Synonyms of head start

head start

noun

as in start

Synonyms & Similar Words

• start
• leg up
• margin
• upper hand
• high ground
• advantage
• allowance
• inside track
• odds
• whip hand
• stead
• catbird seat
• lead
• jump
• vantage
• ascendency
• pull
• bulge
• transcendence
• ascendancy
• privilege
• dominance
• edge
• predominance
• mastery
• drop
• opportunity
• prerogative
• precedence
• superiority
• supremacy
• transcendency
• seniority
• benefit
• foothold
• command
• better
• preference
• windfall
• godsend
• break
• blessing
• felicity
• manna
• boon

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• penalty
• liability
• strike
• disadvantage
• drawback
• minus
• handicap
• detriment
• failing
• disparity
• imbalance
• inequality
• interference
• disability
• let
• impairment
• stop
• shortcoming
• bar
• obstruction
• stranglehold
• check
• hitch
• catch
• impediment
• obstacle
• embarrassment
• rub
• hindrance
• hurdle
• unevenness
• setback
• shackle
• clog
• crimp
• manacle
• trammel
• lurch

Examples of head start in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An essential way to increase your revenue is not to make an outrageous promise to reach X target or have an I-can-do-it-all kind of attitude, but to hone what got you a head start to begin with. —Marianna Cerini, Architectural Digest, 24 June 2024

On the West Coast, signs of the outage started to appear late Thursday night, giving IT workers a head start at identifying the problem. —Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 25 July 2024

In Alaska, the city of Seward got a head start with a fireworks display at midnight, as thousands of people gathered on a rocky beach to watch during the brief window where the sky dims in the land of the midnight sun. —Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2024

In a new rule this summer, teams were allowed a head start negotiating with their own free agents the day after the NBA Finals, but the Nuggets haven’t re-signed either. —Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 27 June 2024