Begin Synonyms and Antonyms

bĭ-gĭn
To get under way
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. start
  2. commence
  3. inaugurate
  4. initiate
  5. launch
  6. institute
  7. open
  8. create
  9. embark
  10. set about
  11. enter
  12. set to
  13. take up
  14. generate
  15. undertake
  16. lead off
  17. motivate
  18. introduce
  19. originate
  20. pioneer
  21. kick off
  22. trigger
  23. cause
  24. occasion
  25. impel
  26. produce
  27. effect
  28. set-in-motion
  29. mount
  30. start-up
  31. approach
  32. start-off
  33. start on
  34. start in
  35. induce
  36. bring about
  37. get-going
  38. set going
  39. lead up to
  40. enter on
  41. enter upon
  42. embark on
  43. embark upon
  44. set-to-work
  45. get to
  46. fall to
  47. get off
  48. animate
  49. go-into
  50. go-ahead
  51. actuate
  52. lead the way
  53. give impulse to
  54. bring in
  55. arise
  56. bring on
  57. bring to pass
  58. activate
  59. attack
  60. act-on
  61. drive
  62. broach
  63. actualize
  64. eventuate
  65. bud
  66. found
  67. establish
  68. set up
  69. spark
  70. give birth to
  71. raise
  72. breed
  73. work
  74. dawn
  75. necessitate
  76. take-the-lead
  77. emanate
  78. lay the foundation for
  79. break-ground
  80. open-up
  81. tackle
  82. plunge into
  83. engender
  84. get on the ball
  85. get on the beam
  86. go to it
  87. get down to
  88. get-moving
  89. get-cracking
  90. put-one-s-shoulder-to-the-wheel
  91. set out
  92. open-fire
  93. germinate
  94. fire-away
  95. scratch-the-surface
  96. open the door to
  97. touch a match to
  98. throw the first stone
  99. break-the-ice
  100. be in on the ground floor
  101. strike out
  102. strike-up
  103. innovate
  104. tee-off
  105. jump-off
  106. dig-in
  107. get the show on the road
  108. start-the-ball-rolling
  109. get-the-ball-rolling
  110. take on
  111. play-ball
  112. dive-in
  113. take-the-plunge
  114. get-one-s-feet-wet
  115. lead
  116. rise
  117. set
  118. setin
  119. set-in
  120. spring
  121. usher in
Antonyms:
  1. end
  2. finish
  3. terminate
To come into being
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. start
  2. commence
  3. arise
  4. start-out
  5. originate
  6. set out
  7. initiate
  8. inaugurate
  9. get under way
  10. set-in
  11. come out
  12. rise
  13. proceed from
  14. result from
  15. enter
  16. dawn
  17. sprout
  18. spring
  19. spring-up
  20. crop-up
  21. be born
  22. come into the world
  23. come to birth
  24. emanate
  25. come into existence
  26. occur
  27. burst-forth
  28. issue forth
  29. come-forth
  30. bud
  31. get-down
  32. lead off
  33. stem from
  34. spring from
  35. come-from
  36. derive from
  37. grow-out-of
  38. flower
  39. blossom
  40. get
  41. break out
  42. start-up
  43. have origin
  44. lead-out
  45. take off
  46. see-the-light-of-day
  47. raise its head
  48. rear its head
  49. launch
  50. set about
Antonyms:
  1. end
  2. subside
  3. finish
  4. complete
  5. terminate
  6. conclude
  7. die
  8. consummate
Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. start
Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. actuation
  2. beginning
  3. commencement
  4. conception
  5. debut
  6. exordium
  7. menachem begin
  8. foundation
  9. genesis
  10. impulsion
  11. inauguration
  12. inception
  13. incipience
  14. incipiency
  15. initiation
  16. innovation
  17. onset
  18. origin
  19. outset
  20. primordium
  21. principium

Words Related to Begin

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Begin Sentence Examples

  • Pierre was about to begin reading.

  • Neither cared to begin talking.

  • I'm going to begin now.

  • He stopped when he saw her begin to shudder.

  • He was never human to begin with.

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