kickoff

The word “kickoff” has 2 syllables: kick-off

It's pronounced as /ˈkɪkˌɔf/


What is synonym and antonym for kickoff?

In the thesaurus, “kickoff” has 115 synonyms and 45 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for kickoff

  • adopt
  • advent
  • alpha
  • appearance
  • arrival
  • baseline
  • begin
  • beginning
  • birth
  • bite the dust
  • buy it
  • buy the farm
  • check out
  • childhood
  • commence
  • commencement
  • consume
  • cradle
  • create
  • creation
  • croak
  • dawn
  • dawning
  • day one
  • debut
  • decease
  • demise
  • depart
  • die
  • disappear
  • drawing board
  • drop
  • dry up
  • embrace
  • emergence
  • end
  • establish
  • exit
  • expire
  • fade
  • fail
  • fall
  • father
  • first
  • first base
  • flatline
  • found
  • founding
  • fountain
  • fountainhead
  • generate
  • genesis
  • germ
  • get going
  • get off
  • get to
  • get-go
  • git-go
  • give up the ghost
  • go
  • ground zero
  • inaugurate
  • inauguration
  • inception
  • incipience
  • incipiency
  • infancy
  • initial
  • initiate
  • initiation
  • innovate
  • institute
  • institution
  • invent
  • kick in
  • kick the bucket
  • launch
  • lead off
  • morning
  • nascence
  • nascency
  • onset
  • open
  • opening
  • organize
  • origin
  • originate
  • origination
  • outset
  • part
  • pass away
  • peg out
  • perish
  • pioneer
  • pop off
  • predecease
  • root
  • seedbed
  • set about
  • set up
  • snuff it
  • source
  • spawn
  • spring
  • square one
  • start
  • starting
  • step out
  • succumb
  • take on
  • take up
  • threshold
  • well
  • wellspring
  • youth

Antonyms for kickoff

  • abandon
  • abolish
  • be
  • breathe
  • cease
  • cessation
  • close
  • closing
  • closure
  • come to
  • complete
  • completion
  • conclude
  • conclusion
  • demolish
  • desist
  • destroy
  • discontinue
  • end
  • ending
  • exist
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • finale
  • finish
  • flourish
  • forsake
  • halt
  • knock off
  • lay off
  • leave
  • linger
  • live
  • omega
  • period
  • phase out
  • prosper
  • quit
  • revive
  • stop
  • subsist
  • terminate
  • termination
  • thrive
  • windup

Meanings of kickoff

  • noun
    1. The opening kick of each half of a game of football.
    2. (by extension) the opening sequence of any event.

Example Sentences

  • The kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. at the stadium.
  • Before the kickoff, the players gathered in the locker room for a final pep talk.
  • The company's annual conference will mark the kickoff of its new marketing campaign.
  • We're expecting a big turnout for the kickoff event of our charity fundraiser.
  • The kickoff of the school year is always an exciting time for students and teachers alike.

On this page you'll find 160 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kickoff, such as: abandon, abolish, adopt, advent, alpha, appearance, arrival.

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dawn

  • actualize
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dawns

  • actualizes
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  • appearances
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  • aurorae
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  • baselines
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  • square ones
  • starts
  • subsists
  • sunrises
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day one

  • advent
  • alpha
  • appearance
  • arrival
  • baseline
  • basis
  • beginning
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  • blastoff
  • childhood
  • coming
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  • genesis
  • germ
  • get-go
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  • ground zero
  • inauguration
  • inception
  • incipience
  • incipiency
  • induction
  • infancy
  • ingress
  • initiation
  • installation
  • institution
  • introduction
  • jump-off
  • kickoff
  • launch
  • leadoff
  • leaving
  • morning
  • nascence
  • nascency
  • nativity
  • onset
  • opener
  • opening
  • origin
  • origination
  • outbreak
  • outset
  • point of departure
  • preface
  • prelude
  • presentation
  • rise
  • root
  • rudiment
  • running start
  • seedbed
  • setting-out
  • source
  • spring
  • square one
  • start
  • start-off
  • starting point
  • takeoff
  • threshold
  • top
  • well
  • wellspring
  • youth

day ones

  • advents
  • alphas
  • appearances
  • arrivals
  • baselines
  • beginnings
  • births
  • childhoods
  • commencements
  • cradles
  • creations
  • dawns
  • debuts
  • drawing boards
  • emergences
  • first bases
  • fountainheads
  • fountains
  • geneses
  • germs
  • get-goes
  • git-goes
  • ground zeros
  • inaugurations
  • inceptions
  • incipiences
  • incipiencies
  • infancies
  • initiations
  • institutions
  • kickoffs
  • launches
  • mornings
  • nascences
  • nascencies
  • onsets
  • openings
  • originations
  • origins
  • outsets
  • roots
  • seedbeds
  • sources
  • springs
  • square ones
  • starts
  • thresholds
  • wells
  • wellsprings
  • youths

debut

  • admission
  • advent
  • alpha
  • appear
  • appearance
  • arise
  • arrival
  • arrive
  • baseline
  • beginning
  • birth
  • blossom
  • bow
  • break
  • break out
  • bulk
  • come
  • come out
  • coming out
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  • commencement
  • cradle
  • creation
  • dawn
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  • day one
  • drawing board
  • emerge
  • emergence
  • entrance
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  • first base
  • first step
  • founding
  • fountain
  • fountainhead
  • genesis
  • germ
  • get-go
  • git-go
  • graduating
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  • ground zero
  • happen
  • inauguration
  • inception
  • incipience
  • incipiency
  • incoming
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  • institution
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  • issue
  • kickoff
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  • materialize
  • morning
  • nascence
  • nascency
  • occur
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  • origin
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  • outset
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  • root
  • seedbed
  • show
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  • spring
  • square one
  • start
  • surface
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  • turn up
  • unfold
  • well
  • wellspring

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