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 next time Orion launches, on Artemis III, the spacecraft's crew will be tasked with testing out docking hardware with the program's lunar lander vehicles in Earth orbit. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Meeting the ambitious benchmark would mean that launches – many of which are to deploy military payload to orbit – would more than quadruple from today, when about 200 rockets get off the ground per year. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

Now, fans can have a piece of Williams’s interior design vision in their own homes, courtesy of her new furniture and decor collection with Crate & Barrel and Crate & Kids, which launches tomorrow. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2026

The Clippers’ decision to stand down as the DOJ launches an investigation is logical because any litigation brought by the team would open the door to judicial scrutiny of transactions that now appear to be of interest to federal investigators. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Sep. 2026

When Nihi Rote launches fully in October, there will be 21 villas, three pools, a spa, a pump track, and a golf simulator. — Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026

The firing drill, which included North Korea’s first public ballistic missile launches in about three weeks, came a day after the United States, South Korea and Japan wrapped up a trilateral military exercise that North Korea views as a provocation. — ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026

The new order brings the total number of Amazon Leo launches with Arianespace to 24, up from 18, with missions scheduled through 2031 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Continue reading … — GOP powerhouse launches big-money Texas push to boost Ken Paxton in key Senate race. — FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Noun

If the launch needs to be postponed, a planning advisory from the Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, suggests another opportunity is available the following day. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026

Six different Falcon 9 first stages now have more than 30 launches and landings under their belt, led by Booster 1067, which has flown a whopping 37 times. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Expect more fashion weeks, capsule launches and retailer events to build in real-time buying, turning the front row into a livestream comment section. — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Inspired by the sophistication and energy of the tennis court, the collection is designed for every room in the home and launches alongside Williams’ new line for Crate & Kids. — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2026

Ten shops-in-shop line the perimeter of the new space, which features rows of glittering glass cases and a living room area for launches, events and consultations. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026

The advisors, who are spread across the world, are deeply ingrained in their respective industries and thus fully up to speed with new trends and the latest openings or launches. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2026

With the rising number of launches, the orbit is slowly turning into a junkyard. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

Over a longer time horizon, however, Apple shares pick up steam, posting gains 60 days after 17 of 24 product launches. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026