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kickoff

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of kickoff

the point at which something begins

  • a political cycle in which an election marks not only the end of one campaign but also the kickoff for the next one
Synonyms of kickoff

alpha, baseline, beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start, threshold
Words Related to kickoff

drawing board, first base, ground zero, square one

creation, founding, inauguration, initiation, institution, origination

cradle, fountain, fountainhead, germ, origin, root, seedbed, source, spring, well, wellspring

dawning, opening

advent, appearance, arrival, debut (also début), emergence

childhood, infancy, youth
Near Antonyms of kickoff

cessation, closing, closure, completion, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, windup
Antonyms of kickoff

close, conclusion, end, ending, omega

kick off

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of kick off

1 to take the first step in (a process or course of action)

  • I'll kick off the discussion on ethics with this question
Synonyms of kick off

begin, commence, embark (on or upon), enter (into or upon), fall (to), get off, launch, lead off, open, start, strike (into)
Words Related to kick off

create, generate, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, invent, originate

adopt, embrace, take on, take up

establish, father, found, institute, organize, pioneer, set up, spawn

get around (to), get down (to), get round (to)
Phrases Synonymous with kick off

get going, get to, set about
Near Antonyms of kick off

cease, desist, discontinue, halt, knock off, lay off, quit, stop

close, complete

abandon, forsake, leave

abolish, demolish, destroy, exterminate, extinguish, phase out
Antonyms of kick off

conclude, end, finish, terminate

2 slang to stop living

  • surprisingly, the recluse was worth a cool million when he kicked off
Synonyms of kick off

check out, conk (out), croak [slang], decease, demise, depart, die, drop, end, exit, expire, fall, flatline, go, kick in [slang], part, pass (on), pass away, peg out [chiefly British], perish, pop off, step out, succumb
Words Related to kick off

predecease

consume, disappear, dry up, fade, fail
Phrases Synonymous with kick off

bite the dust, buy it (or buy the farm), give up the ghost, kick the bucket, snuff it [British]
Near Antonyms of kick off

come to, revive

linger

be, exist, subsist

flourish, prosper, thrive
Antonyms of kick off

breathe, live

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