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synonyms for start
- beginning
- dawn
- kickoff
- opening
- outset
- birth
- commencement
- countdown
- dawning
- derivation
- embarkation
- foundation
- inauguration
- inception
- initiation
- introduction
- leaving
- onset
- origin
- source
- spring
- takeoff
- alpha
- arrival
- coming
- day one
- first step
- flying start
- jump-off
- running start
- setting-out
- square one
- start-off
- advantage
- break
- chance
- lead
- opening
- opportunity
- allowance
- backing
- handicap
- odds
- sponsorship
- vantage
- head start
- helping hand
- appear
- commence
- create
- establish
- found
- inaugurate
- initiate
- introduce
- issue
- launch
- leave
- open
- set up
- activate
- arise
- arouse
- depart
- embark
- engender
- incite
- instigate
- institute
- light
- originate
- pioneer
- rise
- rouse
- spring
- come into being
- enter upon
- get going
- get under way
- go ahead
- hit the road
- lay foundation
- make a beginning
- sally forth
- see light
- set in motion
- set out
- take first step
- take the plunge
- turn on
- blench
- blink
- bolt
- bounce
- bound
- buck
- dart
- flinch
- jerk
- jump
- leap
- quail
- recoil
- shrink
- shy
- spring
- squinch
- startle
- twitch
- wince
- draw back
On this page you'll find 331 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to start, such as: beginning, dawn, kickoff, opening, outset, and birth.
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Keep closely covered with a bell glass and, in a few weeks, more or less, the baby Ferns will start to put in an appearance.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTINThe smoke from her kitchen fire rose white as she put in dry sumac to give it a start.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENThere are sentimental children, as there are sentimental adults, who seem never happier than when the tears are ready to start.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYBut the day he planned to start was very cold—the mercury stood twenty-seven below zero.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXHe said that you were going along, and so I thought I'd hunt you up and tell you that we'll start about seven in the morning.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRThe intellect is thus kept compulsorily and delightfully occupied from the start to the finish.
ASSIMILATIVE MEMORYMARCUS DWIGHT LARROWE (AKA PROF. A. LOISETTE)It may be added that they start with the most dignified part of this crown of creation, viz., the human head.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYMy father took me to the office in which I was to make a start and presented me to the chief clerk.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWMy son gives the young men and women a complete wardrobe when they start out to win their way in life, and the details fall on me.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONSo did my versatile friend, joyously confident in his powers, start on his glorious career as a private detective.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEWORDS RELATED TO START
- advances
- approximates
- bears
- bellies up to
- borders
- buzzes
- catches up
- close in
- comes
- comes at
- comes close
- compares with
- contacts
- converges
- corresponds to
- creeps up
- draws near
- equals
- gain on
- goes toward
- impends
- is comparable to
- is like
- looms up
- matches
- meets
- moves in on
- moves toward
- nears
- progresses
- reaches
- resembles
- surrounds
- takes after
- threatens
- verges upon
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