Synonyms of launches

launches 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of launch

1

as in founds

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in begins

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

• begins
• commences
• starts
• opens
• falls (to)
• creates
• enters (into or upon)
• strikes (into)
• initiates
• embarks (on or upon)
• gets going
• generates
• gets off
• organizes
• leads off
• gets to
• adopts
• inaugurates
• kicks off
• sets about
• invents
• establishes
• originates
• founds
• innovates
• spawns
• institutes
• fathers
• embraces
• takes on
• takes up
• gets down (to)
• sets up
• gets around (to)
• pioneers
• gets round (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ends
• concludes
• finishes
• terminates
• stops
• ceases
• halts
• completes
• closes
• discontinues
• quits
• leaves
• abandons
• lays off
• destroys
• desists
• forsakes
• abolishes
• knocks off
• extinguishes
• demolishes
• exterminates
• phases out

3

as in throws

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

• throws
• hurls
• tosses
• flings
• fires
• casts
• catapults
• slings
• heaves
• bowls
• lobs
• pitches
• flips
• pegs
• hurtles
• dashes
• lets fly
• lofts
• guns
• chucks
• propels
• passes
• rolls
• darts
• thrusts
• shoots
• ejects
• pelts
• precipitates
• projects
• hooks
• rifles
• impels
• bucks

launches

2 of 2

noun

plural of launch

1

as in takeoffs

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

• takeoffs
• liftoffs
• blastoffs
• ascents

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• landings
• crashes
• splashdowns

2

as in starts

the point at which something begins

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• starts
• beginnings
• commencements
• inceptions
• alphas
• onsets
• dawns
• geneses
• thresholds
• day ones
• outsets
• baselines
• kickoffs
• births
• incipiencies
• incipiences
• nascencies
• originations
• mornings
• inaugurations
• infancies
• debuts
• nascences
• initiations
• get-goes
• drawing boards
• origins
• ground zeros
• first bases
• cradles
• arrivals
• square ones
• openings
• springs
• fountains
• sources
• creations
• institutions
• emergences
• germs
• wells
• fountainheads
• advents
• appearances
• roots
• wellsprings
• childhoods
• seedbeds
• youths

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ends
• closes
• conclusions
• endings
• stops
• finishes
• periods
• closures
• completions
• closings
• terminations
• omegas
• cessations
• finales
• windups

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of launches

Verb

The Disney and Formula 1 core collection launches on Friday and the Montreal capsule launches on May 21, available at the Montreal Grand Prix, on Formula 1’s website and at the Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix Plaza. —Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 14 May 2026

Volt Factor launches with a strategic advisory board drawn from the sports, toys, entertainment and capital industries. —Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 May 2026

In the near future, the corporation Lucid Visions launches Moviedreams, a platform that induces hyper-realistic, interactive dreams. —Roberto Prieto, Variety, 13 May 2026

Texas drivers will see more state troopers on the road as the Department of Public Safety launches an enhanced enforcement push — weeks before the Memorial Day weekend rush. —Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 13 May 2026

Boat launches and fishing are available around Silver Lake. —Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026

As the federal health department launches a plan to wean patients off antidepressants, mental health advocates and psychiatrists say blaming the United States' mental health crisis on overmedicalization and overprescription of psychiatric medications is an inaccurate portrayal of a complex problem. —Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 7 May 2026

The new season officially launches on May 9 with a concert featuring the great New York City salsa singer Herman Olivera and his Orquesta Taino. —Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 7 May 2026

Donaldson dribbles the ball and launches it at the hoop. —Sean Gregory, Time, 6 May 2026

Noun

But Morgan Stanley’s analysis found that game publisher stocks tend to outperform in the run-up to the release of major game launches. —Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 20 May 2026

All three launches were record breaking. —Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 20 May 2026

As with every one of these launches, the military stressed that the test flight was planned years ago and is not in response to any current events. —Brett Tingley, Space.com, 20 May 2026

In both 2024 and 2025, the total number of Russian launches fell to 17 annually. —Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026

Longtime tobacco alternative companies like Smokey Mountain Chew added pouches to their lineups, and additional brand launches in 2024 and 2025 helped to propel pouches into the wellness space. —Rachel Hale, USA Today, 20 May 2026

Yet the problem has grown sharply over the past decade as the cost of launches has dropped and the cadence of space flights has increased. —Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 13 May 2026