Synonyms for Commence:

• n.

  •
  • bring about,
  • trigger,
  • catalyze.
  •
  • kick off,
  • set-to.
  •
  • appear.
  •break out (noun)
  • break.
  •burst out (noun)
  • burst.
  •commence (noun)
  • get,
  • start out.
  •start (noun)
  • study at begin.
  •start-up (noun)
  • start-up.

• v.

  •approach (verb)
  • sets about,
  • setting about.
  •arise (verb)
  • cropt up,
  • de-rived,
  • de rived,
  • de-rive,
  • de riving,
  • coming to light,
  • sets in,
  • coming light,
  • setting in,
  • comes light,
  • de rives,
  • de-rives,
  • came light,
  • de rive,
  • come light,
  • cropping up,
  • de-riving,
  • comes to light.
  •begin (verb)
  • create,
  • prepare,
  • initialize,
  • bud,
  • hatch,
  • emerge,
  • form,
  • sprout,
  • conceive,
  • stem,
  • induct,
  • birth,
  • germinate,
  • dawn.
  •break out (verb)
  • sprang up,
  • bursted forth,
  • sprung up,
  • springing up,
  • springs up.
  •change (verb)
  • commence,
  • lead off.
  •develop (verb)
  • be tided,
  • be-fall,
  • be falling,
  • in-vested,
  • in-vests,
  • be fell,
  • in vests,
  • in-vesting,
  • be-tides,
  • be-falling,
  • trans pire,
  • be tide,
  • be-fallen,
  • be-tide,
  • be fallen,
  • in vest,
  • in vested,
  • be tides,
  • be-fell,
  • be tiding,
  • be-tided,
  • be falls,
  • in-vest,
  • be fall,
  • be-tiding,
  • trans-pire,
  • be-falls.
  •dig in (verb)
  • started eating,
  • starts eating,
  • starting eating.
  •embark (verb)
  • leaved port,
  • left port,
  • emplanes,
  • taking ship,
  • took on board,
  • goes aboard ship,
  • taking board,
  • took board,
  • take board,
  • puts board,
  • took ship,
  • going aboard ship,
  • put board,
  • putting on board,
  • emplaned,
  • takes on board,
  • takes ship,
  • leaves port,
  • putting board,
  • leaving port,
  • sets out,
  • emplaning,
  • taking on board,
  • entrains,
  • takes board,
  • went aboard ship,
  • puts on board.
  •embark on (verb)
  • teeing off,
  • tees off,
  • embarking on,
  • jumping off,
  • setting to,
  • jumps off,
  • sets to,
  • jumped off.
  •enter (verb)
  • gotten oneself into,
  • gat oneself in to,
  • getting into,
  • sub scribing,
  • gotten in to,
  • gets oneself into,
  • commits oneself,
  • got in to,
  • sub scribes,
  • signs on,
  • becomes member,
  • got oneself in to,
  • getting in to,
  • sub-scribing,
  • gets in to,
  • sub-scribes,
  • gotten into,
  • gat oneself into,
  • sub scribed,
  • getting oneself in to,
  • setting out on,
  • gat into,
  • get oneself in to,
  • committing oneself,
  • gotten oneself in to,
  • became member,
  • sets out on,
  • becoming member,
  • getting oneself into,
  • participating in,
  • leads off,
  • gat in to,
  • got oneself into,
  • sub-scribed,
  • get in to,
  • sub scribe,
  • gets oneself in to,
  • joining up,
  • committed oneself,
  • participates in,
  • gets into.
  •fall to (verb)
  • jumps in,
  • are to,
  • wert to,
  • jumped in,
  • applying oneself to,
  • wades in to,
  • wade in to,
  • being up to,
  • is to,
  • am to,
  • applied oneself to,
  • applies oneself to,
  • being to,
  • be to,
  • wades into,
  • were to,
  • wert up to,
  • is up to,
  • are up to,
  • applies to,
  • art up to,
  • waded in to,
  • wading into,
  • am up to,
  • waded into,
  • was up to,
  • wading in to,
  • art to,
  • was to,
  • were up to,
  • wast up to,
  • jumping in,
  • wast to,
  • applying to.
  •found (verb)
  • rang in,
  • ringing in,
  • starting up,
  • settles up,
  • rings in,
  • end-owed,
  • ringed in,
  • starts ball rolling,
  • settled up,
  • starts up,
  • starting the ball rolling,
  • starts the ball rolling,
  • started ball rolling,
  • started the ball rolling,
  • end owed,
  • end-owing,
  • end owing,
  • settling up,
  • starting ball rolling.
  •inaugurate (verb)
  • got things rolling,
  • in-ducting,
  • in-ducted,
  • gets things rolling,
  • in ducts,
  • in duct,
  • in ducted,
  • in-ducts,
  • getting things rolling,
  • ushered in,
  • in-duct,
  • gat things rolling,
  • in ducting,
  • gotten things rolling.
  •initiate (verb)
  • got feet wet,
  • in-stalled,
  • gotten feet wet,
  • in-stall,
  • in stalling,
  • getting feet wet,
  • introes,
  • getting ball rolling,
  • introing,
  • gets ball rolling,
  • in stalled,
  • in-stalling,
  • gat ball rolling,
  • gotten ball rolling,
  • gat feet wet,
  • got ball rolling,
  • introed,
  • gets feet wet.
  •instate (verb)
  • in stating,
  • in-state,
  • in-stated,
  • in-stating,
  • in stated,
  • in states,
  • in state,
  • in-states.
  •institute (verb)
  • bringing in to being,
  • brings in to being,
  • brought in to being,
  • bringing into being,
  • brings into being,
  • opens up,
  • bring in to being.
  •introduce (verb)
  • un veiled,
  • in-venting,
  • intro-duces,
  • brings forward,
  • in vented,
  • un-veiled,
  • in-vented,
  • in-vent,
  • in vents,
  • pre-sents,
  • un-veil,
  • un-veiling,
  • in venting,
  • intro duce,
  • pre sent,
  • un veils,
  • pre-sent,
  • intro duces,
  • bringing forward,
  • intro-duce,
  • in vent,
  • in-vents,
  • un veil,
  • un-veils,
  • un veiling.
  •launch (verb)
  • breaks the seal,
  • sets going,
  • embark up on,
  • broke seal,
  • embarking up on,
  • embarking upon,
  • brake seal,
  • brake the seal,
  • break seal,
  • embarks up on,
  • breaks seal,
  • breaking the seal,
  • breaking seal,
  • broke the seal,
  • embarked up on,
  • setting going,
  • embarks upon.
  •open (verb)
  • begins business,
  • beginning business,
  • raise curtain,
  • setting shop,
  • setting up shop,
  • sets up shop,
  • sets shop,
  • set shop,
  • began business.
  •originate (verb)
  • generate,
  • produce,
  • invent.
  •pitch in (verb)
  • do ones bit,
  • doing bit,
  • hops it,
  • dost one's bit,
  • doest one's bit,
  • doeth one bit,
  • didst one's bit,
  • did ones bit,
  • wades in,
  • getting cracking,
  • lending hand,
  • doing ones bit,
  • does ones bit,
  • contributing work,
  • did one bit,
  • joins in,
  • did one's bit,
  • hopping it,
  • does one's bit,
  • go it,
  • didst ones bit,
  • co operates,
  • goes to it,
  • got cracking,
  • help;ed get busy,
  • lending a hand,
  • dost ones bit,
  • doth one's bit,
  • lends a hand,
  • didst one bit,
  • dost one bit,
  • did bit,
  • wading in,
  • contributed work,
  • hops to it,
  • help;s get busy,
  • hopping to it,
  • does bit,
  • do one bit,
  • hopped to it,
  • gets cracking,
  • didst bit,
  • lend hand,
  • does one bit,
  • contributes work,
  • waded in,
  • doeth ones bit,
  • do bit,
  • hopped it,
  • co operated,
  • lent hand,
  • goes it,
  • went it,
  • doeth bit,
  • co operating,
  • lent a hand,
  • co operate,
  • doth ones bit,
  • doest ones bit,
  • doing one bit,
  • doth one bit,
  • doing one's bit,
  • doest bit,
  • doeth one's bit,
  • doth bit,
  • doest one bit,
  • going it,
  • went to it,
  • dost bit,
  • gotten cracking,
  • gat cracking,
  • lends hand,
  • going to it,
  • help;ing get busy.
  •preface (verb)
  • pre ceding,
  • pre faces,
  • led up to,
  • pre-facing,
  • pre-fixed,
  • pre ceded,
  • pre-faced,
  • pre-fix,
  • pre-ceded,
  • pre fix,
  • pre-fixes,
  • pre cedes,
  • pre facing,
  • pre fixing,
  • leads up to,
  • pre-ceding,
  • pre-face,
  • pre face,
  • pre fixes,
  • pre faced,
  • pre-cede,
  • pre cede,
  • pre-faces,
  • leading up to,
  • pre-cedes,
  • pre-fixing,
  • pre fixed.
  •premise (verb)
  • pre-supposed,
  • pre-supposing,
  • pre supposing,
  • pre-suppose,
  • pre-mise,
  • pre-mises,
  • pre-supposes,
  • pre mise,
  • pre mises,
  • pre supposed,
  • pre suppose,
  • pre supposes.
  •set (verb)
  • puts in motion,
  • putting in motion,
  • sets on,
  • puts motion,
  • putting motion,
  • setting on,
  • put motion.
  •spring (verb)
  • come in to being,
  • up springs,
  • were derived,
  • am derived,
  • up-sprang,
  • de scends,
  • comes into being,
  • is derived,
  • de-scends,
  • de scend,
  • came in to being,
  • being derived,
  • up-springing,
  • de scending,
  • de-scending,
  • de-scend,
  • wast descended,
  • up-sprung,
  • wert descended,
  • up springing,
  • were descended,
  • being descended,
  • am descended,
  • up-spring,
  • up sprung,
  • shoots up,
  • de-scended,
  • is descended,
  • wast derived,
  • art derived,
  • up sprang,
  • de scended,
  • up spring,
  • wert derived,
  • are derived,
  • came into being,
  • are descended,
  • was derived,
  • coming in to being,
  • was descended,
  • art descended,
  • comes in to being,
  • up-springs.
  •start (verb)
  • hit road,
  • de part,
  • made a beginning,
  • in-cited,
  • de parts,
  • making a beginning,
  • taking plunge,
  • making beginning,
  • de-parts,
  • lays foundation,
  • de-parting,
  • takes first step,
  • laid foundation,
  • seeing light,
  • de parted,
  • sees light,
  • taking the plunge,
  • de-part,
  • took first step,
  • takes plunge,
  • de parting,
  • make beginning,
  • makes beginning,
  • taking first step,
  • take plunge,
  • made beginning,
  • makes a beginning,
  • saw light,
  • takes the plunge,
  • took plunge,
  • laying foundation,
  • in-cite,
  • took the plunge,
  • in cites,
  • in cite,
  • de-parted.
  •start action (verb)
  • jump into,
  • tear into,
  • hit the ground running,
  • get one's feet wet.
  •take on (verb)
  • be came,
  • addressing oneself to,
  • take hand,
  • agreed to do,
  • coming have,
  • taking upon oneself,
  • having a go at,
  • hast go at,
  • taking up on oneself,
  • hadst go at,
  • addresses to,
  • has go at,
  • addressing to,
  • takes in hand,
  • be-came,
  • takes up on oneself,
  • be-coming,
  • addressed oneself to,
  • agrees to do,
  • re-tains,
  • takes hand,
  • came to have,
  • coming to have,
  • took hand,
  • re tains,
  • haddest go at,
  • agrees do,
  • take up on oneself,
  • took in hand,
  • addrest to,
  • addresses oneself to,
  • come have,
  • took up on oneself,
  • agreed do,
  • has a go at,
  • having go at,
  • haddest a go at,
  • be-come,
  • re-tain,
  • hast a go at,
  • have go at,
  • hath a go at,
  • had a go at,
  • had go at,
  • hadst a go at,
  • taking hand,
  • takes upon oneself,
  • re tain,
  • took upon oneself,
  • hath go at,
  • comes have,
  • came have,
  • agreeing to do,
  • comes to have,
  • agree do,
  • be come,
  • taking in hand,
  • be comes,
  • addrest oneself to,
  • be-comes,
  • agreeing do.
  •take up (verb)
  • re-commencing,
  • re commence,
  • re new,
  • becoming involved in,
  • re start,
  • re starting,
  • re-opens,
  • re commenced,
  • re-news,
  • re opens,
  • re news,
  • re-new,
  • re commences,
  • re-started,
  • re started,
  • re-starts,
  • re opened,
  • re-commenced,
  • became involved in,
  • engaging in,
  • becomes involved in,
  • re-starting,
  • re commencing,
  • re open,
  • re starts,
  • re-opening,
  • re-opened,
  • re-commences,
  • re opening,
  • re-commence.
  •undertake (verb)
  • fell in to,
  • having a hand in,
  • hadst hand in,
  • fall in to,
  • under took,
  • addressing oneself,
  • makes a run at,
  • had try,
  • has a try,
  • made run at,
  • de-voting,
  • addrest oneself,
  • falls in to,
  • going in for,
  • falls into,
  • de voting,
  • had a hand in,
  • pro mises,
  • de voted,
  • falling into,
  • hath hand in,
  • haddest try,
  • under take,
  • making run at,
  • had a try,
  • having try,
  • under-taken,
  • have try,
  • hast a try,
  • addresses oneself,
  • de votes,
  • having hand in,
  • under-took,
  • makes run at,
  • pro-mise,
  • under-takes,
  • haddest a try,
  • under taking,
  • de-voted,
  • under-taking,
  • hadst try,
  • making a run at,
  • hath try,
  • de-vote,
  • made a run at,
  • de vote,
  • under taken,
  • has a hand in,
  • hadst a hand in,
  • haddest a hand in,
  • went in for,
  • make run at,
  • haddest hand in,
  • hast try,
  • has try,
  • fell into,
  • pro-mises,
  • de-votes,
  • pro mise,
  • falling in to,
  • hath a hand in,
  • having a try,
  • hast hand in,
  • goes in for,
  • under takes,
  • addressed oneself,
  • hadst a try,
  • under-take,
  • had hand in,
  • have hand in,
  • has hand in,
  • hath a try,
  • hast a hand in.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • flare,
  • start-off,
  • roll around,
  • snowball,
  • unfurl,
  • burgeon.
  •
  • grow up,
  • resume.
  •
  • born,
  • brew.
  •
  • lead.
  •
  • return.
  •
  • open.
  •approach
  • set about.
  •begin
  • gives birth to,
  • come into existence,
  • impelled,
  • grow out of,
  • came forth,
  • proceeding from,
  • result from,
  • get show on road,
  • eventuate,
  • resulted from,
  • stem from,
  • give impulse,
  • occasions,
  • issuing forth,
  • proceed from,
  • get going,
  • break ground,
  • being born,
  • get under way,
  • sets in motion,
  • make tick,
  • gave birth to,
  • setting in motion,
  • getting going,
  • give birth to,
  • got going,
  • coming into existence,
  • set up,
  • sets up,
  • establish,
  • come forth,
  • be born,
  • enter upon,
  • send off,
  • kicked off,
  • inducing,
  • sail,
  • took off,
  • triggering,
  • issues forth,
  • set in motion,
  • results from,
  • make active,
  • plunge into,
  • issue forth,
  • resulting from,
  • getting under way,
  • comes forth,
  • approach,
  • triggers,
  • lay foundation for,
  • breaking ground,
  • went ahead,
  • was born.
  •dig in
  • eat,
  • start eating,
  • eaten.
  •embark on
  • tee off,
  • jump off,
  • set to,
  • teed off.
  •enter
  • sign up,
  • get into,
  • signing up,
  • got into,
  • signs up,
  • join up,
  • led off,
  • signed up,
  • enroll,
  • signing on,
  • leading off,
  • participate in,
  • commit oneself,
  • participated in,
  • set out on,
  • joined up,
  • become member,
  • sign on,
  • get oneself into,
  • joins up.
  •open
  • begin business,
  • set up shop.
  •originate
  • originates,
  • Originating,
  • hail from,
  • birthed.
  •pitch in
  • lend a hand,
  • do one's bit,
  • join in,
  • contribute work,
  • hop to it,
  • co-operates,
  • hop it,
  • co-operated,
  • joined in,
  • Volunteering,
  • joining in,
  • go to it,
  • get cracking,
  • wade in,
  • pitch in,
  • co-operating,
  • help; get busy,
  • co-operate.
  •start
  • ground.
  •take on
  • take upon oneself,
  • address oneself to,
  • have a go at,
  • be coming,
  • come to have,
  • agree to do,
  • addressed to,
  • address to,
  • take in hand.

Paraphrases for Commence:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    commences, starts, Commencing.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Commencing.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, past tense
    recommenced.
  • Verb, base form
    Recommence.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    underway, jump-start.
  • Proper noun, singular
    begins, choices.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    outset.
  • Verb, past tense
    Proceeded, Became, Entered, Instituted, debuted, Went, Got, Boots.
  • Verb, past participle
    triggered.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    Originated, starts, activate.
  • Verb, base form
    lay, Undertakings, convene, instigate, resume, inaugurate, unfold, usher, activate, jump-start, pave, preface, Boots, originate.

Antonyms for Commence:

• v.

  • change
    end.
  • start action
    cease, finish, conclude.
  • Other antonyms:
    lay off, forsake, abolish, complete, leave, stop, exterminate, phase out, extinguish, expire, dissolve, disappear, halt, perish, vanish, evaporate, die, quit, demolish, depart, close, destroy, abandon, pass away.

Hypernym for Commence:

• v.

  • change
    start up, introduce, commence, start, set off, usher in, jump-start, embark on, Recommence, jumpstart, inaugurate.