Synonyms of leading off

leading off

verb

present participle of lead off

as in beginning

to take the first step in (a process or course of action)

plans to lead off the news conference with a prepared statement

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of leading off

Jackson Holliday singled leading off the eighth and, with one out, Basallo hit his first career pinch homer, a shot to center. — Harvey Valentine, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

Tatis homered off starter Bailey Ober with one out in the third inning and again off Taylor Rogers leading off the eighth. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

The Sox trailed 2-0 in the seventh when Vargas walked leading off the inning. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Elder bounced back from one of his worst starts of the season by allowing just four hits, including Gabriel Moreno's homer leading off the fourth that evened the score at 1. — CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

Smith said that with South Carolina leading off and many Southern states following on Super Tuesday soon after the early lineup concludes, progressives will have to take the time to listen and then tailor their messages. — Mike Catalini, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Along the way, the Padres got a one-out double by Jake Cronenworth in the second inning, a one-out double by Ty France in the fourth, a double leading off the fifth by Freddy Fermin and another one-out double by France in the sixth. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026

Misiorowski held the Cubs hitless before Seiya Suzuki homered leading off the fifth inning, and eventually exited after six innings with eight strikeouts, four walks, two hits and one earned run. — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 27 June 2026