All leadoff synonyms
leadΒ·off
L l noun leadoff
- beginning β The beginning of an event or process is the first part of it.
- alpha β the first letter in the Greek alphabet (Ξ, Ξ±), a vowel transliterated as a
- basis β If something is done on a particular basis, it is done according to that method, system, or principle.
- birth β When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.
- commencement β The commencement of something is its beginning.
- creation β In many religions, creation is the making of the universe, Earth, and creatures by God.
- dawn β Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises.
- dawning β gradually beginning to become light
- genesis β an origin, creation, or beginning.
- inauguration β an act or ceremony of inaugurating.
- inception β beginning; start; commencement.
- incipience β the state or condition of being incipient.
- incipiency β the state or condition of being incipient.
- induction β the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing: induction of the hypnotic state.
- infancy β the state or period of being an infant; very early childhood, usually the period before being able to walk; babyhood.
- initiation β formal admission or acceptance into an organization or club, adult status in one's community or society, etc.
- installation β something installed, as machinery or apparatus placed in position or connected for use.
- introduction β the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
- kickoff β Football. a place kick or a drop kick from the 40-yard line of the team kicking at the beginning of the first and third periods or after the team kicking has scored a touchdown or field goal.
- launch β to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
- onset β a beginning or start: the onset of winter.
- opening β an open or clear space.
- origin β something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead: to follow a stream to its origin.
- origination β to take its origin or rise; begin; start; arise: The practice originated during the Middle Ages.
- outset β the beginning or start: I wanted to explain the situation at the outset.
- preface β a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
- prelude β a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
- presentation β an act of presenting.
- rise β to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- root β Elihu [el-uh-hyoo] /ΛΙl ΙΛhyu/ (Show IPA), 1845β1937, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1912.
- rudiment β Usually, rudiments. the elements or first principles of a subject: the rudiments of grammar. a mere beginning, first slight appearance, or undeveloped or imperfect form of something: the rudiments of a plan.
- source β any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- spring β String PRocessING language
- square one β a starting point; initial stage or step: If this plan fails, we'll have to go back to square one.
- start β to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- takeoff β a taking or setting off; the leaving of the ground, as in leaping or in beginning a flight in an airplane.
- threshold β the sill of a doorway.
- top β Technical/Office Protocol
- blastoff β Blastoff is the moment when a rocket leaves the ground and rises into the air to begin a journey into space.
- day one β If something happens from day one of a process, it happens right from the beginning. If it happens on day one, it happens right at the beginning.
- opener β a person or thing that opens.
- point of departure β Nautical. the precise location of a vessel, established in order to set a course, especially in beginning a voyage in open water.
adjective leadoff
- headmost β most advanced; foremost.
- inceptive β beginning; initial.
- initiatory β introductory; initial: an initiatory step toward a treaty.
- germinal β being in the earliest stage of development: germinal ideas.
- nascent β beginning to exist or develop: That nascent republic is holding its first election this month.