Synonyms of kicking off

kicking off

verb

present participle of kick off

1

as in beginning

to take the first step in (a process or course of action)

I'll kick off the discussion on ethics with this question

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beginning
• falling (to)
• commencing
• starting
• entering (into or upon)
• striking (into)
• embarking (on or upon)
• getting off
• opening
• getting to
• leading off
• launching
• setting about
• getting going
• creating
• taking up
• taking on
• generating
• originating
• initiating
• organizing
• adopting
• establishing
• setting up
• inventing
• getting around (to)
• founding
• inaugurating
• getting down (to)
• spawning
• pioneering
• getting round (to)
• innovating
• instituting
• embracing
• fathering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ending
• finishing
• laying off
• concluding
• terminating
• stopping
• closing
• completing
• halting
• ceasing
• discontinuing
• knocking off
• leaving
• quitting
• phasing out
• abandoning
• destroying
• desisting
• forsaking
• abolishing
• extinguishing
• exterminating
• demolishing

2

as in dying

slang to stop living

surprisingly, the recluse was worth a cool million when he kicked off

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dying
• passing (on)
• falling
• checking out
• passing away
• stepping out
• buying it
• perishing
• kicking in
• popping off
• pegging out
• departing
• snuffing it
• ending
• kicking the bucket
• buying the farm
• giving up the ghost
• expiring
• exiting
• biting the dust
• succumbing
• conking (out)
• disappearing
• going
• parting
• fading
• dropping
• croaking
• demising
• drying up
• deceasing
• flatlining
• failing
• consuming
• predeceasing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coming to
• living
• breathing
• existing
• being
• lingering
• reviving
• flourishing
• subsisting
• thriving
• prospering