launch

Synonyms

begin, commence, embark (on or upon), enter (into or upon), fall (to), get off, kick off, lead off, open, start, strike (into);

Antonyms

conclude, end, finish, terminate;

Near Antonyms

cease, desist, discontinue, halt, knock off, lay off, quit, stop;

close, complete;

abandon, forsake, leave;

abolish, demolish, destroy, exterminate, extinguish, phase out;

Related Words

create, generate, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, invent, originate;

adopt, embrace, take on, take up;

establish, father, found, institute, organize, pioneer, set up, spawn;

get around (to), get down (to), get round (to);

Phrases

get going, get to, set about;