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opener
noun as in beginning
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in commencement
Strongest matches
Weak matches
noun as in curtain raiser
noun as in debut
Strongest matches
Weak matches
noun as in incipience
Strong matches
noun as in incipiency
Strong matches
noun as in knob
noun as in leadoff
Weak matches
- alpha
- basis
- birth
- blastoff
- commencement
- creation
- dawn
- dawning
- day one
- genesis
- inauguration
- inception
- incipience
- incipiency
- induction
- infancy
- initiation
- installation
- introduction
- kickoff
- launch
- onset
- opening
- origin
- origination
- outset
- point of departure
- preface
- prelude
- presentation
- rise
- root
- rudiment
- source
- spring
- square one
- start
- starting point
- takeoff
- threshold
- top
noun as in master key
Weak matches
noun as in opening
Strongest matches
Weak matches
noun as in opening night
noun as in open sesame
noun as in origin
noun as in starter
Strong matches
Example Sentences
When the postseason Dodgers needed a hero, he had big hits in the division series opener, the division series clincher, and the clinching World Series Game 5.
Gatland could still be in charge for Saturday's daunting appointment with world champions South Africa, but whether he remains in place for the Six Nations opener in Paris 10 weeks later appears increasingly uncertain.
Paolini and Errani, who won Olympic doubles gold together in Paris this summer, saved three set points before breaking the Poles' serve and then clinching the opener.
Limmer had replaced Jackson for eight-plus games after Jackson suffered a shoulder injury in the season opener against the Detroit Lions.
Wales then face a ferociously tough Six Nations opener against France in Paris on 31 January.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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