kicks in

The phrase “kicks in” has 2 syllables: kicks in

It's pronounced as /kɪks ɪn/


What is synonym and antonym for kicks in?

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

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


Synonyms for kicks in

  • affords
  • ante up
  • awards
  • bestows
  • bites the dust
  • buys it
  • buys the farm
  • checks out
  • chip in
  • chips in
  • commit
  • confers
  • consumes
  • contributes
  • croaks
  • deceases
  • demises
  • departs
  • dies
  • disappears
  • dish out
  • dole out
  • donate
  • donates
  • dries up
  • drops
  • endows
  • ends
  • exits
  • expires
  • fades
  • fails
  • falls
  • flatlines
  • fork over
  • furnish
  • furnishes
  • give
  • gives
  • gives up the ghost
  • goes
  • hand out
  • hand over
  • kicks off
  • kicks the bucket
  • parts
  • passes away
  • pegs out
  • perishes
  • pitch in
  • pitches in
  • pony up
  • pops off
  • predeceases
  • presents
  • provide
  • provides
  • snuffs it
  • steps out
  • succumbs

Antonyms for kicks in

  • breathes
  • comes to
  • exists
  • flourishes
  • is
  • lingers
  • lives
  • prospers
  • revives
  • subsists
  • thrives

Example Sentences

  • Once the adrenaline kicks in, you'll feel a surge of energy and focus.
  • When the medication kicks in, the pain should start to ease up.
  • The effects of caffeine usually kicks in within about 15 to 30 minutes after consumption.
  • As the sun sets, the sense of tranquility kicks in, making it the perfect time for reflection.
  • After a long day at work, the relaxation kicks in as soon as you step through the front door.

On this page you'll find 71 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kicks in, such as: affords, ante up, awards, bestows, bites the dust, breathes, buys it.

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

Related Words

kicks off

  • adopts
  • begins
  • bites the dust
  • buys it
  • buys the farm
  • checks out
  • commences
  • consumes
  • creates
  • croaks
  • deceases
  • demises
  • departs
  • dies
  • disappears
  • dries up
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  • embraces
  • ends
  • establishes
  • exits
  • expires
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  • falls
  • fathers
  • flatlines
  • founds
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  • gets going
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  • gives up the ghost
  • goes
  • inaugurates
  • initiates
  • innovates
  • institutes
  • invents
  • kicks in
  • kicks the bucket
  • launches
  • leads off
  • opens
  • organizes
  • originates
  • parts
  • passes away
  • pegs out
  • perishes
  • pioneers
  • pops off
  • predeceases
  • sets about
  • sets up
  • snuffs it
  • spawns
  • starts
  • steps out
  • succumbs
  • takes on
  • takes up

falls

  • abates
  • alleviates
  • angles
  • avalanche
  • backslides
  • bites the dust
  • bombs
  • bows
  • bows out
  • breaches
  • breaks
  • breaks the law
  • buckles
  • buys it
  • buys the farm
  • cants
  • capitulates
  • cascade
  • cataract
  • checks out
  • chute
  • cocks
  • collapses
  • compresses
  • concedes
  • condenses
  • constricts
  • consumes
  • contracts
  • crashes
  • craters
  • croaks
  • crumples
  • de-escalates
  • deceases
  • declines
  • decreases
  • deflates
  • deluge
  • demises
  • departs
  • descends
  • dies
  • diminishes
  • dips
  • disappears
  • dives
  • downrush
  • dries up
  • droops
  • drops
  • dwindles
  • eases
  • ebbs
  • ends
  • errs
  • evaporates
  • exits
  • expires
  • fades
  • fails
  • falls away
  • falls from grace
  • falters
  • flags
  • flatlines
  • flood
  • flops
  • flume
  • flumps
  • flunks
  • folds
  • force
  • forfeits
  • founders
  • fountain
  • free-falls
  • gives out
  • gives up
  • gives up the ghost
  • goes
  • hands over
  • heels
  • inclines
  • infringes
  • keels
  • kicks in
  • kicks off
  • kicks the bucket
  • knuckles under
  • lapses
  • leans
  • lessens
  • lets up
  • lists
  • loses
  • lowers
  • messes up
  • misses
  • moderates
  • nose-dives
  • offends
  • outpouring
  • palls
  • parts
  • passes away
  • pegs out
  • perishes
  • phases down
  • plonks
  • plops
  • plummets
  • plunges
  • plunks
  • pops off
  • precipitates
  • precipitation
  • predeceases
  • rapids
  • recedes
  • reclines
  • relaxes
  • relents
  • relinquishes
  • remits
  • retreats
  • shoot
  • shower
  • shrinks
  • shute
  • sinks
  • sins
  • skids
  • slackens
  • slants
  • slides
  • slips
  • slopes
  • snuffs it
  • spout
  • steps out
  • strays
  • strikes out
  • stumbles
  • submits
  • subsides
  • succumbs
  • surrenders
  • takes the count
  • tanks
  • tapers
  • tapers off
  • throws
  • tilts
  • tips
  • topples
  • torrent
  • transgresses
  • trespasses
  • trips
  • tumbles
  • vanishes
  • violates
  • wanders
  • wanes
  • washes out
  • watercourse
  • waterfall
  • weakens
  • white water
  • wipes out

deceases

  • annihilations
  • assassinations
  • bites the dust
  • buys it
  • buys the farm
  • casualties
  • checks out
  • consumes
  • croaks
  • curtains
  • deaths
  • demises
  • departs
  • destructions
  • dies
  • disappears
  • dissolutions
  • dooms
  • dries up
  • drops
  • endings
  • ends
  • executions
  • exits
  • expirations
  • expires
  • expiries
  • exterminations
  • fades
  • fails
  • falls
  • fatalities
  • fates
  • flatlines
  • gives up the ghost
  • goes
  • graves
  • great divides
  • kicks in
  • kicks off
  • kicks the bucket
  • killings
  • martyrdoms
  • massacres
  • parts
  • passages
  • passes away
  • passings
  • pegs out
  • perishes
  • pops off
  • predeceases
  • quietuses
  • ruins
  • self-destructions
  • self-murders
  • self-slaughters
  • slaughters
  • sleeps
  • snuffs it
  • steps out
  • succumbs
  • suicides

kicks the bucket

  • bites the dust
  • buys it
  • buys the farm
  • checks out
  • consumes
  • croaks
  • deceases
  • demises
  • departs
  • dies
  • disappears
  • dries up
  • drops
  • ends
  • exits
  • expires
  • fades
  • fails
  • falls
  • flatlines
  • gives up the ghost
  • goes
  • kicks in
  • kicks off
  • parts
  • passes away
  • pegs out
  • perishes
  • pops off
  • predeceases
  • snuffs it
  • steps out
  • succumbs

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