Synonyms for opening up
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : oh-puh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ pən |
Top 10 synonyms for opening up Other synonyms for the word opening 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
- clearing
- 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
- establishment
- evolve
- excise
- exculpate
- excuse
- execute
- exempt
- exhibit
- exonerate
- expand
- expanding
- expansion
- 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
- founding
- 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
- immigration
- 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
- migration
- mollify
- moot
- mouth
- move
- murder
- nail it
- narrate
- nick
- notify
- number
- offer
- open
- open fire
- open up
- opening up
- ordain
- order
- organize
- originate
- ouch
- own
- own up
- parent
- pave the way
- peel rubber
- penetrate
- peopling
- permit
- persuade
- pick off
- pierce
- pioneer
- pioneering
- plow
- plug
- plunge
- pop
- populating
- 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
- settlement
- settling
- 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
- squatting
- 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
- transplanting
- 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 opening 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 colonization : noun settlement of area
- 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
- And my father, opening up by degrees, showed an unmistakable relish for Joe.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- Golden horizons were opening up all around the heavily laden table.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- That was opening up a brand-new kind of hotel that nobody ever heard of before.
- Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Jean Lafitte was all for opening up his own thumb for blood, but I stopped him.
- Extract from : « The Lady and the Pirate » by Emerson Hough
- With the opening up of this country as the stake—yes and our own hides.
- Extract from : « Terry » by Charles Goff Thomson
- How the people of Ballymoy are opening up a new era for Ireland.
- Extract from : « General John Regan » by George A. Birmingham
- At first sight this seems wholly an opening up of undreamt-of evil.
- Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various
- This opening up of the field of vision is the symptom of success.
- Extract from : « Second Sight » by Sepharial
- On opening up a new turn in the valley they came on the ruins of a hut.
- Extract from : « The Coxswain's Bride » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Land for the opening up of University Street had been given in 1851.
- Extract from : « McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 » by Cyrus Macmillan
Antonyms for opening 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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