Starts Synonyms and Antonyms

Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. winces
  2. fires
  3. commences
  4. shies
  5. begins
  6. shrinks
  7. recoils
  8. gets
  9. quails
  10. flinches
  11. cringes
  12. lights
  13. blenches
Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. jumps
  2. lights
  3. parts
  4. rouses
  5. incites
  6. departs
  7. startles
  8. bolts
Antonyms:
  1. ignores
To bring into existence formally
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. originates
  2. organizes
  3. institutes
  4. founds
  5. establishes
  6. creates
  7. constitutes
Set in motion, cause to start
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. begins
  2. inaugurates
  3. commences
  4. initiates
  5. originates
  6. goes
  7. institutes
  8. embarks
  9. enters
  10. generates
  11. winces
  12. opens
  13. twitches
  14. turns
  15. startles
  16. springs
  17. shies
  18. seeds
  19. rushes
  20. rouses
  21. roots
  22. retreats
  23. recoils
  24. pulses
  25. provokes
  26. launches
  27. leaps
  28. leads
  29. jumps
  30. introduces
  31. instigates
  32. undertakes
  33. causes
  34. ignites
  35. heads
  36. founds
  37. forms
  38. flinches
  39. establishes
  40. approaches
  41. dawns
  42. darts
  43. creates
  44. broaches
  45. bolts
  46. births
  47. advantages
  48. activates
Antonyms:
  1. ends
  2. stops
A line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. springs
  2. origins
  3. scratches
  4. geneses
  5. dawns
  6. births
  7. sources
  8. openings
  9. onsets
  10. inceptions
  11. commencements
  12. derivations
  13. beginnings
Advantage
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. handicaps
  2. advantages
  3. vantages
Antonyms:
  1. disadvantages
A sudden involuntary movement
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. jumps
  2. bolts
  3. startle
Have a beginning characterized in some specified way
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. begins
Bulge outward
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bulges
  2. pops
  3. protrudes
To take the first step in doing:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. begins

Words Related to Starts

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.

Starts Sentence Examples

  • She starts preschool this fall.

  • Court starts at nine o'clock, Dean said as he piled silverware on the kitchen counter.

  • Training starts tomorrow morning at dawn.

  • The disturbing conditions of will, life and organic forces are eliminated from the problem; he starts with the clear and distinct idea of extension, figured and moved, and thence by mathematical laws he gives a hypothetical explanation of all things.

  • I love the old geezer but the few times he starts talking about the old days, I tune him out.

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