inception
noun
Synonyms
- alpha
- baseline
- beginning
- birth
- commencement
- dawn
- day one
- genesis
- get-go
- git-go
- incipience
- incipiency
- kickoff
- launch
- morning
- nascence
- nascency
- onset
- outset
- start
- threshold
Example Sentences
Xander Zellner, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2022 After the premiere, the director talked about the inception of Fabelmans, with writer-producer Tony Kushner playing the role of therapist. Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2022 The Reinvent the Toilet Challenge has remained on a steady course since its inception in 2011, including hosting Reinvented Toilet Expo events over the years. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2022 Twenty years later, and about 30 since the movement’s inception, trying to define it still feels fraught. Annie Fell, SPIN, 1 Sep. 2022 The luxury passenger ship, touted as unsinkable, was famous from its inception, known as the largest and one of the most lavish of its kind at the time. Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022 The revised band will be include Joe Saylor, who has performed alongside Louis since the show’s inception, and longtime house band members Louis Fouché, Jon Lampley, Endea Owens and Nêgah Santos. Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022 Our Price-to-Sales screening model has an annual price gain since inception (1998) of 12.9%, versus 5.7% for the S&P 500 index over the same period. Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 After a long, quiet inception, the Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa, a women’s semi-professional basketball league in New Zealand, was established in December. Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Middle English incepcion, from Latin inception-, inceptio, from incipere to begin, from in- + capere to take
15th century, in the meaning defined above
inception
noun
Synonyms & Similar Words
- beginning
- commencement
- start
- onset
- launch
- alpha
- genesis
- outset
- dawn
- infancy
- founding
- origination
- birth
- nascence
- threshold
- nascency
- incipience
- baseline
- initiation
- kickoff
- inauguration
- incipiency
- origin
- day one
- morning
- get-go
- git-go
- creation
- emergence
- arrival
- dawning
- advent
- first base
- ground zero
- institution
- opening
- well
- drawing board
- spring
- debut
- cradle
- germ
- childhood
- fountainhead
- square one
- source
- appearance
- wellspring
- début
- fountain
- root
- seedbed
- youth
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- end
- conclusion
- ending
- period
- close
- completion
- termination
- closing
- cessation
- closure
- finish
- stop
- omega
- finale
- windup
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of inception are origin, root, and source. While all these words mean "the point at which something begins its course or existence," inception stresses the beginning of something without implying causes.
The words origin and inception are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, origin applies to the things or persons from which something is ultimately derived and often to the causes operating before the thing itself comes into being.
The synonyms root and inception are sometimes interchangeable, but root suggests a first, ultimate, or fundamental source often not easily discerned.
While the synonyms source and inception are close in meaning, source applies more often to the point where something springs into being.