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

As the federal health department launches a plan to wean patients off antidepressants, mental health advocates and psychiatrists say blaming the United States' mental health crisis on overmedicalization and overprescription of psychiatric medications is an inaccurate portrayal of a complex problem. —Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR, 7 May 2026

The marketing launches at a time when football is about to take center stage again as the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off on June 11. —Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 7 May 2026

The new season officially launches on May 9 with a concert featuring the great New York City salsa singer Herman Olivera and his Orquesta Taino. —Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 7 May 2026

Donaldson dribbles the ball and launches it at the hoop. —Sean Gregory, Time, 6 May 2026

In Starman, Fraser will portray visionary technologist Tom Adams — an architect of the future — who launches a historic expedition to Mars, positioning himself at the forefront of humanity’s next frontier. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 May 2026

Elon Musk’s SpaceX conducted 165 launches with the Falcon 9 rocket (no Falcon Heavy missions) last year, up from 134 Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches in 2024 and 96 Falcon flights in 2023. —Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026

During this stage, the producer also selects the technological and the physical material resources, plans shoots, and launches promotional activities. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 May 2026

Oman’s Etlaq Spaceport is positioning itself to become a hub for research institutions and commercial rocket firms operating in both suborbital and deeper space, leaning on the government to slash approval times for commercial space launches to as little as 45 days, Semafor reported in October. —Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026

Noun

Four more commercial landers are under construction now for launches in the second half of this year, but as is common in the space industry, their schedules have a history of delays, and some are likely to move into 2027. —Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026

The launches also propelled the movie studio, which saw revenue increase 21%. —Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026

The Pistil plugin bundles Orchid’s synth emulators into a format that can live inside any digital audio workstation and launches with 10 new sounds and discounted pricing for existing hardware owners. —Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 May 2026

The funding announced on May 1, 2026 reportedly covers engineering services and data acquisition systems used to capture high-fidelity telemetry during missile test launches. —Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 May 2026

These two missions are the biggest draws in the last several years, although the agency stated that nine other major launches have logged an average of 55,000 out-of-county visitors. —Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026

Blue Origin, founded by rival billionaire Jeff Bezos, has commenced commercial launches of its own gargantuan reusable rocket, New Glenn—although not without major problems. —Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 4 May 2026

Instead of relying on traditional rocket launches, teams will be able to fly payloads on a reusable spaceplane that takes off and lands on a runway. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026

True Anomaly also plans to use the funding for new product launches and a major factory expansion, with plans to grow from 140,000 square feet to 2 million square feet over the next four years. —Samantha Subin, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026