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

The work begins each weekday morning, when members of the 10-person research team head out to collect samples from their daily list of traps. — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026

The Championship season begins Friday, with Wolves hosting Blackburn in the opening game of what promises to be another fiercely competitive promotion race. — Dean Jones, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

The adventure begins as the two are all smiles while floating on individual tubes next to each other. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026

Desperate to believe his life is about to change, Tommy steals Wayne’s car and begins driving his band from Kansas City to Los Angeles, hell bent on getting there in three days. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026

The contest, for instance, begins with something called the Presidential Qualifier, with a 100-meter dash, 55-meter hurdles, a Flexed Arm Hang, a Pro Agility Shuttle, a Broad Jump, and a Med Ball Throw. — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026

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

Effective searching begins with keywords—the words and phrases that capture the core concepts of your research question and that guide your entire research process. — Kristen Finch, JSTOR Daily, 14 Aug. 2026

Whereas 20 years ago, banks began recruiting for summer interns in the spring, today the process begins two years ahead of time. — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026