Hypernyms for "start"

activation adrenarche alpha attack auspicate bestir oneself birth blaze blaze out boggle break in break out bud come on come up commence constitution crank crank up creation curtain raising date back date from dawn debut embark embark on enter entry erupt establishment face-off fall first appearance first step flinch flying start formation foundation founding get cracking get going get moving get off the ground get rolling get started get to get weaving go back go on groundbreaking groundbreaking ceremony hot-wire housing start icebreaker inaugurate inauguration incipience incipiency initiate initiation initiative innovation installation installing installment instalment instauration institution introduce introduction jackrabbit jump jump ball jump off jumping-off point jumpstart jump-start kick in kick off kickoff kick-start launch launching lead up lift off menarche morning Moro reflex oncoming onset open opener opening opening move opening night organisation organization originate origination plunge point of departure racing start rear back recommence recommencement restart re-start resumption roar off running start sally forth sally out scrum scrummage send-off set set in set off shy springboard start start up starting point startle reaction startle reflex startle response start-off startup strike out take off take office terminus a quo thelarche threshold tone-beginning unveiling usher in wince