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Synonyms for opening
ˈoʊ pə nɪŋopen·ing
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Wiktionary
openingnoun
Synonyms:
availability, slot
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
opening
Synonyms:
aperture, gap, opportunity, space, commencement, initiation, start, inauguration, hole, fissure, chink, beginningAntonyms:
occlusion, obstruction, stopgap, unreasonableness, contretemps, inopportuneness, enclosure, termination, close, end, conclusion
Princeton's WordNet
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, portaAntonyms:
closing, shutting, terminative, terminal, last, concluding, year-end, finalopeningnoun
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 openingAntonyms:
closing, shutting, last, terminative, concluding, terminal, year-end, finalopeningnoun
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 openingAntonyms:
closing, shutting, year-end, concluding, final, last, terminative, terminalopening, 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 openingAntonyms:
closing, shutting, terminal, year-end, last, terminative, final, concludingopeningnoun
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 openingAntonyms:
shutting, closing, last, year-end, final, terminal, concluding, terminativeopeningnoun
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 openingAntonyms:
closing, shutting, final, terminative, last, terminal, concluding, year-endopeningnoun
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 openingAntonyms:
closing, shutting, terminal, year-end, concluding, last, terminative, finalpossibility, 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, portaAntonyms:
closing, shutting, last, terminative, final, terminal, concluding, year-endorifice, 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 openingAntonyms:
shutting, closing, terminal, terminative, year-end, concluding, final, lastopeningnoun
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 openingAntonyms:
shutting, closing, terminative, year-end, last, final, concluding, terminalhatchway, 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 openingAntonyms:
shutting, closing, concluding, terminal, final, terminative, year-end, lastopening, 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 openingAntonyms:
closing, shutting, year-end, last, terminal, terminative, final, concludingfirst 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, portaAntonyms:
shutting, closing, final, year-end, concluding, last, terminal, terminativeopeningadjective
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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
openingadjective
Synonyms:
beginning, introductory, initiatory, preliminaryopeningnoun
Synonyms:
aperture, fissure, gap, orifice, rift, chasm, hiatus, rent, beginning, introduction, outset, vacancy
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "opening":
openness, introductory, open, inaugural, opening-up, commencement, aperture, fatah, inauguration, initiation, unlock, opened, opener, ouverture, start, beginning, initial, opens, overture, launch, keynote, preliminary, paving, editorial, reopening, launching, fath, liberalisation
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#283 | open | |
#419 | source | |
#474 | start | |
#642 | space | |
#1004 | availability | |
#1249 | spring | |
#1358 | opportunity | |
#1460 | enterprise | |
#1618 | break | |
#1649 | theory | |
#1674 | beginning | |
#1970 | initial | |
#2265 | opening | |
#2518 | origin | |
#2551 | editorial | |
#2703 | rise | |
#2966 | hole | |
#3125 | spread | |
#3232 | launch | |
#3299 | opened | |
#3455 | initiative | |
#3488 | slot | |
#4114 | gap | |
#4175 | possibility | |
#4224 | crack | |
#4790 | opens | |
#5048 | preliminary | |
#5785 | arising | |
#7706 | col | |
#8063 | fountain | |
#8627 | hypothesis | |
#8884 | unlock | |
#9398 | introductory | |
#11127 | aperture | |
#11293 | commencement | |
#11587 | keynote | |
#11830 | initiation | |
#12008 | launching | |
#13217 | opener | |
#15079 | disruption | |
#15733 | inception | |
#16727 | paving | |
#17400 | interruption | |
#17451 | inaugural | |
#18638 | overture | |
#18813 | openness | |
#20059 | outset | |
#26296 | inauguration | |
#27549 | porta | |
#28286 | fatah | |
#29001 | liberalisation | |
#37481 | orifice | |
#38530 | reopening | |
#43429 | fissure | |
#54578 | fath | |
#70897 | scuttle | |
#72001 | ouverture | |
#83585 | fount | |
#85123 | chink | |
#228653 | hatchway |
How to use opening in a sentence?
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 ?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Translations for opening
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- oberturaCatalan, Valencian
- otevírací, otvorCzech
- åbningDanish
- Öffnung, freie Stelle, Eröffnung, Eröffnungsvorstellung, offene StelleGerman
- alku, avaus, avautuminen, rako, [[tyhjä]] [[paikka]], aloitus, tilaisuus, mahdollisuus, kolo, aukko, avajaiset, paikka, [[avoin]] [[paikka]], reikä, ensi-ilta, avaaminenFinnish
- trou, ouvertureFrench
- oscailtIrish
- toll, beulScottish Gaelic
- nyílásHungarian
- pembukaanIndonesian
- apertura, siglaItalian
- apertioLatin
- whakapuaretanga, whakatuwheratanga, pūaha, angotangaMāori
- åpningNorwegian
- åpningNorwegian
- otwarciePolish
- vaga, início, aberturaPortuguese
- deschidereRomanian
- начало, открытие, дебют, отверстие, проход, вакансия, увертюраRussian
- öppning, spelöppningSwedish
- திறப்புTamil
- khai mạcVietnamese
- isikhalaZulu
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