate, kick off*, usher in |
| Antonyms: | close, end, finish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | introduce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add, insert |
| Synonyms: | carry, enter, fill in, freight, import, include, inject, inlay, inlet, insinuate, instill, interject, interpolate, interpose, send, ship, transport, infix, inset, intercalate, put in, throw in, work in |
| Antonyms: | erase, extract, subtract, take away |
| Main Entry: | exotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not native or usual; mysterious |
| Synonyms: | alien, alluring, bizarre, colorful, curious, different, external, extraneous, extraordinary, extrinsic, far out, fascinating, foreign, glamorous, imported, introduced, kinky*, outlandish, outside, peculiar, romantic, strange, striking, unfamiliar, unusual, way out, weird*, avant garde, enticing, peregrine |
| Notes: | erotic means giving sexual pleasure or sexually arousing, while exotic means being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world or strikingly strange or unusual |
| Antonyms: | familiar, normal, ordinary, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imported |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brought in from another place |
| Synonyms: | alien, carried, choice, exotic, foreign, introduced, rare, sent, shipped, transported, ferried, trucked |
| Antonyms: | exported |
| Main Entry: | inaugurated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | originated |
| Synonyms: | begun, initiated, installed, introduced, started |
| Main Entry: | ushered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | escorted |
| Synonyms: | announced, directed, introduced, presented, shown, supervised, attended, guided, heralded, led |
| Main Entry: | familiar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knowledgeable |
| Synonyms: | abreast, acquainted, au courant, au fait, aware, cognizant, conscious, conversant, informed, introduced, mindful, savvy, up*, with it*, apprised, at home with, grounded, in on, in the know, kept posted, no stranger to, plugged in, tuned in, up on, versant, versed in, well up in |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, unacquainted, unknowledgeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | initiated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having undergone initiation |
| Synonyms: | accepted, acknowledged, approved, confirmed, inducted, installed, instructed, introduced, received, admitted, called up, coached, conscripted, drafted, grounded, instated, made a member of, made part of, passed, tutored |
| Main Entry: | moved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective3 |
| Definition: | proposed |
| Synonyms: | introduced, recommended, submitted |
| Main Entry: | acquaint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inform oneself or another about something new |
| Synonyms: | accustom, advise, apprise, bring out, clue, come out with*, disclose, divulge, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, fix up*, get together*, habituate, inform, introduce, notify, post, present, reveal, tell, warn, intro, knock down*, let know, make familiar |
| Antonyms: | conceal, deceive, falsify, hide, hold back, mislead, misrepresent, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | admit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allow entry or use |
| Synonyms: | accept, bless, buy, concede, enter, entertain, grant, harbor, house, initiate, introduce, let, lodge, okay, permit, receive, shelter, sign*, suffer, take, take in, be big on, give access, give the nod, give thumbs up, let in, sign off on |
| Antonyms: | debar, deny, dismiss, eject, exclude, expel, oust, refuse, reject, repel, shut |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | promote or propose an idea |
| Synonyms: | adduce, allege, ballyhoo, beat the drum for, benefit, boost, cite, encourage, foster, further, hype*, introduce, offer, plug*, present, proffer, puff*, push, serve, splash, spot, submit, suggest, urge, get ink for, lay forward, make a pitch for, put forward, put on the map, set forth, throw spotlight on |
| Antonyms: | hesitate, stop, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | begin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start |
| Synonyms: | activate, actualize, break the ice*, bring about, bring to pass, cause, commence, create, do, drive, effect, embark on, enter on, enter upon, establish, eventuate, found, generate, go ahead, go into, impel, inaugurate, induce, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, launch, lead, make, motivate, mount, occasion, open, originate, prepare, produce, set up, trigger, undertake, break ground, get going, give birth to, give impulse, lay foundation for, make active, plunge into, set about, set in motion |
| Antonyms: | complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bring out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw out |
| Synonyms: | bring to light, emphasize, expose, highlight, introduce, publish, utter |
| Main Entry: | bring up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate, mention in conversation |
| Synonyms: | advance, advert, broach, discuss, introduce, moot, move, offer, point out, propose, raise, refer, submit, tender, ventilate*, allude to, put forward, raise a subject, touch on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | broach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring up a topic |
| Synonyms: | advance, approach, bring up, interject, interpose, introduce, mention, moot, move, offer, propose, submit, suggest, ventilate*, hint at, open up, raise subject, speak of, talk of, touch on |
| Antonyms: | not mention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cause |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into being; bring about |
| Synonyms: | begin, brainstorm*, break in*, break the ice*, breed, bring to pass, come out with*, compel, cook up*, create, dream up*, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, generate, hatch, incite, induce, introduce, kickoff*, kindle, let, make, make up, motivate, muster, occasion, open, originate, precipitate, produce, provoke, revert, secure, work up, be at the bottom of, fire up, get things rolling, give rise to, lead to, result in, sow the seeds, start the ball rolling, think up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
