Synonyms of launch

launch 1 of 2

verb

ˈlȯnch 

1

as in to establish

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

after retiring, he launched a small company devoted to making medical devices

Synonyms & Similar Words

• establish
• initiate
• pioneer
• introduce
• found
• create
• institute
• inaugurate
• begin
• start
• plant
• constitute
• construct
• organize
• innovate
• develop
• originate
• set up
• author
• invent
• produce
• devise
• manufacture
• conceive
• fund
• expand
• think (up)
• cook (up)
• finance
• make up
• relaunch
• concoct
• father
• subsidize
• enlarge
• arrange
• fabricate
• endow
• contrive
• systematize
• reinitiate
• put up
• reinstitute
• systemize
• refound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shut (up)
• close (down)
• end
• stop
• abolish
• finish
• nullify
• annul
• terminate
• phase out
• halt
• annihilate
• wind up
• round (off or out)
• wrap up

2

as in to begin

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

she launched a career in journalism after quitting acting school

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in to throw

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

infantrymen launching grenades at the nest of machine gunners

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throw
• hurl
• toss
• fling
• sling
• fire
• catapult
• let fly
• cast
• heave
• pitch
• chuck
• lob
• dash
• hurtle
• flip
• loft
• peg
• pelt
• gun
• bowl
• dart
• roll
• project
• propel
• thrust
• shoot
• precipitate
• eject
• pass
• hook
• rifle
• impel
• buck

launch

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noun

1

as in takeoff

a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket)

the reporters held their collective breath as they silently watched the space shuttle's launch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• takeoff
• liftoff
• blastoff
• ascent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• landing
• crash
• splashdown

2

as in start

the point at which something begins

we are at the launch of a new age of space exploration

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of launch

Verb

The driver was charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence, carrying a maximum one-year sentence, prompting Allison Lyman to launch a political campaign at the Capitol. — Ruyuan Li. Story Produced With Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026

The Curiosity rover, largely a twin of Perseverance that launched nine years earlier, had similar imaging capability and algorithms. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2026

Noun

The company has filed with the FCC for authorization to deploy up to one million satellites supporting the initiative, which converts a grid-interconnection problem into a launch-cadence problem. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

AltaVista in particular represented a major step forward, combining a fast crawler with scalable indexing software, and was already handling millions of HTTP requests per day shortly after launch. — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026