launched

The word “launched” has 1 syllable: launched

It's pronounced as /lɔːntʃd/

What is synonym and antonym for launched?

In the thesaurus, “launched” has 98 synonyms and 30 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for launched

adopted
afloat
aloft
arranged
authored
began
begun
bowled
bucked
cast
catapulted
chucked
commenced
conceived
concocted
constituted
constructed
contrived
created
darted
dashed
developed
devised
ejected
embraced
endowed
enlarged
established
expanded
fabricated
fathered
financed
fired
flipped
floated
flung
founded
funded
generated
got going
got off
got to
gunned
heaved
hooked
hove
hurled
hurtled
impelled
inaugurated
initiated
innovated
instituted
introduced
invented
kicked off
led off
let fly
lobbed
lofted
made up
manufactured
opened
organized
originated
passed
pegged
pelted
pioneered
pitched
planted
precipitated
produced
projected
propelled
put in motion
put up
refounded
reinitiated
reinstituted
relaunched
rifled
rolled
sent
set about
set up
shot
slung
spawned
started
subsidized
systematized
systemized
threw
thrust
took on
took up
tossed

Antonyms for launched

abandoned
abolished
annihilated
annulled
ceased
closed
completed
concluded
demolished
desisted
destroyed
discontinued
ended
exterminated
extinguished
finished
forsook
halted
knocked off
laid off
left
nullified
phased out
quit
quitted
stopped
terminated
winded up
wound up
wrapped up

Meanings of launched

verb
1. To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
2. To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
3. To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
4. To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
5. To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation.
6. To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
7. To release; to put onto the market for sale.
8. Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
9. (often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
10. (of a program) To start to operate.

Example Sentences

The company launched its new line of smartphones last week.
He proudly launched his career as a freelance photographer.
The team successfully launched the project after months of preparation.
She launched into a detailed explanation about the new policy.
The organization launched a fundraising campaign to support local schools.

On this page you'll find 128 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to launched, such as: abandoned, abolished, adopted, afloat, aloft, annihilated, annulled.

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