All opening synonyms

noun opening

• prolog — a preliminary discourse; a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel.
• commencement — The commencement of something is its beginning.
• inauguration — an act or ceremony of inaugurating.
• kickoff — 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 — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
• launching — Present participle of launch.
• opener — a person or thing that opens.
• birth — When a baby is born, you refer to this event as his or her birth.
• dawn — Dawn is the time of day when light first appears in the sky, just before the sun rises.
• inception — beginning; start; commencement.
• initiation — formal admission or acceptance into an organization or club, adult status in one's community or society, etc.
• onset — a beginning or start: the onset of winter.
• outset — the beginning or start: I wanted to explain the situation at the outset.
• coming out — the declaration that one is gay
• curtain-raiser — A curtain-raiser is an event, especially a sporting event or a performance, that takes place before a more important one, or starts off a series of events.
• opportunity — an appropriate or favorable time or occasion: Their meeting afforded an opportunity to exchange views.
• chance — If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
• lucky break — a fortunate and unexpected turn of events
• show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
• time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
• availability — the quality or condition of being available
• connection — A connection is a relationship between two things, people, or groups.
• connexion — the act or state of connecting.
• fling — to throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence: to fling a stone.
• go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• occasion — a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
• place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
• possibility — the state or fact of being possible: the possibility of error.
• run — execution
• scope — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
• shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
• squeak — a short, sharp, shrill cry; a sharp, high-pitched sound.
• vacancy — the state of being vacant; emptiness.
• whack — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
• in the running — the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.
• look-in — a brief glance.