Synonyms of initiating

initiating

verb

present participle of initiate

1

as in establishing

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

no one knows who initiated written language

Synonyms & Similar Words

• establishing
• founding
• creating
• launching
• introducing
• pioneering
• instituting
• inaugurating
• beginning
• planting
• constituting
• starting
• constructing
• organizing
• originating
• developing
• innovating
• inventing
• devising
• producing
• authoring
• setting up
• manufacturing
• conceiving
• thinking (up)
• expanding
• concocting
• cooking (up)
• enlarging
• funding
• arranging
• fathering
• contriving
• endowing
• subsidizing
• fabricating
• financing
• reinitiating
• making up
• systematizing
• reinstituting
• relaunching
• refounding
• systemizing
• putting up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closing (down)
• shutting (up)
• abolishing
• stopping
• phasing out
• terminating
• finishing
• ending
• halting
• nullifying
• annulling
• annihilating
• winding up
• rounding (off or out)
• wrapping up

2

as in introducing

to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to

initiated the new recruits in the unspoken laws of military conduct

Synonyms & Similar Words

• introducing
• educating
• orienting
• familiarizing
• acquainting
• orientating
• informing
• accustoming
• exposing
• presenting
• subjecting
• training
• instructing
• apprising
• briefing
• grounding
• warning
• habituating
• enlightening
• filling in
• schooling
• advising
• telling
• versing
• tipping (off)
• wonting
• cluing (in)
• clueing (in)
• reacquainting
• wising (up)

3

as in inaugurating

to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies

initiated her as Surgeon General before an army of reporters and photographers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inaugurating
• inducting
• installing
• instating
• baptizing
• receiving
• seating
• baptising
• investing
• accepting
• enlisting
• enrolling
• consecrating
• admitting
• enshrining
• swearing in
• taking in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• terminating
• firing
• discharging
• canning
• mustering out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of initiating

These participants’ accounts suggest that initiating divorce is often less about conflict with a partner and more about reclaiming control over one’s life and decisions. —Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025

Trump has previously ordered certain drug cartels — including five Mexican syndicates — to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations, and last month signed a Pentagon directive initiating the use of military force against drug trafficking groups. —semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025

The video then skips ahead to a bruised Bond racing toward a car to chase the bellhop, initiating the first look at vehicular action gameplay. —Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025

Yet in this case, according to many sources close to the government, the president had been personally involved in promoting, initiating, and negotiating a deeply unpopular law. —Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 29 Aug. 2025

McDonough introduced numerous innovations during his 17 years with the Cubs, including the annual Cubs Convention and initiating the idea of a guest conductor singing the seventh-inning stretch after broadcaster Harry Caray’s death in 1998. —Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025

Then the sewerage district — Shafer specifically — can shut the gate to the tunnel, initiating a combined sewer overflow. —Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025

The next year Putin invaded Ukraine, initiating the largest conflict in Europe since World War II, one that has killed more than 250,000 Russian and 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers, according to a study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. —Zac Anderson, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025

During the 180-review period, the Attorney General shall cease initiating new FCPA investigations or enforcement actions, absent exception. —Robert Anello, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025