Definition for Commencement:

• The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

Synonyms for Commencement:

• n.

  •
  • appearance.
  •
  • launch,
  • ceremonial.
  •beginning (noun)
  • conception,
  • derivation,
  • creation,
  • babyhood,
  • earliness,
  • hatching,
  • infancy,
  • inception,
  • preparation,
  • embryo,
  • cradle,
  • emergence,
  • spring,
  • stem,
  • precursor,
  • birth,
  • sprout.
  •celebration (noun)
  • acclamation,
  • jubilation,
  • exultation,
  • feast,
  • remembrance,
  • festivity,
  • proclamation,
  • ovation,
  • ceremony,
  • praise,
  • carousal,
  • merry-making,
  • jubilee,
  • joy,
  • rejoicing,
  • revelry,
  • holiday,
  • glorification,
  • ritual,
  • commemoration,
  • glee,
  • spree,
  • elation,
  • convocation,
  • observance,
  • salute,
  • honor,
  • memorialization,
  • celebration.
  •ceremony marking the beginning of stage (noun)
  • dawning,
  • opening,
  • kickoff,
  • outset,
  • alpha,
  • graduation.
  •commencement (noun)
  • commencement exercise,
  • offset,
  • graduation exercise,
  • starting time,
  • commencement ceremony,
  • first.
  •introduction (noun)
  • Prolegomenon.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • birthplace,
  • incipiency,
  • incipience,
  • apprenticeship,
  • institution,
  • outburst,
  • resurrection,
  • renewal,
  • starting point,
  • intro,
  • communicator,
  • lead-in,
  • rite of passage,
  • leadoff,
  • solemnity,
  • arrival,
  • Exercises.
  •
  • germ,
  • testimonial,
  • recovery,
  • honeymoon,
  • unveiling.
  •
  • installation.
  •
  • return.
  •Other relevant words:
  • formulation,
  • baseline,
  • aperture,
  • debut,
  • gradation,
  • performance,
  • awakening,
  • fountain-head,
  • branch,
  • formality,
  • foundation,
  • exercise,
  • turning on,
  • threshold,
  • low gear,
  • establishment,
  • brunt,
  • starting signal,
  • Destroying,
  • cutting edge,
  • turning point,
  • office,
  • advent,
  • get-go,
  • begin,
  • formal,
  • abolition,
  • putting to sea,
  • take off,
  • radix,
  • service,
  • takeoff,
  • inactivation,
  • first gear,
  • activation,
  • offshoot,
  • kick off,
  • brink,
  • Sockdolager,
  • setting in motion,
  • lineage,
  • showtime,
  • oncoming,
  • solemnization,
  • setoff,
  • initiative,
  • overthrow,
  • sacrifice,
  • accession,
  • attack,
  • rootage,
  • starting line,
  • road to ruin,
  • radical,
  • day one,
  • onslaught,
  • taproot,
  • send off,
  • knock-out,
  • early,
  • Inchoation,
  • Provenience,
  • stage,
  • ravage,
  • extraction,
  • dilapidation,
  • arm,
  • rite de passage,
  • rite,
  • subversion,
  • root,
  • revolution,
  • call to order,
  • mummery,
  • set back,
  • gap,
  • Deathblow,
  • founding,
  • stock,
  • fount,
  • extirpation,
  • provenance,
  • Setout,
  • starting,
  • offset printing,
  • mouth,
  • preamble,
  • move,
  • number one,
  • cause,
  • verge,
  • square one,
  • Razzia,
  • scratch,
  • fresh start,
  • rise,
  • foreword,
  • incendiarism,
  • start-up,
  • core,
  • attempt,
  • come out,
  • begining,
  • head start,
  • liturgy,
  • suppression,
  • blast off,
  • setting up,
  • demolition,
  • first appearance,
  • Demolishment,
  • abrogation,
  • first occurrence,
  • deterioration,
  • maiden speech,
  • commencement exercises,
  • initial,
  • formation,
  • morning,
  • alphabet,
  • last stage,
  • preface,
  • first base,
  • Embarcation,
  • stolon,
  • sabotage,
  • runner,
  • religious ceremony,
  • function,
  • original,
  • low,
  • outgrowth,
  • edge.

Paraphrases for Commencement:

• Equivalence

  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    start.
  • Adjective
    start.
  • Proper noun, singular
    initiation, start, starts, beginning, beginnings.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    initiation, start, beginning.
  • Verb, base form
    start.

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, past tense
    beginning, Commenced.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    opening-up, keynote, Commenced.
  • Proper noun, singular
    states, remarks, members, launches, onset, Commenced.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    outset, inauguration, enactment, opening-up, induction, operationalization, roll-out, departure, advent, opener, rollout, coming-into-force, onset, activation, Commenced, force, construction, commissioning, dawn.
  • Verb, past tense
    Embarked, Enacted, practised, imposed, effected, Became, appropriated, erupted, Instituted, executed, Proceeded, loved, assumed, Exercised, Carried, pursued.
  • Verb, base form
    usher.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    entry-into-force.

Antonyms for Commencement:

• n.

  • act
    finish.
  • ceremony marking the beginning of stage
    completion, ending, cessation, stop, end, conclusion, death.
  • time
    middle.
  • Other antonyms:
    closing, termination, close, windup, omega, closure, finale.

Hypernym for Commencement:

• n.

  • act
    scrummage, organisation, installing, introduction, tone-beginning, recommencement, groundbreaking, initiation, organization, instauration, inauguration, jumping-off point, first appearance, installation, constitution, entry, unveiling, initiative, debut, formation, founding, jump ball, opening, groundbreaking ceremony, opening move, origination, attack, launching, first step, foundation, scrum, innovation, establishment, startup, housing start, instalment, creation, icebreaker, face-off, activation, springboard, resumption, kickoff, institution, installment, point of departure.
  • time
    incipience, terminus a quo, starting point, threshold, birth, incipiency.

Hyponym for Commencement:

• n.

  • act
    change of state.
  • time
    point in time, point.