Synonyms of begun

begun

verb

past participle of begin

1

as in commenced

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

she began walking to work for exercise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commenced
• started
• launched
• fallen (to)
• embarked (on or upon)
• set about
• entered (into or upon)
• opened
• got to
• struck (into)
• created
• got off
• got going
• led off
• initiated
• adopted
• originated
• generated
• invented
• kicked off
• inaugurated
• instituted
• founded
• established
• pioneered
• organized
• spawned
• taken on
• taken up
• innovated
• embraced
• fathered
• set up
• got down (to)
• got around (to)
• got round (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ended
• finished
• concluded
• ceased
• stopped
• terminated
• completed
• halted
• discontinued
• laid off
• closed
• quit
• left
• abandoned
• desisted
• destroyed
• abolished
• knocked off
• extinguished
• demolished
• forsaken
• exterminated
• phased out

2

as in started

to come into existence

the storm began late in the day and lasted all night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• started
• originated
• commenced
• arisen
• been
• appeared
• arrived
• formed
• existed
• dawned
• lived
• set in
• sprung
• materialized
• engendered
• emerged
• broken
• actualized
• lasted
• continued
• breathed
• survived
• subsisted
• persisted
• come on
• endured
• coalesced
• shaped (up)
• cohered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stopped
• ceased
• ended
• concluded
• finished
• halted
• terminated
• discontinued
• disappeared
• quit
• died
• dissolved
• vanished
• evaporated
• desisted
• departed
• expired
• perished
• passed away

3

as in founded

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

• founded
• initiated
• constituted
• established
• pioneered
• instituted
• launched
• started
• inaugurated
• created
• introduced
• organized
• originated
• financed
• planted
• funded
• innovated
• set up
• devised
• constructed
• invented
• produced
• authored
• conceived
• developed
• manufactured
• thought (up)
• enlarged
• made up
• expanded
• concocted
• fathered
• contrived
• cooked (up)
• fabricated
• arranged
• subsidized
• relaunched
• endowed
• systematized
• reinitiated
• reinstituted
• refounded
• systemized
• put up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closed (down)
• shut (up)
• stopped
• ended
• finished
• abolished
• halted
• terminated
• phased out
• annulled
• nullified
• annihilated
• rounded (off or out)
• wrapped up
• wound up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of begun

The government said Khan’s supporters had begun gathering outside the private hospital in violation of the court order, which required them to stay away from the medical facility to avoid inconveniencing other patients. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

Hospital executives have begun reporting more unpaid medical bills, and experts warn health plans will raise premiums further as they're left with enrollees who are, on average, sicker and more expensive to cover. — Christine Mai-Duc, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026

The height of hurricane season has just begun and runs through mid-October. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

The New York Times has begun testing its first generative AI tool for readers, a step the publication hopes will improve its troubled search feature but which has also alarmed some of the paper’s journalists. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 23 Aug. 2026

And filming for Roman Holiday had just begun in one of the soundstages. — Daria Egidi, Vanity Fair, 23 Aug. 2026

In other words, Treasury has begun conducting open market operations, the buying and selling of securities to influence financial conditions, which is the central bank’s traditional tool. — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Rogers is a vehement supporter of Israel himself, and has begun courting the vote of Jewish Democrats who do not want to support el Sayed. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026

As a part of the $76 million seismic upgrade, crews have begun working on the Broadway Tunnel underneath. — Sooji Nam, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026