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Synonyms for initiate
ɪˈnɪʃ iˌeɪt; -ɪt, -ˌeɪtini·ti·ate

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. initiate

    To teach is simply to communicate knowledge; to instruct (originally, to build in or into, put in order) is to impart knowledge with special method and completeness; instruct has also an authoritative sense nearly equivalent to command. To educate is to draw out or develop harmoniously the mental powers, and, in the fullest sense, the moral powers as well. To train is to direct to a certain result powers already existing. Train is used in preference to educate when the reference is to the inferior animals or to the physical powers of man; as, to train a horse; to train the hand or eye. To discipline is to bring into habitual and complete subjection to authority; discipline is a severe word, and is often used as a euphemism for punish; to be thoroughly effective in war, soldiers must be disciplined as well as trained. To nurture is to furnish the care and sustenance necessary for physical, mental, and moral growth; nurture is a more tender and homelike word than educate. Compare EDUCATION.

    Synonyms:
    discipline, drill, educate, enlighten, give instruction, give lessons, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, instill, instruct, nurture, school, teach, train, tutor

Princeton's WordNet2.7 / 3 votes

  1. novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiatenoun

    someone new to a field or activity

    Synonyms:
    savant, pundit, father, founding father, founder, learned person, novice, enlightened, novitiate, beginner, tyro, tiro

    Antonyms:
    uninitiate

  2. initiate, learned person, pundit, savantnoun

    someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

    Synonyms:
    pundit, learned person, novice, enlightened, savant, beginner, tyro, tiro

    Antonyms:
    uninitiate

  3. initiate, enlightenedverb

    people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity

    "it is very familiar to the initiate"

    Synonyms:
    pundit, learned person, novice, enlightened, savant, beginner, tyro, tiro

    Antonyms:
    uninitiate

  4. originate, initiate, startverb

    bring into being

    "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"

    Synonyms:
    start, rise, get, broach, get going, develop, uprise, commence, get down, take off, induct, bulge, embark on, part, arise, spring up, grow, originate, pop out, go, depart, lead off, set off, startle, start up, bug out, begin, jump, bulge out, set about, pop, start out, set forth, lead up, protrude, come out, take up, pioneer, set out

    Antonyms:
    uninitiate

  5. initiate, pioneerverb

    take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

    "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"

    Synonyms:
    induct, originate, open up, broach, lead up, start, pioneer

    Antonyms:
    uninitiate

  6. initiate, inductverb

    accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite

    "African men are initiated when they reach puberty"

    Synonyms:
    invest, induce, seat, induct, originate, broach, lead up, start, pioneer

    Antonyms:
    uninitiate

  7. broach, initiateverb

    bring up a topic for discussion

    Synonyms:
    pioneer, lead up, broach, start, originate, induct

    Antonyms:
    uninitiate

  8. lead up, initiateverb

    set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for

    "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II"

    Synonyms:
    pioneer, lead up, broach, start, originate, induct

    Antonyms:
    uninitiate

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Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. initiateverb

    Synonyms:
    introduce, give entrance to

  2. initiateverb

    Synonyms:
    indoctrinate, instruct, teach

  3. initiateverb

    Synonyms:
    begin, commence, inaugurate, enter upon

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How to use initiate in a sentence?

  1. Jerry Nadler:

    An impeachment inquiry is a judicial proceeding, or has been considered in the past, and certainly an inquiry which may help you determine whether or not to initiate an impeachment is preparatory to that.

  2. Alamin Alkundi:

    Patients are encouraged to seek the opinion of their general practitioners regarding any alternative therapy or over-the-counter medications they may be taking or desire to initiate.

  3. Kody Brown:

    We went a couple of years, a lot of counseling, figuring things out, and as we went through this process, I ’m looking for a spark – something to initiate some form of desire for a relationship with each other, and in this time, it has never manifested.

  4. B. F. Skinner:

    Does a poet create, originate, initiate the thing called a poem, or is his behavior merely the product of his genetic and environmental histories?

  5. Daniel Ho:

    Other studies have also shown that adolescent e-cigarette users are more likely to initiate cigarette smoking than non-users, one in two smokers will be killed by tobacco ; two in three if started from a young age.


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