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100 Best Synonyms for “Start”

October 2, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. activate to make active or begin
2. address to begin dealing with
3. adopt to begin using
4. begin to start something
5. boot up to start a computer
6. break into to begin abruptly
7. break out to begin suddenly
8. bring about to cause to begin
9. broach to begin discussing a subject
10. bud to begin developing
11. burst into to begin suddenly
12. come about to begin or happen
13. come into being to begin existing
14. come into existence to begin existing
15. come on to begin functioning
16. commence to begin formally
17. crank up to start or increase
18. create to bring into existence
19. debut to appear or begin first
20. depart to begin a journey
21. deploy to position and begin use
22. develop to begin to grow
23. dive in to begin eagerly
24. embark to begin an undertaking
25. engender to cause to begin
26. enter on to begin a course
27. essay to begin attempting
28. establish to set up and begin
29. fall to to begin doing eagerly
30. fire up to start operating
31. foment to cause to begin
32. form to begin to exist
33. found to establish from the beginning
34. get going to begin moving or working
35. get moving to begin moving
36. get off the ground to begin successfully
37. get started to begin
38. get to work to begin working
39. get underway to begin moving or happening
40. go ahead to begin proceeding
41. go to work to begin working
42. head out to begin leaving
43. inaugurate to begin officially
44. initiate to cause to begin
45. instigate to cause something to begin
46. institute to establish and begin
47. introduce to bring in or begin
48. join to begin participating in
49. jump in to begin quickly
50. jump off to begin energetically
51. kick off to begin energetically
52. knuckle down to begin serious work
53. launch to begin publicly
54. make a beginning to begin something
55. manifest to become apparent
56. materialize to begin appearing concretely
57. mobilize to prepare and begin action
58. mount to begin an organized effort
59. move off to begin moving away
60. move out to begin leaving
61. occasion to cause to begin
62. open to begin or set going
63. power up to start by supplying power
64. precipitate to cause to begin suddenly
65. present itself to begin to appear
66. proceed to begin or continue
67. produce to bring into existence
68. prompt to bring about a start
69. put in motion to cause to begin
70. put under way to cause to begin
71. recommence to begin again formally
72. reignite to begin again intensely
73. reinitiate to begin again
74. rekindle to begin again with energy
75. renew to begin again or continue
76. reopen to begin again after closure
77. restart to start again
78. resume to begin again
79. set about to begin doing something
80. set in motion to cause to begin
81. set out to begin a journey or task
82. set rolling to cause to begin
83. set to to begin doing vigorously
84. set up to arrange and begin
85. spark to cause to begin
86. strike up to begin suddenly
87. switch on to start a device
88. tackle to begin dealing with
89. take off to begin rising or succeeding
90. take on to begin accepting work
91. take up to begin an activity
92. take wing to begin flight
93. touch off to cause to begin suddenly
94. trigger to cause to begin
95. turn on to start a device
96. undertake to begin and take responsibility
97. unfold to begin developing visibly
98. usher in to mark the beginning of
99. venture to begin daringly
100. weigh anchor to begin sailing

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