Synonyms for embark
ɛmˈbɑrkem·bark

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1. embarkverb

   Antonyms:
   disembark

2. embarkverb

   All passengers please embark now.

   Antonyms:
   disembark

3. embarkverb

   Phil embarked on his journey yesterday.

   Antonyms:
   disembark

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1. embark

   Synonyms:
   depart, go, go away, leave, set out, set sail, start, weigh anchor

   Antonyms:
   arrive, attain, come to, enter, gain, get to, land, reach

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1. embark

   Synonyms:
   launch, euler, start

   Antonyms:
   arrive, anchor, land

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. embark, shipverb

   go on board

   Synonyms:
   enter, venture, ship, transport, send

   Antonyms:
   disembark, set down, debark

2. embark, enterverb

   set out on (an enterprise or subject of study)

   "she embarked upon a new career"

   Synonyms:
   recruit, go into, participate, enrol, enter, figure, get into, record, put down, introduce, infix, go in, venture, insert, inscribe, ship, enroll, accede, get in, come in, move into

   Antonyms:
   set down, disembark, debark

3. venture, embarkverb

   proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers

   "We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer"

   Synonyms:
   stake, adventure, guess, pretend, hazard, enter, jeopardize, venture, ship

   Antonyms:
   set down, disembark, debark

Matched Categories

1. • Begin
   • Board
   • Proceed

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1. embarkverb

   Synonyms:
   put on shipboard

2. embarkverb

   Synonyms:
   engage, enlist

3. embarkverb

   Synonyms:
   go on shipboard

4. embarkverb

   Synonyms:
   engage, enlist, enter upon, take the first step

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1. List of paraphrases for "embark":

   engage, undertake, initiate, start, begin, launch

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How to use embark in a sentence?

1. Finance Minister Bill Morneau:

   We are looking to make infrastructure investments that are prudent and responsible, and in cases where we can find prudent, responsible projects that we can embark on quickly, we will do so.

2. Hatem Uraibi:

   Bangladeshi workers will be banned from entry into Libya, they come for work for Libyan firms but then embark on illegal migration (to Europe).

3. Jason Busse:

   For individuals who are suffering with unrelenting chronic pain every day of their lives, if they've tried other alternatives that haven't worked, they may in some cases decide they still want to embark on a trial of [ opioid ] therapy.

4. Jonathan Tsui:

   The entire team is excited to see the results we get from this experiment. If successful, we will embark on the second phase of the study where tissues will be sent up to the ISS once again in two years, but this time, we will be able to test a variety of drugs to see which ones will best ameliorate the potentially harmful effects of microgravity on cardiac function.

5. Barbara Hall:

   The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark.