opening [oh-puh-ning]
Main Entry:
open [oh-puhn]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: begin
Synonyms: begin business, bow, commence, convene, embark, get things rolling, inaugurate, initiate, jump, kick off, launch, meet, raise the curtain, ring in, set in motion, set up shop, sit, start, start the ball rolling
Antonyms: close, conclude, end, finish, shut
Main Entry: opening
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: gap, hole
Synonyms: aperture, breach, break, cavity, chink, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, discontinuity, door, fissure, hatch, interstice, mouth, orifice, outlet, perforation, recess, rent, rift, rupture, scuttle, slit, slot, space, split, spout, tear, vent, window
Antonyms: closing, closure, solid
Main Entry: opening
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: chance
Synonyms: availability, big break, connection, cut*, fling*, go*, go-at, in the running, iron in the fire, look-in, occasion, opportunity, place, possibility, run, scope, shot*, show, squeak, time, vacancy, whack
Antonyms: misfortune
Main Entry: opening
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: beginning
Synonyms: birth, coming out, commencement, curtain-raiser, dawn, inauguration, inception, initiation, kickoff, launch, launching, onset, opener, outset, start
Antonyms: closing, conclusion, ending, finish
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Opening.
Category: 3. Superficial form
Synonyms:
-nouns
hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel; transforation; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; eyelet; slot., opening; aperture, apertness; hiation, yawning, oscitancy, dehiscence, patefaction, pandiculation; chasm (interval)., embrasure, window, casement; abatjour; light; sky light, fan light; lattice; bay window, bow window; oriel; dormer, lantern., outlet, inlet; vent, vomitory; embouchure; orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand, wizen, nozzle; placket., portal, porch, gate, ostiary, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door; arcade; cellarway, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway; lich gate., way, path; thoroughfare; channel; passage, passageway; tube, pipe; water pipe; air pipe; vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula; adjutage, ajutage; ostium; smokestack; chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main; mine, pit, adit, shaft; gallery., alley, aisle, glade, vista., bore, caliber; pore; blind orifice; fulgurite, thundertube., porousness, porosity; sieve, cullender, colander; cribble, riddle, screen; honeycomb., apertion, perforation; pierching; terebration, empalement, pertusion, puncture, acupuncture, penetration., opener, key, master key, passe-partout.
-verbs
open, ope, gape, yawn, bilge; fly open., perforate, pierce, empierce, tap, bore, drill; mine (scoop out); tunnel; transpierce, transfix; enfilade, impale, spike, spear, gore, spit, stab, pink, puncture, punch, lance, stick, prick, riddle, punch; stave in., cut a passage through; make way for, make room for., uncover, unclose, unrip; lay open, cut open, rip open, throw open.
-adjectives
open; perforated; perforate; wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped; oscitant, gaping, yawning; patent., tubular, cannular, fistulous; pervious, permeable; foraminous; vesicular, vasicular; porous, follicular, cribriform, honeycombed, infundibular, riddled; tubulous, tubulated; piped, tubate., opening; aperient.
Antonyms: closure
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Main Entry: air
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put into the atmosphere; freshen
Synonyms: aerate, aerify, air-condition, circulate, cool, eject, expel, expose, fan, open, oxygenate, purify, refresh, ventilate
Antonyms: close up, hide
Main Entry: aisle
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: passageway dividing something
Synonyms: alley, artery, avenue, clearing, corridor, course, egress, gangway, hallway, ingress, lane, opening, passage, path, walk, way
Notes: the bride actually walks up the nave (from Latin navis 'ship') of a church, not one of the aisles (one of the two parts parallel to the nave)
Main Entry: aperture
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hole
Synonyms: breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cut, eye, fissure, gap, gash, interstice, opening, orifice, outlet, passage, perforation, pinhole, puncture, rift, rupture, slash, slit, slot, space, vent
Main Entry: bay
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: alcove in wall
Synonyms: bow window, compartment, niche, nook, opening, oriel, recess
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