Definition of start

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• start is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
• start is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
• start is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 5

Definition of start

• get off the ground (verb)

  Examples

  1. Who started this company?
  2. I start my day with a good breakfast
  3. The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack

  Synonyms

  1. commence
  2. embark on
  3. start up
• bulge outward (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. bug out
  2. bulge
  3. bulge out
  4. come out
  5. pop
  6. pop out
  7. protrude
• the time at which something is supposed to begin (noun)

  Examples

  1. they got an early start

  Synonyms

  1. beginning
  2. commencement
  3. first
  4. get-go
  5. kickoff
  6. offset
  7. outset
  8. showtime
  9. starting time
• begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job (verb)

  Examples

  1. start a new job

  Synonyms

  1. take up
• get going or set in motion (verb)

  Examples

  1. We simply could not start the engine
  2. start up the computer

  Synonyms

  1. start up
• a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. scratch
  2. scratch line
  3. starting line
• have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense (verb)

  Examples

  1. Prices for these homes start at $250,000

  Synonyms

  1. begin
• a signal to begin (as in a race) (noun)

  Examples

  1. the starting signal was a green light
  2. the runners awaited the start

  Synonyms

  1. starting signal
• bring into being (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. initiate
  2. originate
• a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning) (noun)

  Examples

  1. he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital
  2. his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen

  Synonyms

  1. starting
• set in motion, cause to start (verb)

  Examples

  1. The U.S. started a war in the Middle East

  Synonyms

  1. begin
  2. commence
  3. lead off
• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action (verb)

  Examples

  1. Who will start?

  Synonyms

  1. begin
  2. commence
  3. get
  4. get down
  5. set about
  6. set out
  7. start out
• begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object (verb)

  Examples

  1. She started the soup while it was still hot
  2. We started physics in 10th grade

  Synonyms

  1. begin
• a sudden involuntary movement (noun)

  Examples

  1. he awoke with a start

  Synonyms

  1. jump
  2. startle
• begin or set in motion (verb)

  Examples

  1. I start at eight in the morning

  Synonyms

  1. get going
  2. go
• have a beginning characterized in some specified way (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. begin
• leave (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. depart
  2. part
  3. set forth
  4. set off
  5. set out
  6. start out
  7. take off
• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm (verb)

  Examples

  1. She startled when I walked into the room

  Synonyms

  1. jump
  2. startle
• the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race) (noun)

  Examples

  1. with an hour's start he will be hard to catch

  Synonyms

  1. head start
• the act of starting something (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. beginning
  2. commencement
• play in the starting lineup (verb)
• the beginning of anything (noun)

  Examples

  1. it was off to a good start

See definition of start in Merriam Webster