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| Main Entry: | launch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send off |
| Synonyms: | barrage, bombard, cast, catapult, discharge, dispatch, drive, eject, fire, fling, heave, hurl, lance, pitch, project, propel, shoot, sling, throw, toss, bung, send forth, set afloat, set in motion |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | launch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin, initiate |
| Synonyms: | bow, break the ice*, commence, inaugurate, instigate, institute, introduce, jump, open, originate, start, break the seal, embark upon, get show on road, kick off*, set going, start ball rolling, usher in* |
| Antonyms: | cease, end, finish, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move something forward, often quickly |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, achieve, come forward, conquer, dispatch, drive, elevate, gain ground, get ahead, go ahead, hasten, launch, march, proceed, progress, promote, propel, quicken, skyrocket*, speed, storm, bring forward, continue ahead, continue on, forge ahead, get green light, get there, get with it, go forth, go forward, go great guns, go places, go to town, make headway, make the scene, move on, move onward, move up, press on, push ahead, push on, send forward, step forward |
| Notes: | advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal |
| Antonyms: | back down, halt, hesitate, recede, retreat, retrogress, stop, turn, withdraw, yield |
* = 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: | boat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vehicle for water travel |
| Synonyms: | ark, barge, bark, bottom, bucket, canoe, catamaran, craft, dinghy, hulk, launch, raft, sailboat, schooner, ship, skiff, tub, yacht, bateau, dory, gondola, ketch, lifeboat, pinnace, scow, sloop, steamboat |
| Main Entry: | bombard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault, attack |
| Synonyms: | assail, barrage, batter, beset, besiege, blast, blitz, bomb, cannonade, catapult, harass, hound, launch, pester, pound, shell, strike, fire upon, open fire, strafe |
| Main Entry: | cast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw aside |
| Synonyms: | boot, chuck*, drive, drop, fire*, fling, heave, hurl, impel, launch, lob, peg, pitch, project, shed, shy, sling, thrust, toss, bung |
| Antonyms: | catch, gather |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chuck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw aside, throw away, throw out |
| Synonyms: | abandon, can, cast, desert, discard, ditch, eighty-six*, eject, fire, fling, flip, forsake, heave, hurl, jettison, junk, launch, pitch, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, scrap, shed, shy, sling, toss, give the heave ho, slough |
| Antonyms: | keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start action |
| Synonyms: | arise, begin, come into being, come into existence, embark on, enter upon, get cracking, get going, get one's feet wet, get show on road, hit the ground running, inaugurate, initiate, jump into, kick off*, launch, lead off, open, originate, start the ball rolling, take up, tear into |
| Antonyms: | cease, complete, end, finish, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | race away; propel |
| Synonyms: | bound, career, cast, course, dash, flash, fling, flit, float, fly, gallop, hasten, heave, hurry, hurtle, launch, pitch, plunge, run, rush, sail, scamper, scoot, scud, scurry, shoot, skim, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, start, tear, throw, thrust, whiz, move quickly |
| Main Entry: | deliver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | administer; throw |
| Synonyms: | aim, deal, direct, dispatch, fling, give, hurl, inflict, launch, pitch, send, strike, transmit |
| 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: | embark on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin undertaking, journey |
| Synonyms: | broach, commence, engage, enter, get off, initiate, launch, open, start, take up, jump off, plunge into, set about, set out, set to, tee off |
| Main Entry: | engage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start a fight; attack |
| Synonyms: | assail, assault, combat, encounter, face, launch, meet, strike, take on, do battle with, fall on, give battle to, join battle with |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield, give up |
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detonate or throw a weapon |
| Synonyms: | cast, discharge, eject, explode, fling, heave, hurl, launch, let off*, loose, pitch, shell, shoot, toss, pull trigger, set off*, touch off* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fling |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw with abandon |
| Synonyms: | cast, catapult, chuck*, dump, fire, heave, hurl, jerk, launch, lob, peg*, pitch, precipitate, propel, send, shy*, sling, toss, let fly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | found |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into being |
| Synonyms: | begin, commence, constitute, construct, create, endow, erect, establish, fashion, fix, form, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, organize, originate, plant, raise, settle, start, get going, ring in, settle up, start the ball rolling, start up |
| Antonyms: | destroy, end |
| Main Entry: | heave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift, throw with effort |
| Synonyms: | boost, cast, chuck, drag, elevate, fling, haul, hoist, hurl, launch, pitch, pull, raise, send, sling, toss, tug, heft |
| Main Entry: | hurl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw forcefully |
| Synonyms: | cast, chuck, chunk, fire, fling, gun, heave, launch, lob, peg, pitch, project, propel, send, sling, toss, bung, let fly |
| Main Entry: | inaugurate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin; install |
| Synonyms: | bow, break in, break the ice*, commence, commission, dedicate, induct, initiate, institute, introduce, invest, jump, launch, make up, open, ordain, originate, set up, start, get things rolling, get under way, instate, kick off*, set in motion, usher in |
| Antonyms: | adjourn, close, end, stop, uninstall |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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