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 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the two-night event celebrating TV talent on and offscreen, have begun turning nominees into winners. — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

The Pentagon has begun that process, deploying several relatively inexpensive anti-drone missile systems. — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

For all the movement in the transfer market, many teams have begun the season looking slightly adrift, a little rudderless. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Meyer, who hasn’t pitched since July 18, continues to be troubled by a neck injury and hasn’t begun throwing. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026

Chicago retains a hand in many of these structures that have begun in the offices of our architects and engineers. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

Suffice to say, this legal battle won't be slowing down any time soon, and for those of you who were looking forward to the distractions being set aside now that the season has begun, think again. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026

That robotaxi network has been operating in Austin for more than a year and has also begun offering rides in five other cities in Texas and Florida. — Bernard Condon, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

The tenants union said North Lawn residents have also begun negotiations with new property owner, Shawn Johnson of Vital20 LLC and Rubicon Realty LLC. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026