Synonyms of threshold

threshold

noun

ˈthresh-ˌhōld 

1

as in verge

an interval of time just before the onset of something

on the threshold of a new age of green technology

Synonyms & Similar Words

• verge
• brink
• edge
• cusp
• point
• nick

2

as in beginning

the point at which something begins

at the threshold of the new year, it's time to look back and make resolutions for the future

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of threshold in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2025, that threshold will go to $11,950, up from $11,600 in 2024. —Lorie Konish, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024

Last year, it was estimated that about two-thirds of the songs on Spotify would not reach that threshold. —Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024

Before those years, that threshold had never been crossed. —Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024

Unity charges developers on a per-user basis, but in September 2023, the company announced a new pricing scheme that charged developers per install of their games after a certain threshold. —Jay Peters, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2024

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