Synonyms and Antonyms of began
1
to take the first step in (a process or course of action)
- she began walking to work for exercise
commenced, embarked (on or upon), entered (into or upon), fell (to), got off, kicked off, launched, led off, opened, started, struck (into)
created, generated, inaugurated, initiated, innovated, invented, originated
adopted, embraced, took on, took up
established, fathered, founded, instituted, organized, pioneered, set up, spawned
got around (to), got down (to), got round (to)
ceased, desisted, discontinued, halted, knocked off, laid off, quit (also quitted), stopped
closed, completed
abandoned, forsook, left
abolished, demolished, destroyed, exterminated, extinguished, phased out
2
to come into existence
- the storm began late in the day and lasted all night
actualized, appeared, arose, broke, commenced, dawned, engendered, formed, materialized, originated, set in, sprang (or sprung), started
breathed, existed, lived, subsisted, was
arrived, came on, emerged
coalesced, cohered, shaped (up)
continued, endured, lasted, persisted, survived
concluded, desisted, discontinued, finished, halted, quit (also quitted), terminated
disappeared, dissolved, evaporated, vanished
departed, died, expired, passed away, perished
3
to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of
- the religious sect was begun by a small breakaway faction
constituted, established, founded, inaugurated, initiated, innovated, instituted, introduced, launched, pioneered, planted, set up, started
authored, fathered, originated
conceived, concocted, contrived, cooked (up), created, devised, fabricated, invented, made up, manufactured, produced, thought (up)
constructed, put up
developed, enlarged, expanded
endowed, financed, funded, subsidized
arranged, organized, systematized, systemized
refounded, reinitiated, reinstituted, relaunched
