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 film follows Tom Adams (Fraser), an architect of the future who launches a historic expedition to Mars, positioning himself at the forefront of humanity’s next great frontier. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026

Apple has relied on retail employees to help staff major product launches for years. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

The Linux Foundation’s Tokenomics Foundation—focused on standardizing how companies measure and manage AI token costs and connect them to business value—officially launches today, backed by about 30 initial members. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

Touching one then launches a narration, telling us the story of that place over the course of about three minutes. — Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

So, Brand New Day launches us into a new era for Spider-Man and explores darker emotional themes. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026

For Cultured, the Angeleno documented a six-week run of partying in New York, skipping from Manhattan gallery openings and readings to Brooklyn magazine launches. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026

New coalition launches new website The campaign's website, which is promoted in Snyder's waiting room, is called Valley Vax. — Karen Brown, NPR, 30 July 2026

The fund, which launches next month and aims to bridge short-term financing gaps, has already drawn significant interest from European brands and other development banks, Bin Yousuf said. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 29 July 2026

Noun

This week's exciting launches include an all-new collaborative platform for ASOS and emerging designers, pre-fall goodness at Express, stunning new arrivals at Patricia Nash, a fab jewelry collection curated by Martha Stewart, and much more. — Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

SpaceX, meanwhile, has shifted Falcon 9 launches to fly just from Canaveral’s SLC-40 and leave its pad at Kennedy Space Center’s Space Launch Complex 39-A for just Falcon Heavy missions. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026

SpaceX has changed the launch vehicle paradigm by reusing rockets, which has made launches more affordable. — Euihyeon Choi, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

One of the joys of shopping for lipstick, for example, is that there are countless offerings and new launches to add to one’s collection. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026

In many cases, our work becomes even more important after a campaign launches because customers need continuous communication to fully understand the value a business continues to deliver. — Jessica Wong, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

An official confirmed to Ars that this is indeed the case, that the primary factor now for when Starliner launches is port availability on the space station. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026

All 18 launches will lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026

Lianna Norman and Samantha Neely are trending reporters for the USA TODAY NETWORK-Florida, covering pop culture, lotteries, rocket launches, Florida wildlife, breaking news and more. — Samantha Neely, Florida Times-Union, 28 July 2026