Synonyms of onsets

onsets

noun

plural of onset

1

as in attacks

the act or action of setting upon with force or violence

the walls withstood the onset of the first battalion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacks
• raids
• onslaughts
• assaults
• strikes
• offensives
• offenses
• attempts
• aggressions
• offences
• bombardments
• incursions
• invasions
• rushes
• blitzes
• counterattacks
• descents
• charges
• blitzkriegs
• ambushes
• bombings
• barrages
• coups de main
• ambuscades
• counter-attacks
• ravages
• sieges
• sallies
• breakthroughs
• envelopments
• counteroffensives
• volleys
• sorties
• forays
• storms
• counter-strikes
• counterstrikes
• salvoes
• air raids
• counter-assaults
• fusillades
• salvos
• cannonades
• counteraggressions
• pillages
• counter-aggressions
• counterassaults
• sacks
• whammies
• hails

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defenses
• shields
• guards
• oppositions
• resistances
• securities
• defensives
• protections
• shelters

2

as in beginnings

the point at which something begins

the claim that if you take enough vitamin C at the onset of a cold, you'll often recover faster

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beginnings
• starts
• inceptions
• commencements
• alphas
• launches
• geneses
• thresholds
• baselines
• outsets
• dawns
• infancies
• births
• mornings
• originations
• incipiencies
• nascencies
• day ones
• incipiences
• kickoffs
• nascences
• inaugurations
• origins
• initiations
• get-goes
• git-goes
• first bases
• emergences
• arrivals
• ground zeros
• drawing boards
• childhoods
• germs
• springs
• sources
• square ones
• openings
• institutions
• advents
• wells
• débuts
• creations
• cradles
• fountains
• youths
• debuts
• wellsprings
• appearances
• roots
• fountainheads
• seedbeds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• endings
• ends
• conclusions
• periods
• closes
• terminations
• stops
• closings
• finishes
• closures
• completions
• omegas
• cessations
• finales
• windups