Synonyms for opened up
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : oh-puh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ pən |
Top 10 synonyms for opened up Other synonyms for the word opened up
- absolve
- accede
- accord
- achieve
- acquaint
- acquiesce
- acquit
- act as if
- adopt
- advance
- air
- allege
- allow
- amputate
- apprise
- approach
- asseverate
- attain
- augment
- authorize
- aver
- avouch
- avow
- bag
- bail out
- bare
- barrage
- bayonet
- become liquid
- become soft
- begin
- betray
- bid
- blab
- blast
- blow hot air
- blow the whistle
- bombard
- bow
- brand
- breadthen
- break
- break in
- break the ice
- break the news
- brief
- bring about
- bring down
- bring into being
- bring out
- bring to light
- bring up
- broach
- broadcast
- bruise
- call upon
- carve
- carve up
- cast loose
- catapult
- catch
- catechize
- cause
- cause to understand
- certify
- chance upon
- chop
- chop down
- civilize
- claim
- clear
- cleave
- clip
- clue in
- coin
- colonize
- come across
- come clean
- come out
- come out of closet
- come out with
- come up with
- come upon
- command
- commence
- communicate
- commute
- compose
- concede
- conceive
- concur
- confess
- confide
- confirm
- consent
- constate
- constitute
- contuse
- convert
- cop a plea
- cough up
- counsel
- crack
- create
- credit
- croon
- cross heart
- cut
- damage
- declare
- defrost
- deliquesce
- deliver
- denude
- depose
- develop
- dig up
- ding
- direct
- discharge
- disclose
- discover
- disengage
- dispatch
- dispense
- display
- dissemble
- dissolve
- divulge
- do the honors
- drive
- drop
- drop the hammer
- dust
- edify
- educate
- effect
- elucidate
- emancipate
- emit
- enact
- encounter
- enjoin
- enlarge
- enumerate
- establish
- evolve
- excise
- exculpate
- excuse
- execute
- exempt
- exhibit
- exonerate
- expand
- expedite
- expel
- explain
- explode
- explore
- expose
- express
- extricate
- fake
- familiarize
- fatten
- feign
- fess up
- fill in
- fire
- fire up
- fix
- fix up
- fling
- flow
- flux
- form
- formulate
- forward
- found
- free
- further
- fuse
- gash
- generate
- get off chest
- get on soapbox
- get things rolling
- get together
- give away
- give birth to
- give facts
- give faith
- give introduction
- give off
- give out
- give the lowdown
- give the word
- go easy on
- go into details
- go out in front
- go public
- gore
- gossip
- grant
- grow
- guide
- gun
- hack
- hammer on
- happen upon
- harbinger
- harm
- hasten
- hatch
- herald
- hint at
- hit
- hit upon
- hurl
- hurry
- hurt
- ignite
- illume
- illuminate
- illumine
- imitate
- impale
- impart
- impel
- improve
- inaugurate
- incise
- increase
- inculcate
- indicate
- indoctrinate
- induct
- inform
- initiate
- injure
- innovate
- inspirit
- install
- instigate
- institute
- instruct
- interject
- interpose
- introduce
- invent
- invest
- irritate
- issue
- jab
- jag
- keep posted
- kick off
- kill
- knife
- knock down
- lacerate
- lance
- launch
- lay a patch
- lay bare
- lay open
- lay rubber
- lead into
- lead off
- leak
- leave word
- let
- let fly
- let go with
- let hair down
- let in on
- let it all hang out
- let know
- let off
- let off steam
- let on
- let slip
- let up on
- level
- liberate
- light upon
- liquefy
- loose
- loosen
- maintain
- make
- make known
- make out
- make public
- make tracks
- make up
- manumit
- map out
- melt
- mention
- mollify
- moot
- mouth
- move
- murder
- nail it
- narrate
- nick
- notify
- number
- offer
- open
- open fire
- open up
- ordain
- order
- organize
- originate
- ouch
- own
- own up
- parent
- pave the way
- peel rubber
- penetrate
- permit
- persuade
- pick off
- pierce
- pioneer
- plow
- plug
- plunge
- pop
- preach
- precede
- precipitate
- predicate
- preface
- prepare
- pretend
- prick
- proclaim
- procreate
- produce
- profess
- project
- promulgate
- prong
- propel
- propose
- publish
- pull the trigger
- pump
- punch
- purport
- put before
- put forward
- put on afterburners
- put on to
- put pedal to metal
- quicken
- railroad
- raise subject
- ram
- reach
- ream
- recite
- recognize
- recommend
- reel off
- relate
- relax
- relent
- remove
- rend
- report
- represent
- require
- rev
- rev up
- reveal
- rip
- roll
- rough up
- run
- run through
- saber
- save
- say
- say so
- school
- score
- scrape
- scratch
- seize
- set
- set at large
- set forth
- set free
- set in motion
- set loose
- set off
- set up
- settle
- sever
- shank
- shiv
- show
- show the way
- sing
- sink
- slash
- slice
- slit
- soapbox
- soften
- spark
- spawn
- speak
- speak of
- spear
- spearhead
- speed up
- spiel
- spill
- spill the beans
- spit
- spit it out
- spout
- spread
- spread out
- spring
- spring with
- spur
- start
- start ball rolling
- state
- step on gas
- step up
- stick
- stimulate
- stretch
- strike
- strip
- stumble across
- stumble on
- stump
- subject
- submit
- subscribe to
- suggest
- summon
- surrender
- swear on bible
- swear up and down
- swell
- take
- take out
- take the lead
- talk
- talk big
- talk of
- tap
- tattle
- teach
- tell
- think up
- throw lead
- thrust
- tip off
- tip one's hand
- tolerate
- tool
- torpedo
- total
- touch on
- trailblaze
- train
- transfix
- transplant
- treat
- trigger
- turn loose
- turn out
- turn up
- unbend
- unbind
- unbosom
- unchain
- unclothe
- uncover
- undo
- unearth
- unfasten
- unfetter
- unfold
- unleash
- unloose
- unmask
- unpack
- unshackle
- untie
- unveil
- unwind
- unwrap
- update
- uplift
- usher
- usher in
- utter
- vent
- ventilate
- vouch
- warm up
- widen
- wipe slate clean
- wound
- yield
- zap
Définition of opened up
Origin :- early 13c., "an aperture or opening," from open (adj.). Meaning "public knowledge" (especially in out in the open) is from 1942, but cf. Middle English in open (late 14c.) "manifestly, publicly." The sense of "an open competition" is from 1926, originally in a golf context.
- As in institute : verb begin; put into operation
- As in introduce : verb make known; present
- As in knife : verb stab with pointed tool
- As in operate : verb perform surgery
- As in originate : verb create, introduce
- As in pioneer : verb invent; lay the groundwork
- As in profess : verb declare, assert
- As in release : verb let go, let out
- As in accelerate : verb increase speed, timing
- As in shoot : verb discharge a projectile, often to injure or kill
- As in slash : verb cut
- As in stab : verb puncture, pierce with sharp, pointed object
- As in strike : verb find, discover
- As in tell : verb communicate
- As in thaw : verb unfreeze, warm
- As in uncover : verb reveal, disclose
- As in unveil : verb reveal
- As in wound : verb cause bodily damage
- As in broach : verb bring up a topic
- As in broaden : verb extend, supplement
- As in acknowledge : verb admit truth or reality of something
- As in unfurl : verb unroll
- As in admit : verb confess, acknowledge
- As in divulge : verb make known; confess
- As in enlighten : verb explain thoroughly; make aware
- I've opened up, and Mr. Cass can manage, I'm sure, if you'll let me go.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- "I opened up the store, and then I went back to bed," Saunders replied limply.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- Pathways are opened up to great heights, but also to great depths.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- Then it was not only the situation, but the fine connection that it opened up.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- He thought of the gulf that gradually had opened up between them.
- Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
- Stan slammed his hatch cover shut and opened up his throttle.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
- George opened up the hood of the station wagon and showed them the engine.
- Extract from : « The Hohokam Dig » by Theodore Pratt
- His knocking about the world for a bit had opened up his mind.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 » by Various
- So the old Silurian seas were opened up to breed the fish in.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- We have opened up an old vein which the other managers did not seem to think worth while.
- Extract from : « The Plunderer » by Roy Norton
Antonyms for opened up
- abjure
- abridge
- aid
- appease
- argue
- ask
- assist
- backfire
- be immune
- be quiet
- be vague
- bear
- benefit
- bewilder
- bind
- blame
- block
- cease
- charge
- check
- close
- close up
- coagulate
- collect
- combine
- complete
- compress
- conceal
- concentrate
- conclude
- condemn
- confine
- confound
- confuse
- confute
- contradict
- convict
- cover
- create
- cure
- debar
- deceive
- decelerate
- decline
- decrease
- defer
- delay
- delude
- deny
- destroy
- detain
- die
- differ
- diminish
- disagree
- disallow
- disapprove
- disavow
- discourage
- dismiss
- disown
- dispute
- disregard
- dissent
- dissuade
- effect
- eject
- end
- erase
- estimate
- exclude
- expel
- extract
- fail
- fasten
- figure
- finish
- fix
- fold up
- forswear
- free
- freeze
- gainsay
- gather
- give
- guess
- halt
- harm
- heal
- help
- hide
- hinder
- hold
- hurt
- ignore
- impede
- imprison
- improve
- incarcerate
- increase
- incriminate
- invalidate
- keep
- keep secret
- kill
- learn
- lessen
- let go
- limit
- listen
- lose
- lower
- maintain
- mend
- misguide
- mislead
- miss
- misunderstand
- narrow
- neglect
- not mention
- not touch
- object
- obscure
- offer
- oppose
- oust
- pass up
- postpone
- prevent
- protect
- protest
- puzzle
- question
- raise
- refuse
- reject
- release
- renounce
- repel
- repress
- repudiate
- restrain
- restrict
- result
- retain
- retard
- rise
- roll up
- ruin
- secret
- secrete
- sell
- sentence
- sew
- shrink
- shut
- slow
- slow down
- solidify
- stop
- subtract
- suppress
- surrender
- take away
- take back
- tap
- terminate
- unite
- unsettle
- veil
- veto
- wait
- walk
- withdraw
- withhold
- worry
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