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beginning
noun as in start of an event or action
Strongest matches
birth, creation, dawn, inauguration, inception, introduction, onset, opening, outset, starting point, top
Strong matches
alpha, basis, blastoff, commencement, dawning, genesis, induction, infancy, initiation, installation, kickoff, opener, origin, origination, preface, prelude, presentation, rise, root, rudiment, source, spring, takeoff, threshold
Weak matches
noun as in origin, cause
Strong matches
antecedent, conception, egg, embryo, font, fount, fountain, fountainhead, generation, genesis, germ, principle, resource, root, seed, stem, well
Example Sentences
A point away from home - and a clean sheet - was an excellent beginning to a group that few saw Scotland surviving in.
In the beginning, he surveyed his followers on social media about their dream flight-tracking app.
Neither is especially surprising — “in their beginning is their end,” to switch up a line of Eliot — though they do provide some suspense and twists along the way.
“There’s a similar shot at the beginning of the movie where he’s looking at ‘The 400 Blows’ at Cannes and Godard is nothing at that moment.
The company is preparing for “higher demand beginning in the second half of calendar 2026,” Applied Materials Chief Financial Officer Brice Hill said in a statement, citing conversations with customers and partners.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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