Definition for Starting point:

• The point from which motion begins, or from which a thing moves.

Synonyms for Starting point:

• n.

  •
  • start,
  • introduction,
  • appearance.
  •
  • lap,
  • layover,
  • leg,
  • landfall,
  • drop off,
  • change,
  • the home stretch,
  • port of call,
  • departure.
  •base (noun)
  • garrison,
  • harbor,
  • site,
  • post,
  • depot,
  • port,
  • home,
  • field,
  • camp,
  • dock,
  • strip,
  • center,
  • hangar,
  • settlement.
  •beginning (noun)
  • infancy,
  • dawning,
  • installation,
  • square one,
  • point of departure,
  • preface,
  • openers,
  • blastoff,
  • induction,
  • creation,
  • rudiment,
  • basis,
  • prelude,
  • incipiency,
  • takeoff,
  • blastoffs,
  • top,
  • leadoff,
  • presentation,
  • dawn,
  • spring,
  • inauguration,
  • incipience,
  • alpha,
  • day one,
  • opener.
  •commencement (noun)
  • celebration,
  • admission,
  • services,
  • countdown,
  • convocation,
  • bow,
  • graduation.
  •headquarters (noun)
  • base.
  •hypothesis (noun)
  • guess,
  • plan,
  • explanation,
  • supposition,
  • condition,
  • system,
  • position,
  • inference,
  • speculation,
  • theorem,
  • layout,
  • assumption,
  • philosophy,
  • derivation,
  • attribution,
  • term,
  • axiom,
  • presupposition,
  • surmise,
  • postulate,
  • demonstration,
  • proposal,
  • assignment,
  • proposition,
  • data,
  • antecedent,
  • deduction,
  • reason,
  • shot in the dark,
  • conclusion,
  • scheme,
  • ground,
  • belief,
  • interpretation,
  • suggestion,
  • conjecture,
  • principle,
  • thesis,
  • rationale,
  • foundation.
  •origin (noun)
  • entrance,
  • emergence,
  • blast off,
  • entry,
  • ingress,
  • forging.
  •origination (noun)
  • innovation,
  • discovery.
  •root (noun)
  • marrow,
  • quintessence,
  • essence,
  • bedrock,
  • pith,
  • bottom,
  • quick,
  • nub,
  • fountain,
  • occasion,
  • cause,
  • motive,
  • seat,
  • crux,
  • infrastructure,
  • fountainhead,
  • stem,
  • nucleus,
  • heart,
  • tuber,
  • Underpinning,
  • well,
  • stuff,
  • substratum,
  • seed,
  • beginnings,
  • groundwork,
  • fundamental,
  • footing,
  • soul.
  •source (noun)
  • authorship,
  • author,
  • fount,
  • expert,
  • mother,
  • originator,
  • informant,
  • maternity,
  • rising,
  • wellspring,
  • authority,
  • parent,
  • specialist,
  • father,
  • connection.
  •starting point (noun)
  • terminus a quo.
  •threshold (noun)
  • edge,
  • gate,
  • doorsteps,
  • brink,
  • vestibule,
  • sill,
  • doorstep,
  • verge,
  • sills,
  • doorway,
  • door,
  • doorways.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • institution,
  • kickoff,
  • breeding ground,
  • inception,
  • renewal,
  • imposition,
  • jumping-off point,
  • outburst,
  • continuation,
  • resurrection,
  • arrival,
  • outset,
  • resumption,
  • conception,
  • flying start,
  • lead-in,
  • apprenticeship,
  • lead time,
  • point of order,
  • birthplace,
  • intro,
  • onset,
  • side issue,
  • initiation,
  • outbreak.
  •
  • sidelight,
  • rebirth,
  • first base,
  • honeymoon,
  • recovery,
  • spark,
  • embryo,
  • contention.
  •
  • opening,
  • substance,
  • lift off,
  • launch,
  • prologue.
  •
  • starter,
  • item.
  •
  • thrust,
  • flier.
  •
  • focus.
  •
  • return.
  •
  • point.
  •base
  • cornerstone.

Antonyms for Starting point:

• n.

  • base
    branch, annex.
  • beginning
    goal, ending, consummation, end, finish, termination, conclusion, completion.
  • commencement
    stop, cessation.
  • hypothesis
    reality, calcualtion, proof, measurement, truth.
  • origin
    finale, death, close.
  • root
    sprout, derivative, derivation.
  • source
    result, effect.

Hyponym for Starting point:

• n.

  • time
    offset, get-go, kickoff, start, commencement, first, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning.