Synonyms of kick off

kick off 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to begin

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

• begin
• start
• commence
• fall (to)
• set about
• get off
• strike (into)
• get going
• open
• found
• lead off
• enter (into or upon)
• get to
• launch
• embark (on or upon)
• create
• initiate
• generate
• get around (to)
• originate
• take up
• adopt
• organize
• get down (to)
• establish
• invent
• pioneer
• institute
• take on
• inaugurate
• set up
• innovate
• get round (to)
• father
• spawn
• embrace

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• end
• finish
• conclude
• stop
• terminate
• cease
• complete
• discontinue
• quit
• halt
• lay off
• close
• leave
• knock off
• abandon
• desist
• destroy
• abolish
• forsake
• extinguish
• phase out
• exterminate
• demolish

2

as in to die

slang to stop living

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• die
• fall
• pass (on)
• pass away
• perish
• check out
• buy it
• step out
• kick in
• depart
• pop off
• peg out
• end
• demise
• disappear
• go
• exit
• expire
• snuff it
• part
• buy the farm
• succumb
• kick the bucket
• bite the dust
• give up the ghost
• fade
• drop
• decease
• conk (out)
• croak
• flatline
• dry up
• fail
• consume
• predecease

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• live
• come to
• breathe
• be
• revive
• exist
• linger
• flourish
• thrive
• subsist
• prosper

kickoff

2 of 2

noun

ˈkik-ˌȯf 

as in beginning

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 & Similar Words

• beginning
• start
• commencement
• onset
• launch
• inception
• alpha
• baseline
• genesis
• dawn
• outset
• morning
• threshold
• inauguration
• birth
• initiation
• day one
• infancy
• git-go
• origination
• nascence
• nascency
• founding
• arrival
• get-go
• incipience
• spring
• incipiency
• opening
• origin
• debut
• first base
• ground zero
• drawing board
• dawning
• creation
• emergence
• institution
• advent
• cradle
• fountain
• well
• childhood
• appearance
• source
• germ
• début
• square one
• root
• seedbed
• youth
• wellspring
• fountainhead

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• end
• conclusion
• close
• ending
• period
• completion
• closing
• termination
• finish
• closure
• stop
• cessation
• finale
• omega
• windup

Examples of kick off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

The seventh annual Louisville Beer Week kicks off Friday, Oct. 18, and runs through Oct. 27. —Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 18 Oct. 2024

The visit is scheduled to take place from Friday, Oct. 18 to Saturday, Oct. 26 — and is a significant one for the couple Comments King Charles and Queen Camilla’s royal tour of Australia and Samoa kicked off on Friday, Oct. 18 and will run through Saturday, Oct. 26. —Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024

Noun

Just before kickoff, Kylie shared an adorable moment with her husband during a break from his new gig. —Natasha Dye, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024

Rival North Carolina college football teams came together in a moving moment of solidarity before kickoff Saturday. —Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2024