Synonyms and Antonyms of commences
1
to take the first step in (a process or course of action)
begins, embarks (on or upon), enters (into or upon), falls (to), gets off, kicks off, launches, leads off, opens, starts, strikes (into)
creates, generates, inaugurates, initiates, innovates, invents, originates
adopts, embraces, takes on, takes up
establishes, fathers, founds, institutes, organizes, pioneers, sets up, spawns
gets around (to), gets down (to), gets round (to)
ceases, desists, discontinues, halts, knocks off, lays off, quits, stops
closes, completes
abandons, forsakes, leaves
abolishes, demolishes, destroys, exterminates, extinguishes, phases out
2
to come into existence
- the games commenced early in the morning
actualizes, appears, arises, begins, breaks, dawns, engenders, forms, materializes, originates, sets in, springs, starts
breathes, exists, is, lives, subsists
arrives, comes on, emerges
coalesces, coheres, shapes (up)
continues, endures, lasts, persists, survives
concludes, desists, discontinues, finishes, halts, quits, terminates
disappears, dissolves, evaporates, vanishes
departs, dies, expires, passes away, perishes
