Thesaurus:beginning

Thesaurus:beginning

THESAURUS

beginning

English

Synonyms

• beginning

• birth

• font

• fount

• inauguration

• commencement

• initiation

• launch

• source

• spring    [WS]

• springtime

• start

• onset

• origin

• origination

• youth

Antonyms

• completion    [WS]

• end    [WS]

• finish    [WS]

Hyponyms

• premiere

See also

• Thesaurus:cause

Further reading

• “66. beginning” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “beginning” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.