Synonyms of inaugurating

inaugurating

verb

present participle of inaugurate

1

as in establishing

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

inaugurated the college's athletic program for women

Synonyms & Similar Words

• establishing
• founding
• initiating
• pioneering
• launching
• introducing
• creating
• instituting
• beginning
• constituting
• constructing
• planting
• starting
• organizing
• originating
• innovating
• inventing
• developing
• devising
• producing
• authoring
• setting up
• manufacturing
• expanding
• conceiving
• enlarging
• thinking (up)
• concocting
• endowing
• cooking (up)
• fathering
• arranging
• contriving
• subsidizing
• financing
• funding
• making up
• fabricating
• relaunching
• systematizing
• reinstituting
• reinitiating
• refounding
• putting up
• systemizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closing (down)
• abolishing
• shutting (up)
• phasing out
• ending
• finishing
• stopping
• terminating
• halting
• annulling
• nullifying
• annihilating
• winding up
• rounding (off or out)
• wrapping up

2

as in inducting

to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies

the president inaugurated the newest member of the club with a welcoming speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inducting
• installing
• initiating
• instating
• baptizing
• seating
• baptising
• receiving
• investing
• consecrating
• accepting
• enlisting
• enrolling
• admitting
• enshrining
• taking in
• swearing in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• terminating
• firing
• discharging
• canning
• mustering out