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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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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
• dawns
• forms
• materializes
• actualizes
• springs
• exists
• sets in
• engenders
• lasts
• continues
• breaks
• lives
• subsists
• breathes
• persists
• survives
• comes on
• coalesces
• endures
• coheres
• shapes (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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3

as in founds

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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