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

Currently, free agency begins five days after the World Series, with no expiration on when players can sign. — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026

That window begins either with their first year in college or the year following their 19th birthday, whichever comes first. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

His retirement also begins the search for Blue V, who will not be related to Blue IV because the university wants to choose a healthy bulldog based on responsible breeding standards rather than preserving a bloodline for tradition. — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

The creation of additional classrooms doesn’t start until after the school year begins. — Jennifer Bruzan Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

That approach could help developers identify infrastructure constraints before construction begins. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026

Then the auditory environment around the person using it begins to change. — Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Separating, their potential future together is left unresolved — until, seven years later, each begins searching for the other. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026

Yet the album begins not with catharsis but with dissociation. — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026