What is another word for initiate?
Synonyms for initiate
ɪˈnɪʃ iˌeɪt; -ɪt, -ˌeɪtini·ti·ate
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
initiate
To teach is simply to communicate knowledge; to instruct (originally, to build in or into, put in order) is to impart knowledge with special method and completeness; instruct has also an authoritative sense nearly equivalent to command. To educate is to draw out or develop harmoniously the mental powers, and, in the fullest sense, the moral powers as well. To train is to direct to a certain result powers already existing. Train is used in preference to educate when the reference is to the inferior animals or to the physical powers of man; as, to train a horse; to train the hand or eye. To discipline is to bring into habitual and complete subjection to authority; discipline is a severe word, and is often used as a euphemism for punish; to be thoroughly effective in war, soldiers must be disciplined as well as trained. To nurture is to furnish the care and sustenance necessary for physical, mental, and moral growth; nurture is a more tender and homelike word than educate. Compare EDUCATION.
Synonyms:
discipline, drill, educate, enlighten, give instruction, give lessons, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, instill, instruct, nurture, school, teach, train, tutor
Princeton's WordNet
novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiatenoun
someone new to a field or activity
Synonyms:
savant, pundit, father, founding father, founder, learned person, novice, enlightened, novitiate, beginner, tyro, tiroAntonyms:
uninitiateinitiate, learned person, pundit, savantnoun
someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
Synonyms:
pundit, learned person, novice, enlightened, savant, beginner, tyro, tiroAntonyms:
uninitiateinitiate, enlightenedverb
people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity
"it is very familiar to the initiate"
Synonyms:
pundit, learned person, novice, enlightened, savant, beginner, tyro, tiroAntonyms:
uninitiateoriginate, initiate, startverb
bring into being
"He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
Synonyms:
start, rise, get, broach, get going, develop, uprise, commence, get down, take off, induct, bulge, embark on, part, arise, spring up, grow, originate, pop out, go, depart, lead off, set off, startle, start up, bug out, begin, jump, bulge out, set about, pop, start out, set forth, lead up, protrude, come out, take up, pioneer, set outAntonyms:
uninitiateinitiate, pioneerverb
take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
"This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
Synonyms:
induct, originate, open up, broach, lead up, start, pioneerAntonyms:
uninitiateinitiate, inductverb
accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
"African men are initiated when they reach puberty"
Synonyms:
invest, induce, seat, induct, originate, broach, lead up, start, pioneerAntonyms:
uninitiatebroach, initiateverb
bring up a topic for discussion
Synonyms:
pioneer, lead up, broach, start, originate, inductAntonyms:
uninitiatelead up, initiateverb
set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for
"Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II"
Synonyms:
pioneer, lead up, broach, start, originate, inductAntonyms:
uninitiate
Dictionary of English Synonymes
initiateverb
Synonyms:
introduce, give entrance toinitiateverb
Synonyms:
indoctrinate, instruct, teachinitiateverb
Synonyms:
begin, commence, inaugurate, enter upon
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#77 | get | |
#123 | go | |
#165 | school | |
#207 | part | |
#283 | open | |
#474 | start | |
#1180 | starting | |
#1482 | develop | |
#1523 | pop | |
#1692 | father | |
#1805 | begin | |
#1861 | jump | |
#2197 | hire | |
#2505 | train | |
#2703 | rise | |
#2740 | seat | |
#2923 | grow | |
#3232 | launch | |
#3579 | boot | |
#3806 | teach | |
#4749 | pioneer | |
#5491 | discipline | |
#5526 | inform | |
#5672 | founder | |
#6187 | invest | |
#6220 | engage | |
#6906 | trigger | |
#7087 | arise | |
#7143 | drill | |
#9161 | beginner | |
#9347 | undertake | |
#10105 | depart | |
#10451 | educate | |
#10550 | tutor | |
#10803 | initiate | |
#12008 | launching | |
#12577 | novice | |
#14129 | induce | |
#15418 | commence | |
#16938 | pundit | |
#18909 | initiating | |
#19451 | instruct | |
#20413 | enlightened | |
#21569 | originate | |
#22446 | nurture | |
#24920 | lancer | |
#25081 | embark | |
#28274 | bulge | |
#33465 | enlighten | |
#40169 | savant | |
#41487 | instill | |
#68351 | startle | |
#70882 | broach | |
#84682 | protrude | |
#89303 | tiro | |
#90190 | induct | |
#98828 | inculcate | |
#100447 | tyro | |
#138127 | novitiate | |
#142818 | indoctrinate | |
#207890 | uprise |
How to use initiate in a sentence?
Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar:
If the migrant crisis is not adequately controlled as agreed at the summit in Brussels there is a possibility of conflict situations between the states of the Western Balkans, it is possible that a small conflict would initiate a wider reaction because of the very difficult recent history (of the region), which is why it is very important that we solve this crisis together as no country can solve this problem by itself.
Evidence shows that the families who initiate regular primary care while the child is an infant are more likely to continue having a good relationship with the provider, maintaining the medical home, between ages 1 and 5.
This proposed action by Obama’s Big Labor NLRB is a direct assault on a worker’s fundamental First Amendment right to freedom of association. - Greg Mourad, House Committee on Education has shown that union officials all too often initiate on-the-job discrimination, which forces a worker into the grievance process the union bosses control, in order to punish him or her for not joining the union in the first place.
We hope that it will initiate a more informed debate about what represents fair, proportionate pay for workers at all levels.
As soon as they develop fever and become sick, if you get them into isolation they will not initiate another chain of transmission, this is part of the end-game of Ebola, it is trying to monitor those contacts.
Translations for initiate
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- عضو جديدArabic
- zasvěcenecCzech
- EingeweihteGerman
- alku, käynnistää, aloittaa, johdattaa, tulokas, opastaa, vihkiäFinnish
- commencer, initié, démarrer, initierFrench
- आरंभHindi
- novizio, iniziatoItalian
- 取り掛かる, 開始する, 始めるJapanese
- initiumLatin
- beginnen, initiëren, beginner, starten, ingewijde, aanvangenDutch
- initieraSwedish
- ініціюватиUkrainian
- شروع کریںUrdu
- 开始Chinese
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