Synonyms of kick off

kick off 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to begin

to take the first step in (a process or course of action)

I'll kick off the discussion on ethics with this question

Synonyms & Similar Words

• begin
• start
• commence
• fall (to)
• set about
• get off
• strike (into)
• get going
• open
• found
• lead off
• enter (into or upon)
• get to
• launch
• embark (on or upon)
• create
• initiate
• generate
• get around (to)
• originate
• take up
• adopt
• organize
• get down (to)
• establish
• invent
• pioneer
• institute
• take on
• inaugurate
• set up
• innovate
• get round (to)
• father
• spawn
• embrace

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• end
• finish
• conclude
• stop
• terminate
• cease
• complete
• discontinue
• quit
• halt
• lay off
• close
• leave
• knock off
• abandon
• desist
• destroy
• abolish
• forsake
• extinguish
• phase out
• exterminate
• demolish

2

as in to die

slang to stop living

surprisingly, the recluse was worth a cool million when he kicked off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• die
• fall
• pass (on)
• pass away
• perish
• check out
• buy it
• step out
• kick in
• depart
• pop off
• peg out
• end
• demise
• disappear
• go
• exit
• expire
• snuff it
• part
• buy the farm
• succumb
• kick the bucket
• bite the dust
• give up the ghost
• fade
• drop
• decease
• conk (out)
• croak
• flatline
• dry up
• fail
• consume
• predecease

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• live
• come to
• breathe
• be
• revive
• exist
• linger
• flourish
• thrive
• subsist
• prosper

kickoff

2 of 2

noun

ˈkik-ˌȯf 

as in beginning

the point at which something begins

a political cycle in which an election marks not only the end of one campaign but also the kickoff for the next one

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beginning
• start
• commencement
• onset
• launch
• inception
• alpha
• baseline
• genesis
• dawn
• outset
• morning
• threshold
• inauguration
• birth
• initiation
• day one
• infancy
• git-go
• origination
• nascence
• nascency
• founding
• arrival
• get-go
• incipience
• spring
• incipiency
• opening
• origin
• debut
• first base
• ground zero
• drawing board
• dawning
• creation
• emergence
• institution
• advent
• cradle
• fountain
• well
• childhood
• appearance
• source
• germ
• début
• square one
• root
• seedbed
• youth
• wellspring
• fountainhead

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• end
• conclusion
• close
• ending
• period
• completion
• closing
• termination
• finish
• closure
• stop
• cessation
• finale
• omega
• windup

Examples of kick off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

The weekend kicked off with a rehearsal dinner at The Ocean View Club’s terrace overlooking the ocean, where Madeline wore a Lanvin gown with intricate seaweed-like lace. —Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2024

Earlier this week at the Museum of Natural History the festivities kicked off. —Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 31 Oct. 2024

Noun

Ahead of the big kickoff this Friday, the director and executive producer preview what's to come with Wolf Man. —Nick Romano, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024

This meeting, the kickoff event for a new tech partnership between the US and India, was a product of their bond. —Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024