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

Estrin says Eisenkot will be under pressure to enter a unity government with Netanyahu, especially if Israel launches a new war with Iran. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

The next CondéFuture cohort, class of 2029, launches in fall 2027. — Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026

The Donna Karan New York holiday campaign launches Wednesday across all brand social channels. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026

Blackberry Fifty, which launches on October 27 to mark the milestone anniversary, is full of decades of history, reflections, and untold stories. — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2026

Part of that process included ending Starlink launches from Florida earlier this year. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Now, if an American machine launches an attack against a girls’ school in Iran, and there were a court with jurisdiction, the US would be responsible. — Kylie Jones, Vox, 25 Oct. 2026

Black Bear launches Wicker, the Sundance breakout from Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer, at 1,471 theaters. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026

Every series Bengali streamer Hoichoi launches over the next two years will get Hindi, Tamil and Telugu-language versions streaming exclusively on Netflix, under a partnership the two companies unveiled in Mumbai on Thursday. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026

Noun

Almost overnight, the announcement threatened to freeze the pipeline of launches the market relied on. — Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026

This calls for a more connected approach to product launches, consumer engagement and the investment brands make in travel retail. — Kapila Ireland, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

TVs and other electronics see their biggest cuts around major sale events and new model launches, as NerdWallet’s television buying guide breaks down. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026

At a meeting with Pecan Island residents in September, SpaceX officials could not rule out that the number of launches would block access to homes and hunting camps. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

SpaceX's confidence in its ability to catch both the Super Heavy and Ship stages has been building this year, following three launches so far in 2026. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2026

A certain number of faulty devices are to be expected with major product launches. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026

Analysts said lines were shorter on Friday than at previous launches, while supply issues have also been flagged as a concern. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

Castelion has not revealed whether the F-16 effort will include live-fire launches, or whether the work could eventually support aircraft operated by US allies. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026