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inaugurate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of inaugurate

1 to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

  • inaugurated the collegeʼs athletic program for women
Synonyms of inaugurate

begin, constitute, establish, found, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, plant, set up, start
Words Related to inaugurate

author, father, originate

conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), create, devise, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, produce, think (up)

construct, put up

develop, enlarge, expand

endow, finance, fund, subsidize

arrange, organize, systematize, systemize

refound, reinitiate, reinstitute, relaunch
Near Antonyms of inaugurate

abolish, annihilate, annul, nullify

end, finish, halt, stop, terminate

round (off or out), wind up, wrap up
Antonyms of inaugurate

close (down), phase out, shut (up)

2 to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies

  • the president inaugurated the newest member of the club with a welcoming speech
Synonyms of inaugurate

baptize, induct, initiate, install, instate, invest, seat
Words Related to inaugurate

swear in

consecrate, enshrine

accept, admit, receive, take in

enlist, enroll (also enrol)
Near Antonyms of inaugurate

can, discharge, fire, terminate

muster out

Synonym Discussion of inaugurate

begin, commence, start, initiate, inaugurate, usher in mean to take the first step in a course, process, or operation. begin, start, and commence are often interchangeable. begin, opposed to end, is the most general.
    • begin a trip
    • began dancing
start, opposed to stop, applies especially to first actions, steps, or stages.
    • the work started slowly
commence can be more formal or bookish than begin or start.
    • commence firing
    • commenced a conversation
initiate implies taking a first step in a process or series that is to continue.
    • initiated diplomatic contacts
inaugurate suggests a beginning of some formality or notion of significance.
    • the discovery of penicillin inaugurated a new era in medicine
usher in is somewhat less weighty than inaugurate.
    • ushered in a period of economic decline

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