kicking in

The phrase “kicking in” has 3 syllables: kick-ing in

It's pronounced as /ˈkɪkɪŋ ɪn/


What is synonym and antonym for kicking in?

In the thesaurus, “kicking in” has 60 synonyms and 11 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for kicking in

  • affording
  • ante up
  • awarding
  • bestowing
  • biting the dust
  • buying it
  • buying the farm
  • checking out
  • chip in
  • chipping in
  • commit
  • conferring
  • consuming
  • contributing
  • croaking
  • deceasing
  • demising
  • departing
  • disappearing
  • dish out
  • dole out
  • donate
  • donating
  • dropping
  • drying up
  • dying
  • ending
  • endowing
  • exiting
  • expiring
  • fading
  • failing
  • falling
  • flatlining
  • fork over
  • furnish
  • furnishing
  • give
  • giving
  • giving up the ghost
  • going
  • hand out
  • hand over
  • kicking off
  • kicking the bucket
  • parting
  • passing away
  • pegging out
  • perishing
  • pitch in
  • pitching in
  • pony up
  • popping off
  • predeceasing
  • presenting
  • provide
  • providing
  • snuffing it
  • stepping out
  • succumbing

Antonyms for kicking in

  • being
  • breathing
  • coming to
  • existing
  • flourishing
  • lingering
  • living
  • prospering
  • reviving
  • subsisting
  • thriving

Example Sentences

  • The effects of the medication started kicking in after about half an hour.
  • As the adrenaline started kicking in, he felt more alert and focused.
  • When the pain reliever finally started kicking in, she felt some relief from her headache.
  • After waiting anxiously, the adrenaline of anticipation began kicking in as the event drew nearer.
  • With the heater broken, the cold weather started kicking in and they had to bundle up indoors.

On this page you'll find 71 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kicking in, such as: affording, ante up, awarding, being, bestowing, biting the dust, breathing.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

kicking off

  • adopting
  • beginning
  • biting the dust
  • buying it
  • buying the farm
  • checking out
  • commencing
  • consuming
  • creating
  • croaking
  • deceasing
  • demising
  • departing
  • disappearing
  • dropping
  • drying up
  • dying
  • embracing
  • ending
  • establishing
  • exiting
  • expiring
  • fading
  • failing
  • falling
  • fathering
  • flatlining
  • founding
  • generating
  • getting going
  • getting off
  • getting to
  • giving up the ghost
  • going
  • inaugurating
  • initiating
  • innovating
  • instituting
  • inventing
  • kicking in
  • kicking the bucket
  • launching
  • leading off
  • opening
  • organizing
  • originating
  • parting
  • passing away
  • pegging out
  • perishing
  • pioneering
  • popping off
  • predeceasing
  • setting about
  • setting up
  • snuffing it
  • spawning
  • starting
  • stepping out
  • succumbing
  • taking on
  • taking up

deceasing

  • biting the dust
  • buying it
  • buying the farm
  • checking out
  • consuming
  • croaking
  • demising
  • departing
  • disappearing
  • dropping
  • drying up
  • dying
  • ending
  • exiting
  • expiring
  • fading
  • failing
  • falling
  • flatlining
  • giving up the ghost
  • going
  • kicking in
  • kicking off
  • kicking the bucket
  • parting
  • passing away
  • pegging out
  • perishing
  • popping off
  • predeceasing
  • snuffing it
  • stepping out
  • succumbing

kicking the bucket

  • biting the dust
  • buying it
  • buying the farm
  • checking out
  • consuming
  • croaking
  • deceasing
  • demising
  • departing
  • disappearing
  • dropping
  • drying up
  • dying
  • ending
  • exiting
  • expiring
  • fading
  • failing
  • falling
  • flatlining
  • giving up the ghost
  • going
  • kicking in
  • kicking off
  • parting
  • passing away
  • pegging out
  • perishing
  • popping off
  • predeceasing
  • snuffing it
  • stepping out
  • succumbing

falling

  • abating
  • alleviating
  • angling
  • backslide
  • backsliding
  • biting the dust
  • bombing
  • bowed
  • bowing
  • bowing out
  • breaching
  • breaking
  • breaking the law
  • buckling
  • buying it
  • buying the farm
  • canting
  • capitulating
  • checking out
  • cocking
  • collapsing
  • compressing
  • conceding
  • condensing
  • constricting
  • consuming
  • contracting
  • crashing
  • cratering
  • croaking
  • crumbling
  • crumpling
  • dangling
  • de-escalating
  • decadence
  • decay
  • decaying
  • deceasing
  • declension
  • declination
  • decline
  • declined
  • declining
  • decreasing
  • deflating
  • degeneracy
  • degeneration
  • degradation
  • demising
  • departing
  • descendant
  • descendent
  • descending
  • descent
  • deterioration
  • devaluation
  • diminishing
  • dipping
  • disappearing
  • diving
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • drooping
  • droopy
  • dropping
  • drying up
  • dwindling
  • dying
  • easing
  • ebbing
  • ending
  • erring
  • evaporating
  • exiting
  • expiring
  • fading
  • failing
  • falling away
  • falling from grace
  • faltering
  • flagging
  • flatlining
  • flopping
  • floppy
  • flumping
  • flunking
  • folding
  • forfeiting
  • foundering
  • free-falling
  • giving out
  • giving up
  • giving up the ghost
  • going
  • handing over
  • hanging
  • heeling
  • hung
  • inclining
  • infringing
  • keeling
  • kicking in
  • kicking off
  • kicking the bucket
  • knuckling under
  • lapse
  • lapsing
  • leaning
  • lessening
  • letting up
  • limp
  • listing
  • losing
  • lowering
  • messing up
  • missing
  • moderating
  • nodding
  • nose-diving
  • offending
  • palling
  • parting
  • passing away
  • pegging out
  • pendant
  • pendent
  • pendulous
  • perishing
  • phasing down
  • plonking
  • plopping
  • plummeting
  • plunging
  • plunking
  • popping off
  • precipitating
  • predeceasing
  • receding
  • reclining
  • regress
  • regression
  • relapse
  • relaxing
  • relenting
  • relinquishing
  • remitting
  • retreating
  • retrogression
  • reversion
  • sagging
  • settling
  • shrinking
  • sinking
  • sinning
  • skidding
  • slackening
  • slanting
  • sliding
  • slipping
  • sloping
  • slumping
  • snuffing it
  • stepping out
  • stooping
  • straying
  • striking out
  • stumbling
  • submitting
  • subsiding
  • succumbing
  • surrendering
  • suspended
  • taking the count
  • tanking
  • tapering
  • tapering off
  • throwing
  • tilting
  • tipping
  • toppling
  • tottering
  • transgressing
  • trespassing
  • tripping
  • tumbling
  • vanishing
  • violating
  • wandering
  • waning
  • washing out
  • weakening
  • weeping
  • wiping out

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