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

One of the houses reportedly belonged to Chen Mechan, or Mad Dog, the gang accused of launching the attack on the technicians. — Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

French authorities will be launching a massive security operation with some 70,000 police officers deployed across the country over the weekend, according to the interior ministry. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

Almost a decade and a half after launching in Miami Beach with just six electric vehicles, Freebee now operates in more than 50 communities and delivers more than 2 million rides per year. — Sofia Zarran, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Paul Rabil, who segued to launching the league from a playing career that put him among the sport’s all-time greats at the college and pro level, is set to make his directing debut with The Big Leagues. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

John Mayer is launching his own record label, Sob Rock Records, the singer-songwriter and guitar virtuoso confirmed Thursday, partnering with Universal Music Group’s Mercury Records for the new venture. — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

Etsy has also partnered with OpenAI on shopping features, including launching a ChatGPT app for product discovery. — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

But the job wasn’t always about launching the next Gmail or Google Maps. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Meta joined the race on September 8, 2026, launching Muse, a personal AI agent designed to act across apps and the web via a secure virtual machine. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026