commence | Definition of commence

Synonyms and Antonyms of commence

1 to take the first step in (a process or course of action)

commence the festivities

Synonyms of commence

begin, embark (on or upon), enter (into or upon), fall (to), get off, kick off, launch, lead off, open, start, strike (into)

Words Related to commence

create, generate, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, invent, originate

adopt, embrace, take on, take up

establish, father, found, institute, organize, pioneer, set up, spawn

get around (to), get down (to), get round (to)

Phrases Synonymous with commence

get going, get to, set about

Near Antonyms of commence

cease, desist, discontinue, halt, knock off, lay off, quit, stop

close, complete

abandon, forsake, leave

abolish, demolish, destroy, exterminate, extinguish, phase out

Antonyms of commence

conclude, end, finish, terminate

2 to come into existence

the games commenced early in the morning

Synonyms of commence

actualize, appear, arise, begin, break, dawn, engender, form, materialize, originate, set in, spring, start

Words Related to commence

be, breathe, exist, live, subsist

arrive, come on, emerge

coalesce, cohere, shape (up)

continue, endure, last, persist, survive

Near Antonyms of commence

conclude, desist, discontinue, finish, halt, quit, terminate

disappear, dissolve, evaporate, vanish

depart, die, expire, pass away, perish

Antonyms of commence

cease, end, stop