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Synonyms for opening
ˈoʊ pə nɪŋopen·ing

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. openingnoun

    Synonyms:
    availability, slot

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. opening

    The Latin commencement is more formal than the Saxon beginning, as the verb commence, is more formal than begin. Commencement is for the most part restricted to some form of action, while beginning has no restriction, but may be applied to action, state, material, extent, enumeration, or to whatever else may be conceived of as having a first part, point, degree, etc. The letter A is at the beginning (not the commencement) of every alphabet. If we were to speak of the commencement of the Pacific Railroad, we should be understood to refer to the enterprise and its initiatory act; if we were to refer to the roadway we should say "Here is the beginning of the Pacific Railroad." In the great majority of cases begin and beginning are preferable to commence and commencement as the simple, idiomatic English words, always accurate and expressive. "In the beginning was the word," John i, 1. An origin is the point from which something starts or sets out, often involving, and always suggesting causal connection; as, the origin of evil; the origin of a nation, a government, or a family. A source is that which furnishes a first and continuous supply, that which flows forth freely or may be readily recurred to; as, the source of a river; a source of knowledge; a source of inspiration; fertile land is a source (not an origin) of wealth. A rise is thought of as in an action; we say that a lake is the source of a certain river, or that the river takes its rise from the lake. Motley wrote of "The Rise of the Dutch Republic." Fount, fountain, and spring, in their figurative senses, keep close to their literal meaning. Compare CAUSE.

    See synonyms for END.

    Synonyms:
    arising, beginning, commencement, fount, fountain, inauguration, inception, initiation, origin, outset, rise, source, spring, start

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. opening, gapnoun

    an open or empty space in or between things

    "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"

    Synonyms:
    possibility, opening night, chess opening, spread, curtain raising, opening move, hatchway, crack, scuttle, interruption, initiative, disruption, possible action, gap, first step, orifice, col, break, porta

    Antonyms:
    closing, shutting, terminative, terminal, last, concluding, year-end, final

  2. openingnoun

    a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

    Synonyms:
    orifice, opening night, possible action, first step, possibility, opening move, porta, initiative, hatchway, curtain raising, scuttle, gap, chess opening

    Antonyms:
    closing, shutting, last, terminative, concluding, terminal, year-end, final

  3. openingnoun

    becoming open or being made open

    "the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for"

    Synonyms:
    orifice, opening night, possible action, first step, possibility, opening move, porta, initiative, hatchway, curtain raising, scuttle, gap, chess opening

    Antonyms:
    closing, shutting, year-end, concluding, final, last, terminative, terminal

  4. opening, opening night, curtain raisingnoun

    the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

    "the opening received good critical reviews"

    Synonyms:
    orifice, opening night, possible action, first step, possibility, opening move, porta, initiative, hatchway, curtain raising, scuttle, gap, chess opening

    Antonyms:
    closing, shutting, terminal, year-end, last, terminative, final, concluding

  5. openingnoun

    the act of opening something

    "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door"

    Synonyms:
    orifice, opening night, possible action, first step, possibility, opening move, porta, initiative, hatchway, curtain raising, scuttle, gap, chess opening

    Antonyms:
    shutting, closing, last, year-end, final, terminal, concluding, terminative

  6. openingnoun

    opportunity especially for employment or promotion

    "there is an opening in the sales department"

    Synonyms:
    orifice, opening night, possible action, first step, possibility, opening move, porta, initiative, hatchway, curtain raising, scuttle, gap, chess opening

    Antonyms:
    closing, shutting, final, terminative, last, terminal, concluding, year-end

  7. openingnoun

    the initial part of the introduction

    "the opening established the basic theme"

    Synonyms:
    orifice, opening night, possible action, first step, possibility, opening move, porta, initiative, hatchway, curtain raising, scuttle, gap, chess opening

    Antonyms:
    closing, shutting, terminal, year-end, concluding, last, terminative, final

  8. possibility, possible action, openingnoun

    a possible alternative

    "bankruptcy is always a possibility"

    Synonyms:
    possibility, opening move, opening night, chess opening, curtain raising, theory, hatchway, scuttle, initiative, possible action, gap, first step, orifice, hypothesis, possibleness, porta

    Antonyms:
    closing, shutting, last, terminative, final, terminal, concluding, year-end

  9. orifice, opening, portanoun

    an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

    "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"

    Synonyms:
    orifice, opening night, possible action, first step, possibility, opening move, porta, initiative, hatchway, curtain raising, scuttle, gap, chess opening

    Antonyms:
    shutting, closing, terminal, terminative, year-end, concluding, final, last

  10. openingnoun

    a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

    "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"

    Synonyms:
    orifice, opening night, possible action, first step, possibility, opening move, porta, initiative, hatchway, curtain raising, scuttle, gap, chess opening

    Antonyms:
    shutting, closing, terminative, year-end, last, final, concluding, terminal

  11. hatchway, opening, scuttlenoun

    an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

    Synonyms:
    orifice, opening night, possible action, first step, possibility, opening move, coal scuttle, porta, initiative, hatchway, curtain raising, scuttle, gap, chess opening

    Antonyms:
    shutting, closing, concluding, terminal, final, terminative, year-end, last

  12. opening, chess openingnoun

    a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

    "he memorized all the important chess openings"

    Synonyms:
    orifice, opening night, possible action, first step, possibility, opening move, porta, initiative, hatchway, curtain raising, scuttle, gap, chess opening

    Antonyms:
    closing, shutting, year-end, last, terminal, terminative, final, concluding

  13. first step, initiative, opening move, openingadjective

    the first of a series of actions

    Synonyms:
    possibility, opening move, opening night, chess opening, curtain raising, go-ahead, hatchway, scuttle, initiative, enterprisingness, gap, first step, orifice, enterprise, possible action, porta

    Antonyms:
    shutting, closing, final, year-end, concluding, last, terminal, terminative

  14. openingadjective

    first or beginning

    "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene"

    Antonyms:
    closing, shutting, year-end, final, terminal, terminative, concluding, last

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. openingnoun

    Synonyms:
    aperture, hole, orifice, perforation, breach, chasm, cleft, gap, fissure, rent, rift, flaw

  2. openingnoun

    Synonyms:
    beginning, commencement

  3. openingnoun

    Synonyms:
    opportunity, chance

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. openingadjective

    Synonyms:
    beginning, introductory, initiatory, preliminary

  2. openingnoun

    Synonyms:
    aperture, fissure, gap, orifice, rift, chasm, hiatus, rent, beginning, introduction, outset, vacancy

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How to use opening in a sentence?

  1. Jason Wang:

    Taiwan has been really great at the science of closing... but what is the new science of re-opening that could be a good model for the world ?

  2. State John Kerry:

    While finding a way forward on Syria will not be easy -- it's not going to be automatic -- it is the most promising opportunity for a political opening we have seen, what that transitional government could look like, who would be part of it, how they would meet and at what frequency -- all of this is up in the air.

  3. Andrew Collins:

    The NBA is doing a great job in China to grow the sport from the grassroots and in the communities, teams and players are taking back control and establishing an online presence, while the recent sponsorship opening announcement will give teams more autonomy from the league.

  4. Katie Thurston:

    You’re always going to question if it’s the right decision for you because you are opening yourself up to a lot of attention; attention that you might not want. It’s tough to be in this role, so of course it wasn’t an immediate yes for me. It was something I had to think about over time. I didn’t want to live life with the regret of not taking this chance to fall in love in this very unique way, so I said yes.

  5. Copeland Bryan:

    Since coming on, I’ve had a few years getting to do some very interesting work, this has been an opportunity to really hone the skills that I had developed kind of from a startup and business development consulting world. I’d always been corporate adjacent, never in corporate. Just getting to see kind of the processes in a corporate structure, in a big company like Visa that gets to touch like every other company in the world is very eye-opening.


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