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

JioHotstar remains in business with Johar, with Student of the Year, a TV spin-off of the 2012 film set within modern youth culture, launches this month. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

Fuel is the rescue budget A servicing spacecraft, like LINK, launches with a finite supply of propellant. — Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026

That means anyone that launches a spacecraft aboard a Chinese rocket may have trouble subsequently contracting with NASA or the Space Force. — Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026

Meanwhile, the Edge browser now launches more quickly, and Google Chrome and other apps could follow suit. — Chris Hoffman, PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026

Van de Winkel acknowledged that geopolitical shifts and drug-pricing pressures could complicate expansion plans and change the order in which Genmab launches medicines in different markets. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026

The Drip chapter officially launches on Thursday ahead of the New York City pop-up. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

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

Noun

The impact of rocket launches, triggered by the supersonic flight of the rocket body through the high-altitude air, is much more short-lived. — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Though Falcon 9 has been profitable, SpaceX’s business interests have been especially buoyed by Starlink, and the company is banking on the uncertain prospect of data centers in orbit, which would create yet more demand for Starship launches. — Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026

Three Signals to Watch Whether beauty publications continue framing 2026 trend coverage around technique rather than new product launches. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

Jessie Quinn is a contributing commerce writer at StyleCaster, covering everything from top trends to new product launches. — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 3 Nov. 2026

The counters will offer visual merchandising, hands-on demonstrations and personalized consultations, including bespoke skin care advice, exclusives and preview launches. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

That’s especially seen at LG Beauty, where brands are debuting launches that touch hair, body and dental care, in addition to facial-forward formulas that promise hydrated and bouncing skin. — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2026

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