What is another word for commencement?
356 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ kəmˈɛnsmənt], [ kəmˈɛnsmənt], [ k_ə_m_ˈɛ_n_s_m_ə_n_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for commencement:- act (noun)
- beginning (noun)
- celebration (noun)
- ceremony marking the beginning of stage (noun)
- commencement (noun)
- dawn (noun)
- entrance (noun)
- genesis (noun)
- head (noun)
- inaugural (noun)
- inauguration (noun)
- inception (noun)
- instatement (noun)
- introduction (noun)
- onset (noun)
- opening (noun)
- origin (noun)
- origination (noun)
- outbreak (noun)
- outset (noun)
- prelude (noun)
- source (noun)
- start (noun)
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Synonyms for Commencement:
n.
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- appearance.
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- dedication,
- launch,
- induction,
- ceremonial.
- conception,
- derivation,
- creation,
- babyhood,
- earliness,
- hatching,
- infancy,
- inception,
- preparation,
- embryo,
- cradle,
- emergence,
- spring,
- stem,
- precursor,
- birth,
- sprout.
- 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.
- alpha,
- graduation,
- bow,
- kickoff,
- services,
- countdown,
- tee off,
- opener,
- Proem,
- dawning,
- curtain-raiser,
- outset,
- admission,
- opening.
- interpolation,
- Exordia,
- opening remarks,
- Prolegomenon,
- hornbooks,
- basic principle,
- Hornbook,
- first acquaintance,
- basic text,
- exordium,
- interpolations,
- first taste,
- Exordiums,
- intros,
- basic principles.
- dis order,
- burstings,
- out burst,
- dis-order,
- out pouring,
- re volutions,
- ex-plosion,
- dis-charges,
- out break,
- out-pouring,
- out-bursts,
- ex plosion,
- flareup,
- dis charge,
- out-break,
- out bursts,
- out-breaks,
- out breaks,
- re-volutions,
- dis orders,
- up-risings,
- dis-orders,
- dis-charge,
- sunderings,
- out-burst,
- re-volution,
- up rising,
- up risings,
- up-rising,
- ex plosions,
- dis charges.
Other synonyms:
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- imposition,
- continuation,
- jumping-off point,
- starting point,
- birthplace,
- incipience,
- breeding ground,
- resumption,
- resurrection,
- intro,
- rite of passage,
- communicator,
- solemnity,
- lead time,
- arrival,
- swearing-in,
- lead-in,
- pomp,
- march-past,
- leadoff,
- outburst,
- Exercises,
- renewal,
- apprenticeship,
- institution,
- incipiency.
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- starter.
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- presentation,
- flier.
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- installation.
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- review.
- brink,
- radix,
- suppression,
- formation,
- setoff,
- core,
- call to order,
- preamble,
- early,
- fount,
- advent,
- alphabet,
- turning point,
- outgrowth,
- first gear,
- office,
- lineage,
- attack,
- function,
- Deathblow,
- road to ruin,
- baccalaureate service,
- Destroying,
- low gear,
- founding,
- demolition,
- scratch,
- set back,
- start-up,
- formulation,
- Inchoation,
- fresh start,
- accession,
- square one,
- takeoff,
- baseline,
- Sockdolager,
- brunt,
- stage,
- onslaught,
- Demolishment,
- maiden speech,
- mummery,
- religious ceremony,
- initial,
- last stage,
- incendiarism,
- starting,
- aperture,
- formality,
- sacrifice,
- get-go,
- initiative,
- mouth,
- foundation,
- first base,
- stolon,
- morning,
- offset printing,
- root,
- offshoot,
- establishment,
- taproot,
- radical,
- starting signal,
- sabotage,
- cutting edge,
- oncoming,
- liturgy,
- head start,
- gradation,
- Razzia,
- rite de passage,
- move,
- revolution,
- awakening,
- turning on,
- stock,
- dilapidation,
- threshold,
- gap,
- debut,
- extraction,
- performance,
- rootage,
- edge,
- extirpation,
- commencement exercises,
- rise,
- activation,
- foreword,
- cause,
- send off,
- showtime,
- formal,
- starting line,
- begin,
- setting in motion,
- verge,
- arm,
- rite,
- branch,
- provenance,
- begining,
- knock-out,
- come out,
- ravage,
- number one,
- day one,
- first occurrence,
- Provenience,
- setting up,
- runner,
- abolition,
- Embarcation,
- solemnization,
- service,
- overthrow,
- low,
- deterioration,
- kick off,
- original,
- preface,
- subversion,
- blast off,
- first appearance,
- abrogation,
- fountain-head,
- Setout,
- attempt,
- inactivation,
- exercise,
- take off,
- putting to sea.
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Equivalence
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
start.
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Adjective
start.
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Proper noun, singular
initiation, start, starts, beginning, beginnings.
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Noun, singular or mass
initiation, start, beginning.
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Verb, base form
start.
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Preposition or subordinating conjunction
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Forward Entailment
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Independent
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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.
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Verb, past tense
Embarked, Enacted, practised, imposed, effected, Became, appropriated, erupted, Instituted, executed, Proceeded, loved, assumed, Exercised, Carried, pursued.
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Verb, base form
usher.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
entry-into-force.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Commencement:
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n.
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act
finish.
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ceremony marking the beginning of stage
completion, ending, cessation, stop, end, conclusion, death.
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time
middle.
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act
Hypernym for Commencement:
n.
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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.
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time
incipience, terminus a quo, starting point, threshold, birth, incipiency.
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act
Hyponym for Commencement:
n.
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act
change of state.
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time
point in time, point.
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act