start
I
noun
beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, derivation, embarkation, emergence, evolution, exordium, first step, foundation, genesis, inauguration, inception, inchoation, incipience, incipiency, infancy, initiation, initium, onset, opening, origin, origination, outbreak, outset, profectio, rise, scare, source, threshold
II
index
arise (originate), cause, commence, conceive (invent), create, embark, embryo, establish (launch), generate, genesis, impel, impetus, inception, incite, initiate, launch (initiate), maintain (commence), nascency, onset (commencement), originate, origination, outset, overt act, postulate, preface, prelude, stem (originate), threshold (commencement), undertake, unveil
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006