Synonyms of launch

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verb

ˈlȯnch 

1

as in to establish

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

after retiring, he launched a small company devoted to making medical devices

Synonyms & Similar Words

• establish
• initiate
• pioneer
• introduce
• found
• create
• institute
• inaugurate
• begin
• start
• plant
• constitute
• construct
• organize
• innovate
• develop
• originate
• set up
• author
• invent
• produce
• devise
• manufacture
• conceive
• fund
• expand
• think (up)
• cook (up)
• finance
• make up
• relaunch
• concoct
• father
• subsidize
• enlarge
• arrange
• fabricate
• endow
• contrive
• systematize
• reinitiate
• put up
• reinstitute
• systemize
• refound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shut (up)
• close (down)
• end
• stop
• abolish
• finish
• nullify
• annul
• terminate
• phase out
• halt
• annihilate
• wind up
• round (off or out)
• wrap up

2

as in to begin

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

she launched a career in journalism after quitting acting school

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in to throw

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

infantrymen launching grenades at the nest of machine gunners

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throw
• hurl
• toss
• fling
• sling
• fire
• catapult
• let fly
• cast
• heave
• pitch
• chuck
• lob
• dash
• hurtle
• flip
• loft
• peg
• pelt
• gun
• bowl
• dart
• roll
• project
• propel
• thrust
• shoot
• precipitate
• eject
• pass
• hook
• rifle
• impel
• buck

launch

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noun

1

as in takeoff

a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket)

the reporters held their collective breath as they silently watched the space shuttle's launch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• takeoff
• liftoff
• blastoff
• ascent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• landing
• crash
• splashdown

2

as in start

the point at which something begins

we are at the launch of a new age of space exploration

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of launch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

The Israeli military said earlier that a drone was launched from Lebanon, hitting a building in the area of Caesarea. —Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Oct. 2024

Robb Report was offered an exclusive first look at the property, which Noam Group considers its flagship, one of a small but fast-growing portfolio launched in late 2022 by founder Noam Bounekala. —Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2024

Noun

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Clipper spacecraft sits on launch pad 39A before the launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 14, 2024. —Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024

Located in the central part of the state about an hour from Richmond, the park offers a boat launch, fishing pier, boat rentals, archery range, and playgrounds. —Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2024