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

Blackmere will air early next year, a few weeks after Black Doves Season 2 starring Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw and Lancashire, which launches November 5. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

Related Stories The format launches the prestige actors into a new era. — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026

And get your own recipes ready, as the Tribune Cookie Contest launches next week. — Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

The evening also launches a full retrospective of his features. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

Amid the media ban, the administration launches a new channel. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

The first stage launches the missile from its underground silo. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026

The film was already a smash hit out of its Cannes premiere, but with this TIFF win, the Netflix stunner launches straight into the heart of this year’s awards season. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2026

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

Noun

Packaged dessert launches, including protein mousses, cheesecake cups and frozen bark, that lead with cottage cheese on the front of the label. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026

Starship has carried small batches of V3 Starlinks on previous launches, but those missions’ suborbital trajectories meant the satellites burned up in Earth’s atmosphere rather than remaining in orbit. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026

This was more common in decades past, but some launches today still do not reserve enough propellant to properly deorbit a second or third stage. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

Some locations will have new experiences like a Creator studio, a space where influencers, creators and toys brands can make content and introduce new products, toy reveals and launches, as well as candy shops and cafés. — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

The event also includes product launches and prototypes, comics, art, special guests and more. — Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026

The two missile launches -- about three hours apart -- were conducted from North Korea's eastern coastal Wonsan area. — Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026

Thanks to the success of Meta's new AI launches, analysts argued the company now has a compelling story to tell. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 21 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