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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 college's 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

consecrate, enshrine

accept, admit, receive, take in

enlist, enroll (also enrol)

Near Antonyms of inaugurate

can, discharge, fire, terminate

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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