beginning

/bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the event consisting of the start of something
   “the beginning of the war”
2. the time at which something is supposed to begin
   “they got an early start”
3. the first part or section of something
   “`It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story”
4. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
   “the Italian beginning of the Renaissance”
5. the act of starting something
   “he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations”

adjective

1. serving to begin
   “the beginning canto of the poem”

Synonyms for beginning

• commencement
• first
• outset
• get-go
• start
• kickoff
• starting time
• showtime
• offset
• origin
• root
• rootage
• source
• opening

Antonyms of beginning

• ending
• middle
• end

Words that rhyme with beginning

• winning
• sinning
• grinning
• inning
• pinning
• spinning
• thinning
• binning
• dinning
• finning
• ginning
• underpinning