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

And Democratic operatives have begun informal discussions about recruiting a new chair, even as most believe that Martin's job isn't in serious jeopardy ahead of the midterm elections. —ABC News, 13 May 2026

Pre-production on the pic is has begun, with Tan overseeing the action design in collaboration with a fight choreographer and Roel Reiné (Classified) directing. —Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 May 2026

The road to revolution had begun for both in 1765 with the Stamp Act, Britain’s first serious attempt to impose taxes on Americans to defray the costs of the French and Indian War. —Literary Hub, 13 May 2026

Hiring for some roles has begun. —Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026

Several private companies have also begun marketing their services as space garbage collectors. —Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 13 May 2026

The organization has already begun interviews, Pelinka said. —Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026

House Republicans have begun amping up talks of a third reconciliation bill to tackle fraud and affordability, before the second one has even crossed the finish line. —Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 13 May 2026

In March, Netflix unveiled a first-look teaser for the fifth season of the series, which is based on Julia Quinn’s romance novels about the love lives of the eight siblings in the titular Bridgerton family, and announced production had begun in the UK on the eight-episode season. —Jennifer Maas, Variety, 13 May 2026