Synonyms of launching

launching

verb

present participle of launch

1

as in establishing

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

• establishing
• founding
• initiating
• introducing
• pioneering
• creating
• instituting
• inaugurating
• beginning
• starting
• planting
• constructing
• constituting
• organizing
• originating
• innovating
• developing
• inventing
• producing
• devising
• setting up
• manufacturing
• authoring
• expanding
• conceiving
• thinking (up)
• cooking (up)
• concocting
• funding
• financing
• enlarging
• fathering
• subsidizing
• relaunching
• making up
• arranging
• contriving
• fabricating
• endowing
• systematizing
• reinitiating
• reinstituting
• putting up
• refounding
• systemizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closing (down)
• shutting (up)
• abolishing
• finishing
• phasing out
• stopping
• ending
• terminating
• halting
• nullifying
• annihilating
• annulling
• winding up
• wrapping up
• rounding (off or out)

2

as in beginning

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

• beginning
• commencing
• starting
• opening
• creating
• falling (to)
• initiating
• entering (into or upon)
• striking (into)
• embarking (on or upon)
• getting off
• generating
• organizing
• getting to
• establishing
• adopting
• originating
• inaugurating
• leading off
• inventing
• getting going
• kicking off
• setting about
• instituting
• founding
• spawning
• pioneering
• innovating
• embracing
• taking up
• taking on
• fathering
• setting up
• getting around (to)
• getting down (to)
• getting round (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• finishing
• ending
• terminating
• stopping
• concluding
• completing
• discontinuing
• halting
• closing
• ceasing
• quitting
• laying off
• leaving
• abandoning
• destroying
• abolishing
• knocking off
• forsaking
• desisting
• extinguishing
• demolishing
• exterminating
• phasing out

3

as in throwing

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

• throwing
• hurling
• tossing
• flinging
• slinging
• firing
• casting
• catapulting
• pitching
• lobbing
• chucking
• pegging
• heaving
• hurtling
• pelting
• bowling
• dashing
• lofting
• gunning
• darting
• flipping
• rolling
• letting fly
• propelling
• precipitating
• thrusting
• projecting
• hooking
• ejecting
• shooting
• passing
• bucking
• impelling
• rifling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of launching

The beauty world is constantly launching new products, but only a handful truly stand out. — Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 31 July 2026

Illinois’ Parkland College is launching a new healthcare pre-apprenticeship program, preparing participants for careers as surgical techs, rad techs, respiratory therapists, occupational therapy assistants, and LPNs. — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

French authorities ordered the complete evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula on Friday, launching boats to help rescue people from the popular tourist destination that’s now threatened by wildfires. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

Before launching Moebius, Tsui spent more than two decades at Media Asia Film, eventually taking charge of the studio’s international sales and co-production division as general manager. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 July 2026

All eyes are now on Musk’s other trillion-dollar venture, SpaceX, with its grandiose goals of launching data centers into orbit and colonizing Mars. — Tim Levin, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

New Korean skin care brands launching PDRN serums in US retail 2. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026

The council—which the 78-year-old former senator is running with his daughter, Heather Manchin—will recruit and support independent candidates who are launching congressional bids. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 24 July 2026

Reach Nationals, its nonprofit parent organization, has grown to more than 150 chapters at colleges and universities across 20 states — including UCLA, the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania — since launching in 2023. — Avery Stone, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026