Synonyms of baselines

baselines

noun

plural of baseline

as in beginnings

the point at which something begins

any year or event we use as the baseline for the Renaissance is going to be at least somewhat arbitrary

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beginnings
• inceptions
• alphas
• starts
• onsets
• commencements
• thresholds
• launches
• geneses
• kickoffs
• outsets
• day ones
• births
• dawns
• infancies
• nascencies
• incipiencies
• originations
• incipiences
• mornings
• origins
• nascences
• inaugurations
• first bases
• ground zeros
• get-goes
• initiations
• drawing boards
• institutions
• square ones
• wells
• sources
• fountains
• arrivals
• springs
• emergences
• germs
• childhoods
• creations
• cradles
• wellsprings
• roots
• openings
• seedbeds
• debuts
• fountainheads
• advents
• youths
• appearances

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conclusions
• ends
• periods
• endings
• closes
• terminations
• stops
• completions
• finishes
• closures
• closings
• omegas
• cessations
• windups
• finales

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of baselines

Forecasting tournaments and election markets have beaten their baselines, but no study has shown a crowd signal can be traded profitably at scale. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

For one thing, the pitcher and catcher are on the same team as the batter, and the only bases are along the first and third baselines which, if reached, constitute a run. — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

Forests and other land-use projects are excluded for now while the country develops stronger baselines and data to manage reversal risks. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

The Jordan and James camps will continue to pound away at each other from their baselines, back and forth, making the rest of us who are undecided feel like chair umpires at a tennis match, head on a swivel. — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 30 July 2026

It should also be compared against simpler baselines like conventional simulators. — ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026

That instant readout traces back to 1991, when IBM first brought serve-speed radar to the Championships, planting radar guns behind the baselines. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 9 July 2026

Among the highlights are a 51 percent reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions intensity and a 13 percent reduction in energy intensity compared to FY2011 baselines. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 8 July 2026

Pictures of the Charlotte Hornets’ all-time franchise leader in points hang from the ceiling along one of the baselines of the host of basketball and volleyball courts. — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2026