INITIATING Synonyms

• a decorative pin worn by women

• bring up a topic for discussion

• having knowledge and spiritual insight

• people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity

• characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved

• place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position

• accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite

• admit as a member

• produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes

• introduce or initiate

• someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows

• someone new to a field or activity

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• bring into being

• begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.

• someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

• one of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory

• open up an area or prepare a way

• take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

• open up and explore a new area

• someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

• someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

• the beginning of anything

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

• a sudden involuntary movement

• the act of starting something

• a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

• a signal to begin (as in a race)

• the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• set in motion, cause to start

• depart for someplace

• have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

• bring into being

• get off the ground

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• get going or set in motion

• begin or set in motion

• begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job

• play in the starting lineup

• have a beginning characterized in some specified way

• begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

• bulge outward

• someone new to a field or activity

• someone new to a field or activity

• set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for

• someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field