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

Those leaders have now begun to emerge. —Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025

When Armistice Day became a federal holiday in 1938, many states had already begun observing it. —Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Nov. 2025

Although outdoor tests have begun, long-term reliability data remain limited. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2025

Viewers have already begun rallying for her return via a potential Wildcard or coach save in future episodes. —Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025

Stammen and Preller have already begun discussing filling holes on the staff left by hitting coach Victor Rodriguez (Astros) and third base coach Tim Leiper (Mets) departing. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025

Communities across the country are facing similar issues and several charities have begun providing assistance to those in need. —CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025

Advertisement On the Democratic side, Virginia’s legislature has begun the complicated process of working to amend the state constitution to enable redistricting. —Solcyré Burga, Time, 5 Nov. 2025

Since last year, after Amazon launched its seismic 5-day mandate, corporate America has increasingly begun insisting that employees return to headquarters (or quit). —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025