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Kickoff

The opening kick of each half of a game of football.

📖 Definitions of "Kickoff"

noun

1
The opening kick of each half of a game of football.
2
(by extension) the opening sequence of any event

🔄 Synonyms of "Kickoff"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
offsetverb	Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
startverb	The beginning of an activity.
commencementnoun	(education) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
firstnoun	Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
beginningnoun	(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
outsetnoun	An onset; the beginning or initial stage of something.
send-offnoun	(sports) A penalty for a serious infraction of the rules in which the player is ordered to leave for the rest of the game; red card
starting timenoun	The moment in time at which something is scheduled or supposed to begin.
start-offnoun	a start given to contestants

↔️ Antonyms of "Kickoff"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
endnoun	The terminal point of something in space or time.
middlenoun	A centre, midpoint.
endingnoun	A termination or conclusion.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Kickoff"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
startnoun	The beginning of an activity.
offsetnoun	Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
beginningnoun	(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
outsetnoun	An onset; the beginning or initial stage of something.
commencementnoun	(education) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
firstnoun	(uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
send-offnoun	(sports) A penalty for a serious infraction of the rules in which the player is ordered to leave for the rest of the game; red card
start-offnoun	a start given to contestants
starting timenoun	The moment in time at which something is scheduled or supposed to begin.
launchnoun	The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
bootnoun	(footwear) A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
launchingnoun	The act by which something is launched; a launch.
openingnoun	An act or instance of making or becoming open.
startupnoun	A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.
startingnoun	The act of something that starts.
releasenoun	(software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
initiatenoun	A new member of an organization.
initiationnoun	The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
bootablenoun	(computing) A disk or other medium from which the system can be booted.
touchdownnoun	(American football, Canadian football) A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.