Thesaurus:begin
THESAURUS | begin |
English
Verb
(intransitive)
Synonyms
- begin
- commence
- commencify (nonstandard)
- go
- inchoate
- initiate
- open
- originate
- rock and roll
- start
Antonyms
- end [WS]
Hyponyms
- inaugurate
- —
- blaze a trail
- break ground
- break new ground
- —
- get underway
- launch
- —
- leave [WS]
- —
- execute
- launch
- open
- run [WS]
- —
- set about
- take steps
Further reading
- “66. beginning” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “begin” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.