opening - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the first of a series of actions

Synonyms

• first step
• initiative
• opening
• opening move

More generic

• beginning
• commencement
• start

More specific

• curtain raiser
• first base
• peace initiative

Noun

the act of opening something

Synonyms

• opening

More generic

• motility
• motion
• move
• movement

Opposite / Antonyms

• closing

Noun

becoming open or being made open

Synonyms

• opening

More generic

• change of integrity

More specific

• cut
• cutting

Noun

a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

Synonyms

• chess opening
• opening

More generic

• sequence
• succession

Noun

an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

Synonyms

• hatchway
• opening
• scuttle

More generic

• entrance
• entranceway
• entree
• entry
• entryway

More specific

• escape hatch

Related

• hatch

Noun

a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

Synonyms

• opening

More generic

• artefact
• artifact

More specific

• aperture
• bell
• breech
• crack
• embrasure
• exit
• fenestella
• fly
• fly front
• gap
• grille
• gun muzzle
• hole
• inlet
• intake
• interstice
• issue
• lattice
• lunette
• mouth
• muzzle
• neck
• neck opening
• outlet
• pass-through
• port
• porthole
• rear of barrel
• rear of tube
• slit
• spout
• throat
• way out
• wicket
• window

Noun

an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

Synonyms

• opening
• orifice
• porta

More generic

• passage
• passageway

More specific

• anus
• aortic orifice
• blastopore
• cardia
• cervix
• cervix uteri
• external orifice
• fenestra
• fontanel
• fontanelle
• introitus
• mouth
• naris
• os
• porta hepatis
• pylorus
• rima
• soft spot
• spiracle
• stoma
• urethral orifice
• uterine cervix
• vent

Noun

a possible alternative

Synonyms

• opening
• possibility
• possible action

More generic

• alternative
• choice
• option

More specific

• possible

Noun

the initial part of the introduction

Synonyms

• opening

More generic

• introduction

More specific

• salutation
• teaser

Noun

the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

Synonyms

• curtain raising
• opening
• opening night

More generic

• start

Noun

a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

Synonyms

• opening

More generic

• ceremonial
• ceremonial occasion
• ceremony
• observance

Noun

an open or empty space in or between things

Synonyms

• gap
• opening

More generic

• space

More specific

• Ranvier's nodes
• breach
• chasm
• cleft
• crack
• crevice
• diastema
• fissure
• foramen
• hiatus
• hole
• mouth
• nodes of Ranvier
• pocket
• rent
• rift
• rip
• scissure
• snag
• split
• tear
• window

Related

• Earth's surface
• surface

Noun

opportunity especially for employment or promotion

Synonyms

• opening

More generic

• chance
• opportunity

Adjective

first or beginning

Synonyms

• opening

Related

• beginning
• first
• inaugural
• initiative
• initiatory
• introductory
• maiden
• starting

Opposite / Antonyms

• closing

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