Synonyms for starter
ˈstɑr tərstarter

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1. starternoun

   Synonyms:
   hors doeuvre

2. starternoun

   Someone who starts something.

   a starter on a journey

   Synonyms:
   hors doeuvre

3. starternoun

   Something that starts something.

   Synonyms:
   hors doeuvre

4. starternoun

   The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.

   Synonyms:
   hors doeuvre

5. starternoun

   A player in the starting lineup

   Synonyms:
   hors doeuvre

6. starternoun

   A dog that rouses game.

   Synonyms:
   hors doeuvre

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1. starter, starter motor, starting motornoun

   an electric motor for starting an engine

   Synonyms:
   freshman, newbie, fledgeling, newcomer, fledgling, crank, appetizer, entrant, neophyte, dispatcher, starting motor, appetiser, starter motor

2. starternoun

   a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning

   Synonyms:
   freshman, newbie, fledgeling, newcomer, fledgling, crank, appetizer, entrant, neophyte, dispatcher, starting motor, appetiser, starter motor

3. starter, dispatchernoun

   the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition

   Synonyms:
   freshman, newbie, fledgeling, newcomer, fledgling, crank, appetizer, entrant, neophyte, dispatcher, starting motor, appetiser, starter motor

4. newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrantnoun

   any new participant in some activity

   Synonyms:
   catechumen, starter motor, fledgeling, crank, newcomer, fledgling, starting motor, appetizer, entrant, fresher, neophyte, dispatcher, freshman, appetiser, newbie

5. appetizer, appetiser, starternoun

   food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)

   Synonyms:
   freshman, fledgeling, newbie, newcomer, fledgling, crank, appetizer, entrant, neophyte, dispatcher, starting motor, appetiser, starter motor

6. crank, starternoun

   a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle

   Synonyms:
   crosspatch, appetizer, neophyte, trash, methamphetamine hydrochloride, entrant, glass, fledgling, dispatcher, starter motor, methamphetamine, screwball, nut, nut case, ice, deoxyephedrine, churl, appetiser, shabu, fruitcake, chicken feed, chalk, starting motor, newbie, grouch, crank, meth, crackpot, grump, freshman, newcomer, fledgeling

7. starternoun

   a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough

   "to make sourdough you need a starter"

   Synonyms:
   freshman, newbie, fledgeling, newcomer, fledgling, crank, appetizer, entrant, neophyte, dispatcher, starting motor, appetiser, starter motor

Matched Categories

1. • Contestant
   • Course
   • Culture
   • Electric Motor
   • Hand Tool
   • Official

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1. List of paraphrases for "starter":

   boot, bootable, start, startup

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1. Adam Schiff:

   That's a non-starter and I think what The President needs to do more than anything else as The President's painted The President into a corner on this thing is figure out how to un-paint The President into a corner. We need to re-open the government.

2. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer:

   He’s definitely a starter. You do n’t classify a player of that quality as anything else, we have plenty of starters. More than 11 and that’s the thing when you’re at Manchester United.

3. Alex Morgan:

   The additional hours and stress and outside pressures and discriminations we face, I mean sometimes you think why the hell was I born a female? and then sometimes you think how incredible is it to be able to fight for something that you actually believe in and stand alongside these women. ... There was something more than stepping on the field and wanting to be a starter or wanting to score goals or wanting to win or wanting to have the glory.

4. Nancy Pelosi:

   It doesn’t take much to know that you shouldn't be putting whole bills like that, which you know the president is going to veto, in that bill, that is a non-starter.

5. Nancy Pelosi:

   We were optimistic that he might ... open up government so we could have this discussion, but then we heard what the particulars were in it and it was a non-starter, unfortunately.