Synonyms of begins

begins

verb

present tense third-person singular of begin

1

as in commences

to take the first step in (a process or course of action)

she began walking to work for exercise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commences
• starts
• opens
• launches
• falls (to)
• creates
• enters (into or upon)
• strikes (into)
• initiates
• gets going
• embarks (on or upon)
• gets off
• gets to
• generates
• leads off
• originates
• sets about
• establishes
• organizes
• adopts
• kicks off
• invents
• inaugurates
• founds
• institutes
• fathers
• takes on
• embraces
• spawns
• innovates
• takes up
• gets down (to)
• gets around (to)
• sets up
• pioneers
• gets round (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ends
• concludes
• terminates
• ceases
• finishes
• stops
• closes
• completes
• halts
• discontinues
• quits
• leaves
• abandons
• desists
• destroys
• lays off
• forsakes
• abolishes
• knocks off
• extinguishes
• demolishes
• exterminates
• phases out

2

as in starts

to come into existence

the storm began late in the day and lasted all night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• starts
• commences
• originates
• arises
• appears
• is
• emerges
• arrives
• forms
• springs
• exists
• engenders
• dawns
• lasts
• breaks
• materializes
• continues
• sets in
• actualizes
• lives
• breathes
• persists
• survives
• comes on
• subsists
• endures
• shapes (up)
• coalesces
• coheres

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ends
• ceases
• stops
• concludes
• terminates
• finishes
• disappears
• halts
• vanishes
• quits
• dissolves
• dies
• evaporates
• departs
• expires
• discontinues
• desists
• perishes
• passes away

3

as in establishes

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

the religious sect was begun by a small breakaway faction

Synonyms & Similar Words

• establishes
• founds
• initiates
• introduces
• launches
• creates
• starts
• institutes
• pioneers
• inaugurates
• constitutes
• plants
• originates
• innovates
• organizes
• constructs
• develops
• sets up
• invents
• authors
• produces
• fathers
• devises
• conceives
• expands
• manufactures
• thinks (up)
• contrives
• cooks (up)
• enlarges
• concocts
• makes up
• endows
• subsidizes
• arranges
• finances
• fabricates
• funds
• systematizes
• reinitiates
• systemizes
• reinstitutes
• relaunches
• refounds
• puts up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closes (down)
• ends
• shuts (up)
• stops
• abolishes
• finishes
• terminates
• annihilates
• nullifies
• halts
• annuls
• phases out
• rounds (off or out)
• winds up
• wraps up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of begins

Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026

The better approach is to clarify the audience, objective, message, action and definition of success before production begins rather than shooting as much as possible and hoping the story reveals itself afterward. — Tavares Beverly, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

On the ground, there are no markers indicating where the orange zone begins and ends. — Aya Batrawy, NPR, 10 July 2026

The second moves to a restaurant for breakfast or lunch—and that’s where the real assessment begins. — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 3 July 2026

As attention begins to shift from rescue to reconstruction, the country’s engineering community is mobilizing to assess thousands of damaged structures. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026

The new footage begins with a team of Async Research Institute employees venturing into the Backrooms. — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 3 July 2026

Digging a path between oceans The Bucyrus story begins in 1880 in Bucyrus, Ohio, where the Bucyrus Foundry and Manufacturing Company produced steam shovels for a country in motion. — Malika Bowling, USA Today, 3 July 2026