Dictionary entry details
• INITIATE (noun)
Meaning:
Someone new to a field or activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
tyro; tiro; initiate; beginner; novice
Hypernyms ("initiate" is a kind of...):
unskilled person (a person who lacks technical training)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "initiate"):
trainee (someone who is being trained)
tenderfoot (an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living))
entrant; fledgeling; fledgling; freshman; neophyte; newbie; newcomer; starter (any new participant in some activity)
landlubber; landsman; lubber (an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage)
cub; greenhorn; rookie (an awkward and inexperienced youth)
apprentice; learner; prentice (works for an expert to learn a trade)
abecedarian (a novice learning the rudiments of some subject)
Meaning:
Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
learned person; pundit; savant; initiate
Hypernyms ("initiate" is a kind of...):
bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "initiate"):
polymath (a person of great and varied learning)
Meaning:
People who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
enlightened; initiate
Context example:
it is very familiar to the initiate
Hypernyms ("initiate" is a kind of...):
people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)
Antonym:
uninitiate (people who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity)
• INITIATE (verb)
Meaning:
Bring into being
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
initiate; originate; start
Context examples:
He initiated a new program / Start a foundation
Hypernyms (to "initiate" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "initiate"):
date back; date from; go back (belong to an earlier time)
set (apply or start)
initiate; lead up (prepare the way for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
initiate; pioneer
Context example:
This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants
Hypernyms (to "initiate" is one way to...):
cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "initiate"):
strike up (begin)
innovate; introduce (bring something new to an environment)
activate; actuate; set off; spark; spark off; touch off; trigger; trigger off; trip (put in motion or move to act)
constitute; establish; found; institute; plant (set up or lay the groundwork for)
arrange; stage (plan, organize, and carry out (an event))
mount (put up or launch)
attempt; set about; undertake (enter upon an activity or enterprise)
devise; get up; machinate; organise; organize; prepare (arrange by systematic planning and united effort)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Accept young people into society, usually with some rite
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
induct; initiate
Context example:
African men are initiated when they reach puberty
Hypernyms (to "initiate" is one way to...):
admit; include; let in (allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Bring up a topic for discussion
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
broach; initiate
Hypernyms (to "initiate" is one way to...):
discuss; hash out; talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "initiate"):
address; cover; deal; handle; plow; treat (deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Prepare the way for
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
lead up; initiate
Context example:
Hitler's attack on Poland led up to World War II
Hypernyms (to "initiate" is one way to...):
initiate; originate; start (bring into being)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
