Synonyms of debut

debut 1 of 2

noun

variants also début

as in premiere

the first time an actor, musician, athlete, etc., does something in public or for the public

He made his singing debut at a very young age.

She is making her television debut in the new sitcom.

Related Words

• premiere
• appearance
• arrival
• start
• beginning
• emergence
• launch
• advent
• commencement
• inception
• outset
• genesis
• onset
• kickoff
• baseline
• birth
• opening
• dawn
• alpha
• morning
• threshold
• day one
• nascence
• nascency
• incipience
• get-go
• first base
• initiation
• inauguration
• drawing board
• dawning
• incipiency
• founding
• ground zero
• spring
• creation
• institution
• origination
• well
• square one
• origin
• germ
• fountain
• source
• cradle
• root
• seedbed
• fountainhead
• wellspring

Dissimilar Words

• period
• completion
• finish
• closing
• termination
• closure
• stop
• cessation
• finale
• end
• conclusion
• close
• windup
• ending
• omega

debut

2 of 2

verb

as in to arrive

Related Words

• arrive
• come
• dawn
• rise
• emerge
• break out
• issue
• blossom
• shoot (up)
• surface
• bulk
• arise
• happen
• erupt
• spring (up)
• occur
• bob (up)
• crop (up)
• loom
• show
• reappear
• break
• appear
• outcrop
• show up
• come out
• resurface
• turn up
• materialize
• unfold
• rematerialize

Dissimilar Words

• disappear
• fade
• melt (away)
• vanish
• evaporate
• clear
• dissolve
• go (away)
• leave
• retire
• withdraw
• depart
• evanesce

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of debut

Noun

In 2024, Willow released her debut EP, Stranger, and followed it the next year with her first full-length album, Southern Belle Raisin’ Hell. — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 21 July 2026

Find out which mommy is Mommy when Other Mommy debuts in theaters October 9. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 July 2026

Verb

This flagship grand tourer, a pinnacle of Aston Martin's front-engined line-up, will debut at Monterey Car Week, with deliveries starting in late 2026. — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

That could change in September, according to Bloomberg, which has published reports that Apple will debut its first foldable device at its annual iPhone launch event. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 22 July 2026