Synonyms of inaugurates

inaugurates

verb

present tense third-person singular of inaugurate

1

as in founds

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

inaugurated the college's athletic program for women

Synonyms & Similar Words

• founds
• establishes
• initiates
• launches
• introduces
• creates
• begins
• institutes
• constitutes
• pioneers
• starts
• plants
• organizes
• innovates
• invents
• originates
• constructs
• develops
• conceives
• produces
• sets up
• manufactures
• fathers
• authors
• devises
• expands
• contrives
• enlarges
• endows
• concocts
• thinks (up)
• arranges
• subsidizes
• fabricates
• cooks (up)
• makes up
• relaunches
• systematizes
• funds
• finances
• reinstitutes
• reinitiates
• systemizes
• puts up
• refounds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closes (down)
• abolishes
• shuts (up)
• annihilates
• ends
• annuls
• nullifies
• terminates
• stops
• halts
• finishes
• phases out
• rounds (off or out)
• winds up
• wraps up

2

as in inducts

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 & Similar Words

• inducts
• initiates
• installs
• baptizes
• instates
• receives
• invests
• seats
• consecrates
• accepts
• enlists
• enrolls
• enshrines
• admits
• swears in
• takes in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• terminates
• cans
• discharges
• fires
• musters out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inaugurates

Our history, it’s implied, inaugurates the best version of our future. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026

Northlight Theatre inaugurates its swank Evanston digs with The Front Page, set in a Chicago newsroom and starring real-life spouses Kate Fry and Timothy Edward Kane. — Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Welcome to the wild world of casting non-professional actors, a practice that is in the spotlight this year as the Academy inaugurates the casting Oscar. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi, on Monday. — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026

In theory, this transition inaugurates a chapter of enfranchisement, but in the next scene the Senegalese businessmen are in suits, and the white men return with briefcases full of money as bribes. — Lovia Gyarkye, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025