opening

The word “opening” has 3 syllables: o-pen-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈoʊ.pə.nɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for opening?

In the thesaurus, “opening” has 182 synonyms and 91 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for opening along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for opening

abyss
adopting
airhole
aperture
armhole
availability
beginning
big break
birth
breach
break
buttonhole
cavity
chance
chasm
chink
clearing
cleft
coming out
commencement
commencing
connection
crack
cranny
creating
crevice
curtain-raiser
cut
dawn
discontinuity
disengaging
door
earliest
easing
embracing
eminent
entrance
establishing
exit
expanding
extending
facilitating
fathering
first
fissure
fling
foremost
founding
fracture
freeing
gap
gape
gash
generating
getting going
getting off
getting to
go
gulf
hatch
headmost
hiatus
hole
in the running
inaugural
inaugurating
inauguration
inception
initial
initiating
initiation
inlet
innovating
instituting
intake
interspace
interstice
interval
inventing
iron in the fire
juncture
keyhole
kicking off
kickoff
knothole
launch
launching
leading off
leadoff
look-in
loophole
maiden
mouth
notch
occasion
onset
opener
opportunity
organizing
orifice
original
originating
outlet
outset
outspreading
outstretching
overspreading
pass
peephole
perforation
pinhole
pinprick
pioneer
pioneering
place
play
pore
possibility
pothole
premier
primary
punch
puncture
recess
releasing
rent
rift
room
run
rupture
scope
scuttle
separation
setting about
setting up
severance
shot
show
slash
slipping
slit
slot
smoothing
space
spawning
split
spout
squeak
start
starting
stripping
sundering
superior
taking on
taking up
tear
time
unbarring
unblocking
unbolting
unbuttoning
unchoking
unclasping
unclenching
unclogging
unclosing
uncluttering
unfastening
unfolding
unfurling
unlatching
unlocking
unplugging
unstopping
unzipping
vacancy
vent
void
way
whack
window
wormhole

Antonyms for opening

abandoning
abolishing
agreement
barricading
barrier
barring
blockading
blockage
blocking
bolting
bottommost
ceasing
clasping
clogging
closing
closure
compacting
completing
completion
compressing
concluding
conclusion
conclusive
condensing
consequent
constricting
continuation
contracting
crowning
damming
decisive
definitive
demolishing
desisting
destroying
discontinuing
encumbering
end
ending
ensuing
eventual
exterminating
extinguishing
fastening
fill
filler
filling
final
finish
finishing
folding
following
forsaking
halting
hampering
hindering
hindmost
impeding
juncture
knocking off
lag
last
latching
latest
latter
laying off
leaving
locking
misfortune
obstacle
obstructing
obstruction
patch
phasing out
plug
plugging
quitting
rearmost
reducing
seal
shutting
solid
stop
stopper
stopping
succeeding
terminal
terminating
trammeling
trammelling
ultimate

Meanings of opening

verb
1. To make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position.
2. To make (an open space, etc.) by clearing away an obstacle or obstacles, in order to allow for passage, access, or visibility.
3. To bring up, broach.
4. To enter upon, begin.
5. To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
6. To make accessible to customers or clients.
7. To start (a campaign).
8. To become open.
9. To begin conducting business.
10. To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
11. To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
12. To reveal one's hand.
13. (of a file, document, etc.) To load into memory for viewing or editing.
14. To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
noun
1. An act or instance of making or becoming open.
2. Something that is open.
3. An act or instance of beginning.
4. Something that is a beginning.
5. A vacant position, especially in an array.
6. An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
7. In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
adjective
1. Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.
2. Describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack.

Example Sentences

The opening scene of the movie grabbed everyone's attention.
She attended the opening of the new art gallery downtown.
There's a job opening at the local library next week.
He peeked through the small opening in the fence.
The opening ceremony was both grand and emotional.

On this page you'll find 273 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to opening, such as: abandoning, abolishing, abyss, adopting, agreement, airhole, aperture.

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