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 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

French tailor Herman Bergdorf launches Bergdorf’s on Fifth Avenue at 19th Street. — David Moin, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026

The product launches on Wednesday were accompanied by a pledge to make public a beta version of Apple's latest operating system — iOS 27 — in October. — John Ruwitch, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026

Mohan's research shows that the stock fell the day after 10 of 24 Apple product launches going back to 2007. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

That consistency keeps a finance function from having to relearn its own payment stack every time a new business unit launches. — Dave Glaser, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Note that twin Seabourn Pursuit launches in September 2023, meaning even more itineraries to choose from. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

The program launches this November with their 20th- and 21st-century art auctions. — Julie Brener Davich, ARTnews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

The film follows a young girl named Prue (Peyton Elizabeth Lee), who launches a desperate rescue mission and is joined by her classmate Curtis (Jacob Tremblay) to save her baby brother from a murder of crows. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Noun

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

Too many simultaneous launches can overwhelm employees, customers and operations, even when each project is technically on track. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

After overseeing local launches of Paramount+ and Pluto TV while at Paramount Canada, Smith became the top programmer at CBC/Radio Canada, Canada’s public broadcaster that eschews American TV series for homegrown programming. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

The debut product, Multi-Hyphenate Brightening Skin Tint Mineral SPF 35, was developed over roughly a year and a half and launches in nine shades for $68. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

All three titles get worldwide launches on Prime Video, and take the total number of original commissions for Amazon out of Australia to 34 since 2019, including The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Deadloch and Top End Bub. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026

As of now, schedules for most rocket launches can be hard to come by, with specific missions and target windows often not made public very far in advance. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

On Wednesday morning, Spirit of Boise organizers announced on Instagram that balloon launches were canceled for the first day of the festival, which is Kid’s Day. — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2026