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threshold
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of THRESHOLD
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the point at which something begins <at the threshold of the new year, it's time to look back and make resolutions for the future>
Synonyms alpha, baseline, birth, commencement, dawn, day one, genesis, get-go (also git-go), inception, incipience, incipiency, kickoff, launch, morning, nascence, nascency, onset, outset, start, threshold
Related Words drawing board, first base, ground zero, square one; creation, founding, inauguration, initiation, institution, origination; cradle, fountain, fountainhead, germ, origin, root, seedbed, source, spring, well, wellspring; dawning, opening; advent, appearance, arrival, debut (also début), emergence; childhood, infancy, youth
Near Antonyms cessation, closing, closure, completion, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, windup
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