Antonyms for commence
kəˈmɛnscom·mence

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1. commenceverb

   Antonyms:
   cease, stop

2. commenceverb

   Antonyms:
   stop, cease

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. commence

   Antonyms:
   abstain, bring to an end, cease, come to an end, conclude, desist, discontinue, end, end, finish, give over, intermit, leave off, pause, quit, refrain, stop, terminate

   Synonyms:
   begin, enter upon, inaugurate, initiate, institute, originate, set about, set going, set in operation, set on foot, start

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1. commence

   Antonyms:
   finish, terminate, conclude, consummate, complete

   Synonyms:
   begin, start, open, initiate, inaugurate, enter upon, set about, undertake

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1. get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commenceverb

   take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

   "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

   Synonyms:
   bug out, take, pop, make, mystify, experience, develop, put down, draw, array, have, become, sustain, protrude, jump, initiate, receive, scram, take off, bulge, go, stimulate, sire, lead off, bulge out, drive, engender, startle, fix, pay back, get under one's skin, stick, suffer, beat, swallow, set about, get down, father, go about, incur, contract, dispirit, bring forth, grow, get going, come out, dumbfound, stupefy, start, depress, light, cast down, originate, take up, bring, bewilder, mother, induce, range, buzz off, catch, write down, bugger off, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, get, deject, generate, capture, find, amaze, get off, baffle, produce, approach, pop out, attempt, start out, pose, vex, embark on, aim, let, set forth, perplex, arrest, gravel, begin, let down, fetch, depart, set down, part, dismount, arrive, set out, convey, set off, acquire, come, lower, bring down, dismay, pay off, undertake, unhorse, demoralise, cause, lay out, start up, demoralize, take down, nonplus

2. begin, lead off, start, commenceverb

   set in motion, cause to start

   "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"

   Synonyms:
   go, bulge, embark on, startle, set forth, get down, take off, start up, set about, start out, protrude, bulge out, lead off, part, start, pop, bug out, come out, take up, get, originate, depart, begin, lead astray, get going, set out, initiate, set off, pop out, jump

3. start, start up, embark on, commenceverb

   get off the ground

   "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"

   Synonyms:
   go, bulge, embark on, startle, set forth, get down, take off, start up, set about, start out, bulge out, lead off, part, start, pop, bug out, come out, take up, get, originate, depart, begin, protrude, get going, set out, initiate, set off, pop out, jump

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1. commenceverb

   Synonyms:
   begin

How to use commence in a sentence?

1. Bernie Sanders:

   I am very disturbed by reports that the government may commence raids to deport families who have fled here to escape violence in Central America, we need to take steps to protect children and families seeking refuge here, not cast them out. O’Malley said the plan would be.

2. Albert Einstein:

   Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

3. Roger Sherman:

   The Executive should be able to repel and not to commence war.

4. Charles de LEUSSE:

   I love you” begins by I, and ends up by you. ("Je t'aime" commence par Je, - Mais il finit par toi.)

5. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   We are going to have to have a negotiation about how much we are going to spend in discretionary accounts of the government this year. And all of that will commence sometime after this fiscal year, i think the Speaker and myself and the White House are going to have to discuss how to resolve our differences.

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