Synonyms for Opens up:

• v.

  •accelerate (verb)
  • hasten,
  • forward,
  • fire up,
  • quicken,
  • expedite,
  • tool,
  • drive,
  • roll,
  • hurry,
  • hammer on,
  • put pedal to metal,
  • step on gas,
  • lay rubber,
  • further,
  • rev,
  • gun,
  • impel,
  • lay a patch,
  • rev up,
  • step up,
  • peel rubber,
  • railroad,
  • make tracks,
  • advance,
  • put on afterburners,
  • spur,
  • nail it,
  • stimulate,
  • speed up,
  • precipitate,
  • dust,
  • open up.
  •acknowledge (verb)
  • concede,
  • allow,
  • confess,
  • acquiesce,
  • accede,
  • profess,
  • come out of closet,
  • grant,
  • get off chest,
  • fess up,
  • accept,
  • recognize,
  • avow,
  • cop a plea,
  • crack,
  • come clean,
  • yield,
  • own,
  • declare,
  • let on.
  •admit (verb)
  • confirm,
  • confide,
  • let,
  • talk,
  • narrate,
  • concur,
  • communicate,
  • unveil,
  • own up,
  • tolerate,
  • expose,
  • tell,
  • accord,
  • relate,
  • divulge,
  • enumerate,
  • disclose,
  • consent,
  • reveal,
  • indicate,
  • proclaim,
  • recite,
  • approve,
  • number,
  • subscribe to,
  • go into details,
  • credit,
  • spill,
  • bare,
  • permit,
  • adopt,
  • make known,
  • bring to light,
  • agree,
  • affirm,
  • uncover.
  •broach (verb)
  • introduce,
  • touch on,
  • offer,
  • talk of,
  • speak of,
  • move,
  • interject,
  • mention,
  • approach,
  • submit,
  • raise subject,
  • moot,
  • suggest,
  • interpose,
  • hint at,
  • ventilate,
  • propose,
  • bring up.
  •broaden (verb)
  • expand,
  • fatten,
  • enlarge,
  • grow,
  • spread,
  • breadthen,
  • augment,
  • swell,
  • widen,
  • ream,
  • increase,
  • develop,
  • stretch.
  •divulge (verb)
  • discover,
  • mouth,
  • exhibit,
  • tip off,
  • spring,
  • cough up,
  • blow the whistle,
  • tattle,
  • betray,
  • blab,
  • spill the beans,
  • give away,
  • promulgate,
  • let slip,
  • admit,
  • leak,
  • gossip,
  • go public,
  • publish,
  • broadcast,
  • let hair down,
  • impart.
  •enlighten (verb)
  • edify,
  • catechize,
  • illumine,
  • direct,
  • put on to,
  • civilize,
  • advise,
  • elucidate,
  • inform,
  • give the word,
  • illume,
  • school,
  • acquaint,
  • convert,
  • let in on,
  • give faith,
  • update,
  • educate,
  • teach,
  • indoctrinate,
  • give the lowdown,
  • brief,
  • persuade,
  • improve,
  • guide,
  • illuminate,
  • inspirit,
  • counsel,
  • apprise,
  • save,
  • instruct,
  • uplift,
  • train,
  • imitate,
  • cause to understand,
  • preach,
  • inculcate.
  •institute (verb)
  • constitute,
  • bow,
  • induct,
  • bring into being,
  • create,
  • found,
  • commence,
  • break in,
  • set up,
  • ordain,
  • organize,
  • pioneer,
  • set in motion,
  • initiate,
  • install,
  • originate,
  • invest,
  • start,
  • establish,
  • settle,
  • come out with,
  • launch,
  • inaugurate,
  • enact,
  • come up with,
  • usher in,
  • make up,
  • appoint,
  • open,
  • fix.
  •introduce (verb)
  • start ball rolling,
  • kick off,
  • pave the way,
  • precede,
  • set forth,
  • fix up,
  • broach,
  • recommend,
  • air,
  • harbinger,
  • lead into,
  • do the honors,
  • Familiarize,
  • preface,
  • usher,
  • bring out,
  • get things rolling,
  • announce,
  • spring with,
  • put forward,
  • get together,
  • knock down,
  • herald,
  • give introduction,
  • lead off.
  •knife (verb)
  • hurt,
  • clip,
  • impale,
  • chop down,
  • brand,
  • shank,
  • wound,
  • lacerate,
  • spit,
  • slice,
  • carve,
  • shiv,
  • cut,
  • kill,
  • stick,
  • thrust,
  • slash,
  • pierce,
  • jag,
  • lance.
  •operate (verb)
  • remove,
  • amputate,
  • transplant,
  • carve up,
  • explore,
  • excise,
  • set,
  • treat.
  •originate (verb)
  • evolve,
  • institute,
  • form,
  • produce,
  • parent,
  • conceive,
  • think up,
  • procreate,
  • cause,
  • coin,
  • spark,
  • formulate,
  • invent,
  • spawn,
  • bring about,
  • innovate,
  • generate,
  • break the ice,
  • make,
  • compose,
  • give birth to,
  • hatch.
  •pioneer (verb)
  • instigate,
  • begin,
  • show the way,
  • trailblaze,
  • prepare,
  • spearhead,
  • take the lead,
  • go out in front,
  • colonize,
  • map out.
  •profess (verb)
  • croon,
  • aver,
  • come out,
  • make out,
  • pretend,
  • purport,
  • say so,
  • allege,
  • avouch,
  • state,
  • depose,
  • soapbox,
  • act as if,
  • stump,
  • blow hot air,
  • certify,
  • talk big,
  • spiel,
  • sing,
  • claim,
  • get on soapbox,
  • swear up and down,
  • dissemble,
  • feign,
  • vouch,
  • fake,
  • Constate,
  • predicate,
  • asseverate,
  • spout,
  • acknowledge,
  • swear on bible,
  • cross heart,
  • maintain.
  •release (verb)
  • excuse,
  • liberate,
  • drop,
  • give out,
  • let off,
  • exempt,
  • dispense,
  • surrender,
  • clear,
  • untie,
  • deliver,
  • set loose,
  • exculpate,
  • give off,
  • Unshackle,
  • emancipate,
  • unbind,
  • bail out,
  • turn out,
  • loosen,
  • loose,
  • unloose,
  • cast loose,
  • let up on,
  • absolve,
  • vent,
  • unchain,
  • disengage,
  • set at large,
  • Unfetter,
  • commute,
  • manumit,
  • go easy on,
  • extricate,
  • issue,
  • unleash,
  • discharge,
  • let off steam,
  • exonerate,
  • wipe slate clean,
  • turn loose,
  • acquit,
  • take out,
  • set free,
  • free,
  • unfasten,
  • undo.
  •shoot (verb)
  • explode,
  • catapult,
  • bag,
  • ignite,
  • fling,
  • drop the hammer,
  • project,
  • throw lead,
  • zap,
  • hurl,
  • fire,
  • trigger,
  • pump,
  • propel,
  • barrage,
  • pick off,
  • torpedo,
  • plug,
  • bombard,
  • open fire,
  • bring down,
  • set off,
  • dispatch,
  • expel,
  • pop,
  • execute,
  • let go with,
  • emit,
  • murder,
  • pull the trigger,
  • blast,
  • HIT,
  • let fly.
  •slash (verb)
  • hack,
  • chop,
  • score,
  • slit,
  • injure,
  • rend,
  • rip,
  • sever,
  • gash,
  • incise.
  •stab (verb)
  • punch,
  • cleave,
  • plunge,
  • prick,
  • run through,
  • saber,
  • knife,
  • spear,
  • sink,
  • gore,
  • penetrate,
  • plow,
  • jab,
  • prong,
  • transfix,
  • bayonet,
  • ram.
  •strike (verb)
  • come across,
  • catch,
  • come upon,
  • attain,
  • achieve,
  • light upon,
  • lay bare,
  • effect,
  • stumble across,
  • take,
  • arrive at,
  • reach,
  • chance upon,
  • hit upon,
  • turn up,
  • unearth,
  • seize,
  • happen upon,
  • dig up,
  • encounter.
  •tell (verb)
  • level,
  • report,
  • require,
  • authorize,
  • order,
  • express,
  • reel off,
  • give facts,
  • leave word,
  • enjoin,
  • put before,
  • call upon,
  • fill in,
  • summon,
  • spit it out,
  • say,
  • represent,
  • speak,
  • utter,
  • let know,
  • break the news,
  • command,
  • lay open,
  • keep posted,
  • bid,
  • explain,
  • notify,
  • clue in.
  •thaw (verb)
  • relent,
  • dissolve,
  • mollify,
  • become liquid,
  • become soft,
  • soften,
  • fuse,
  • Deliquesce,
  • unbend,
  • flow,
  • liquefy,
  • melt,
  • flux,
  • relax,
  • warm up,
  • defrost,
  • run.
  •uncover (verb)
  • show,
  • strike,
  • display,
  • strip,
  • unclothe,
  • tip one's hand,
  • break,
  • unwrap,
  • stumble on,
  • tap,
  • subject,
  • denude,
  • unmask.
  •unfurl (verb)
  • unfold,
  • unpack,
  • spread out,
  • unwind.
  •unveil (verb)
  • let it all hang out,
  • unbosom,
  • make public.
  •wound (verb)
  • ding,
  • rough up,
  • irritate,
  • scrape,
  • bruise,
  • scratch,
  • nick,
  • total,
  • Ouch,
  • contuse,
  • harm,
  • damage.

Antonyms for Opens up:

• v.

  • accelerate
    defer, slow, halt, repress, stop, dissuade, check, delay, block, impede, retard, discourage, postpone, decelerate, wait, slow down, hinder, cease.
  • acknowledge
    disagree, contradict, disallow, condemn, abjure, forswear, renounce, disavow, repudiate, protest, conceal, hide, deny, veto, refuse, reject, ignore, disregard, disapprove, dispute.
  • admit
    disown, decline, keep, dismiss, listen, gainsay, dissent, differ, oppose, invalidate, repel, argue, eject, shut, cover, withhold, exclude, debar, misunderstand, object, sell, oust, suppress, confute, prevent, expel, secrete.
  • broach
    close up, not mention, close, take back, withdraw.
  • broaden
    concentrate, abridge, narrow, shrink, diminish, lessen, lower, restrict, compress, decrease.
  • divulge
    protect.
  • enlighten
    misguide, deceive, learn, mislead, puzzle, delude, obscure, neglect, bewilder, be vague, confuse, confound, hurt, harm.
  • institute
    destroy, conclude, finish, end, complete, ruin, unsettle.
  • introduce
    erase, extract, take away, subtract.
  • knife
    aid, cure, help, heal.
  • originate
    effect, result, kill, terminate.
  • pioneer
    die.
  • profess
    be quiet, question.
  • release
    confine, limit, gather, incriminate, restrain, fasten, charge, convict, bind, imprison, sentence, detain, incarcerate, collect, retain, maintain, hold, blame.
  • shoot
    bear, walk, backfire, create, fail.
  • slash
    increase, fix, raise, mend, combine, sew, unite.
  • stab
    assist, rise.
  • strike
    lose, release, offer, surrender, free, tap, pass up, not touch, be immune, give, miss, let go.
  • tell
    estimate, keep secret, ask, figure, guess.
  • thaw
    coagulate, freeze, worry, solidify.
  • uncover
    secret.
  • unfurl
    fold up, roll up.
  • unveil
    veil.
  • wound
    improve, appease, benefit.