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threshold

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of threshold

1 an interval of time just before the onset of something

on the threshold of a new age of green technology

Synonyms of threshold

brink, cusp, edge, point, verge

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2 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 of threshold

alpha, baseline, beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start

Words Related to threshold

drawing board, first base, ground zero, square one

creation, founding, inauguration, initiation, institution, origination

cradle, fountain, fountainhead, germ, origin, root, seedbed, source, spring, well, wellspring

dawning, opening

advent, appearance, arrival, debut (also début), emergence

childhood, infancy, youth

Near Antonyms of threshold

cessation, closing, closure, completion, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, windup

Antonyms of threshold

close, conclusion, end, ending, omega

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