Synonyms of threshold

threshold

noun

1

as in verge

an interval of time just before the onset of something

on the threshold of a new age of green technology

Synonyms & Similar Words

• verge
• brink
• edge
• cusp
• point
• nick

2

as in beginning

the point at which something begins

at the threshold of the new year, it's time to look back and make resolutions for the future

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beginning
• start
• inception
• alpha
• onset
• commencement
• baseline
• launch
• dawn
• outset
• genesis
• day one
• kickoff
• infancy
• birth
• initiation
• incipience
• incipiency
• morning
• origination
• inauguration
• nascence
• origin
• nascency
• ground zero
• first base
• founding
• git-go
• get-go
• drawing board
• dawning
• source
• emergence
• institution
• opening
• arrival
• germ
• spring
• creation
• cradle
• well
• square one
• fountain
• advent
• debut
• childhood
• wellspring
• appearance
• fountainhead
• root
• seedbed
• début
• youth

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• end
• close
• conclusion
• period
• ending
• completion
• closing
• termination
• closure
• cessation
• stop
• omega
• finish
• finale
• windup

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• end
• close
• conclusion
• period
• ending
• completion
• closing
• termination
• closure
• cessation
• stop
• omega
• finish
• finale
• windup

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