initiate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone new to a field or activity
Types & categories
- unskilled person hypernym
- abecedarian hyponym
- apprentice hyponym
- cub hyponym
- landlubber hyponym
- fledgling hyponym
- tenderfoot hyponym
- trainee hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
bring into being
He initiated a new program
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- originate in also see
- trigger derivation
- commencement derivation
- founding derivation
- origination derivation
- start derivation
- fledgling derivation
- mastermind derivation
- commencement derivation
- creative derivation
- initiative derivation
Sense 3 noun
someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- induct derivation
Sense 4 verb
take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity
it is very familiar to the initiate
Types & categories
- people hypernym
Related & opposite
- uninitiate antonym
- induct derivation
- enlightened derivation
Sense 6 verb
accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
African men are initiated when they reach puberty
Types & categories
- let in hypernym
Related & opposite
- induction derivation
- enlightened derivation
- inductee derivation
- learned person derivation
- initiate derivation
Sense 7 verb
bring up a topic for discussion
Types & categories
Sense 8 verb
set in motion, start an event or prepare the way for
Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II
Types & categories
- initiate hypernym
Related & opposite
- trigger derivation
- initiative derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | start |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | induct |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unskilled person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | abecedarian |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | apprentice |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cub |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | landlubber |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fledgling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tenderfoot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trainee |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | originate in |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trigger |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | commencement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | founding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | origination |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | start |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fledgling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mastermind |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | commencement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | creative |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | initiative |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lead up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | set |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | go back |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | induct |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | scholar |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | polymath |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | founding |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | initiator |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pioneer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | cause |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | strike up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | innovate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | trigger |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | institute |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | stage |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mount |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | undertake |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | machinate |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | uninitiate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | induct |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | enlightened |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | people |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | induction |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | enlightened |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | inductee |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | learned person |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | initiate |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | let in |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | hash out |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | deal |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | trigger |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | initiative |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | initiate |