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opening

noun

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1 a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place

the talk show host's usual modus operandi is to talk over his guests, thereby denying them an opening to articulate their positions

Synonyms of opening

break, chance, occasion, opportunity, room, shot

Words Related to opening

play, way

juncture, pass

2 a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing

an opening in the roof is letting rain drip inside

Synonyms of opening

aperture, hole, orifice, perforation

Words Related to opening

loophole

breach, break, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, fissure, gash, notch, rent, rift, rupture, slash, slit, split, tear

slot, space

exit, mouth, outlet, pore, vent

entrance, inlet, intake

pinhole, pinprick, punch, puncture

airhole, armhole, buttonhole, keyhole, knothole, peephole, pothole, wormhole

Near Antonyms of opening

fill, filler, filling, patch, plug, seal, stopper

barrier, blockage, obstacle, obstruction

3 an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)

the rabbit found a little opening in the bushes and darted through

Synonyms of opening

breach, break, discontinuity, gap, gulf, hiatus, hole, interstice, interval, rent, rift, separation, void

Words Related to opening

chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure

notch, slit, slot, split

interspace, pore

abyss, aperture, cavity, chasm, gape, orifice

fracture, rupture, severance, sundering

opening

verb , present participle of open

Synonyms and Antonyms of opening

1 to change from a closed to an open position

please open the door to let the cat out

Synonyms of opening

unclosing

Words Related to opening

unbarring, unbolting, unclasping, unfastening, unlatching, unlocking

unbuttoning, unclenching, unfolding, unfurling, unzipping

disengaging, releasing, slipping

Near Antonyms of opening

barring, bolting, clasping, fastening, latching, locking

buttoning (up), zipping (up)

Antonyms of opening

closing, shutting

2 to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions

we need to open this drain that's clogged with hair

Synonyms of opening

clearing, freeing, unclogging, unplugging, unstopping

Words Related to opening

easing, facilitating, loosening (up), smoothing

Near Antonyms of opening

constricting, encumbering, hampering, hindering, impeding, interfering (with), obstructing, trammeling (or trammelling)

barricading, blockading

Antonyms of opening

blocking, clogging (up), closing, damming (up), plugging (up), stopping

3 to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area

when we got too close, the cardinal opened its wings and flew to a higher branch

Synonyms of opening

expanding, extending, fanning (out), flaring (out), outspreading, outstretching, spreading (out), stretching (out), unfolding, unfurling

Words Related to opening

overspreading

Near Antonyms of opening

compacting, compressing, condensing, reducing

Antonyms of opening

closing, contracting, folding

4 to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way

snowplows opened the runway without much trouble

Synonyms of opening

clearing, freeing, unblocking

Words Related to opening

easing, facilitating, loosening (up), smoothing, unchoking, unclogging, unplugging, unstopping

uncluttering

stripping

Near Antonyms of opening

clogging, closing, damming, obstructing, plugging, stopping

cluttering (up)

Antonyms of opening

blocking

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

we will open the proceedings tomorrow with a short ceremony

Synonyms of opening

beginning, commencing, embarking (on or upon), entering (into or upon), falling (to), getting off, kicking off, launching, leading off, starting, striking (into)

Words Related to opening

creating, generating, inaugurating, initiating, innovating, inventing, originating

adopting, embracing, taking on, taking up

establishing, fathering, founding, instituting, organizing, pioneering, setting up, spawning

getting around (to), getting down (to), getting round (to)

Phrases Synonymous with opening

getting going, getting to, setting about

Near Antonyms of opening

ceasing, desisting, discontinuing, halting, knocking off, laying off, quitting, stopping

closing, completing

abandoning, forsaking, leaving

abolishing, demolishing, destroying, exterminating, extinguishing, phasing out

Antonyms of opening

concluding, ending, finishing, terminating

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