Synonyms of the word

inauguration

• n. The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.
• n. The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, enterprise, event etc.

beginning

• n. (uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space…
• n. That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
• n. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
• n. The initial portion of some extended thing.
• v. present participle of begin.
• adj. (informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.

commencement

• n. The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.
• n. The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
• n. A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university.

inaugural

• adj. Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated.
• adj. Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc.
• n. An inauguration; a formal beginning.
• n. A formal speech given at the beginning of an office.

induction

• n. An act of inducting.
• n. An act of inducing.
• n. (medicine) The process of inducing the birth process.
• n. (obsolete) An introduction.

initiation

• n. The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
• n. The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized…
• n. (chemistry) The first step of transcription or of transduction.

installation

• n. An act of installing.
• n. Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set…
• n. A work of installation art.
• n. A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.

start

• n. The beginning of an activity.
• n. A sudden involuntary movement.
• n. The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
• n. An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match.
• n. A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
• v. (transitive) To begin, commence, initiate.
• v. (intransitive) To begin an activity.
• v. To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly.
• v. (intransitive) To break away, to come loose.
• v. (transitive, sports) To put into play.
• v. (nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from.
• v. (euphemistic) To start your periods (menstruation).
• n. A tail, or anything projecting like a tail.
• n. A handle, especially that of a plough.
• n. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.
• n. The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.

startup

• n. The act or process of starting a process or machine.
• n. A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.
• n. (obsolete, dialect, chiefly in the plural) a kind of high-low or thigh-high boot worn by rustic people.
• n. (obsolete, dialect, chiefly in the plural) a kind of gaiter or legging.