Starting Synonyms and Antonyms

A turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. offset
  2. outset
  3. start
  4. opening
Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. jumping
  2. firing
  3. parting
  4. startling
  5. lighting
  6. departing
  7. bolting
Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wincing
  2. beginning
  3. lighting
  4. bulging
  5. shying
  6. shrinking
  7. recoiling
  8. rousing
  9. popping
  10. quailing
  11. flinching
  12. cringing
  13. inciting
  14. protruding
  15. blenching
To bring into existence formally
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. originating
  2. organizing
  3. instituting
  4. founding
  5. establishing
  6. creating
  7. constituting
Bring into being
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. commencing
  2. originating
  3. beginning
  4. initiating
  5. rising
  6. getting
  7. springing
  8. arising
Antonyms:
  1. finishing
  2. stopping
  3. dying
  4. completing
  5. concluding
  6. ending
Have a beginning characterized in some specified way
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. beginning
Begin or set in motion
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. going
Antonyms:
  1. ending
  2. stopping
To take the first step in doing:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. beginning

Words Related to Starting

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Starting Sentence Examples

  • Her heart was starting to flutter.

  • Donnie's starting to speak.

  • When are you starting?

  • Starting with a monoderivative, we have seen that a substituent group may enter in either of three positions to form an ortho-, meta-, or paracompound.

  • I'm thinking about starting some trails on the south side.

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