INITIATE
Definition:
- [noun] someone new to a field or activity
Synonyms: novice, beginner, tyro, tiro
- [noun] someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
Synonyms: learned person, pundit, savant
- [noun] people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"
Synonyms: enlightened
- [verb] bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation"
Synonyms: originate, start
- [verb] take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
Synonyms: pioneer
- [verb] accept young people into society, usually with some rite; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty"
Synonyms: induct
- [verb] bring up a topic for discussion
Synonyms: broach
- [verb] prepare the way for; "Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War Two"
Synonyms: lead up
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Related Words:
- lead up, initiate
- set
- go back, date back, date from
- strike up
- introduce, innovate
- trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
- establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
- stage, bring about, arrange
- mount
- undertake, set about, attempt
- organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
- cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address
- abecedarian
- apprentice, learner, prentice
- cub, greenhorn, rookie
- landlubber, lubber, landsman
- newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant
- tenderfoot
- trainee
- polymath
