Synonyms of kicked off

kicked off

verb

past tense of kick off

1

as in began

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

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• began
• commenced
• started
• fell (to)
• opened
• entered (into or upon)
• set about
• got off
• embarked (on or upon)
• launched
• struck (into)
• got to
• led off
• got going
• created
• initiated
• generated
• organized
• adopted
• originated
• established
• invented
• founded
• inaugurated
• set up
• instituted
• spawned
• took on
• got around (to)
• pioneered
• took up
• got down (to)
• innovated
• got round (to)
• embraced
• fathered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• finished
• ended
• concluded
• laid off
• terminated
• stopped
• ceased
• completed
• discontinued
• halted
• closed
• left
• quit
• knocked off
• abandoned
• quitted
• destroyed
• desisted
• abolished
• extinguished
• demolished
• phased out
• forsook
• exterminated

2

as in died

slang to stop living

surprisingly, the recluse was worth a cool million when he kicked off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• died
• fell
• passed (on)
• passed away
• perished
• checked out
• stepped out
• kicked in
• popped off
• departed
• expired
• bought it
• disappeared
• deceased
• succumbed
• ended
• pegged out
• exited
• went
• kicked the bucket
• snuffed it
• conked (out)
• faded
• demised
• bought the farm
• parted
• dropped
• gave up the ghost
• bit the dust
• croaked
• dried up
• flatlined
• failed
• consumed
• predeceased

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lived
• came to
• breathed
• revived
• lingered
• was
• existed
• flourished
• thrived
• prospered
• subsisted
• throve