launch

launch

noun

Definition of LAUNCH

1

a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket) <the reporters held their collective breath as they silently watched the space shuttle's launch>

Synonyms blastoff, launch, takeoff

Related Words ascent

Near Antonyms crash; splashdown

Antonyms landing

2

the point at which something begins <we are at the launch of a new age of space exploration>

Synonyms alpha, baseline, birth, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start, threshold

Related Words drawing board, first base, ground zero, square one; creation, founding, inauguration, initiation, institution, origination; cradle, fountain, fountainhead, germ, origin, root, seedbed, source, spring, well, wellspring; dawning, opening; advent, appearance, arrival, debut (also d{eacute}but), emergence; childhood, infancy, youth

Near Antonyms cessation, closing, closure, completion, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, windup

Antonyms close, conclusion, end, ending, omega