Launch

//lɑːnt͡ʃ//

Synonyms for "launch" (212 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (43)

establish lance advance airburst altitude peak automatic control begin blast off blast-off boat bowl bring before bring forward bring up broach bundle bundle off bung burn burnout

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cabin cruiser canoe cast catapult ceiling christen chuck chunk commence commend to attention conception cruiser dart dash debut deliver

Noun(1 words)

beginning

Verb(6 words)

bung cast chuck chunk cook dash

Strong matches (63)

descent dinghy discharge dispatch embark embark on embark upon end of burning ferry fire flight fling flip float fork found get get going get off gig

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Verb(16 words)

dump establish execute feck fling found heave hield hoy huck hurl hurtle invoke jerk lance lob

Noun(1 words)

launching

Related words (106)

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

21 entries

actuation begin commence displace get get down impel motorboat move open open up powerboat propel propulsion set about set in motion

Showing 16 of 21 words.

More specific

4 entries

cold launch hard launch hot launch soft launch

Synonyms

4 entries

establish lance launching plunge

Related terms

5 entries

barge boat launching ways ship’s boat yacht

derived

36 entries

air-launch autolaunch book launch captain's launch failure to launch hard-launch launch angle launch complex launch forth launch game launch into launch loop launch lug launch lunch launch one's lunch launch pad

Showing 16 of 36 words.

has context

2 entries

computing nautical

is a

1 entries

motorboat

manner of

3 entries

move propel smooth

related to

33 entries

afloat ball barge boat dart force hurl lance lancha launching ways market mission movement naphtha operate operation

Showing 16 of 33 words.

similar

1 entries

plunge

Translations

184 translations across 41 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

te water laat verb (cause to move or slide from the land into the water)

Albanian

3 entries

gju verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)
hedh verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)
qit verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)

Arabic

2 entries

أَطْلَقَ verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)
قَذَفَ verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)

Bulgarian

4 entries

изстрелване noun (act of launching)
мятане noun (act of launching)
спускане на вода noun (movement of a vessel from land into the water)
хвърляне noun (act of launching)

Catalan

4 entries

llanxa noun (open boat)
llançament noun (act of launching)
executar verb (to start (a program or feature))
llançar verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

發射 /发射 noun (act of launching)
發射 /发射 verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)

Czech

1 entries

hodit verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)

Danish

4 entries

søsætning noun (movement of a vessel from land into the water)
opsende verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)
slynge verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)
søsætte verb (cause to move or slide from the land into the water)

Dutch

4 entries

lancering noun (act of launching)
lancering noun (movement of a vessel from land into the water)
tewaterlating noun (movement of a vessel from land into the water)
worp noun (act of launching)

Esperanto

3 entries

alĵeti verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)
lanĉi verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)
ĵeti verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)

Estonian

4 entries

heide noun (act of launching)
kaater noun (largest boat belonging to a ship of war)
alustama verb (send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation)
heitma verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)

Finnish

4 entries

avovene noun (open boat)
kapteenin vene noun (largest boat belonging to a ship of war)
laukaisu noun (act of launching)
vesillelasku noun (movement of a vessel from land into the water)

French

2 entries

lancement noun (act of launching)
lancer verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)

Georgian

3 entries

გაშვება noun (act of launching)
გაუშვებს verb (send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation)
უშვებს verb (send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation)

German

4 entries

Barkasse noun (open boat)
Start noun (act of launching)
abschießen verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)
lancieren verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)

Greek

2 entries

άκατος noun (largest boat belonging to a ship of war)
άκατος noun (boat used to convey guests)

Hindi

4 entries

जलावतरण noun (movement of a vessel from land into the water)
प्रमोचन noun (act of launching)
प्रमोचन verb (to start (a program or feature))
फेंकना verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)

Indonesian

2 entries

meluncurkan verb (send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation)
menjalankan verb (send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation)

Irish

1 entries

lainse noun (open boat)

Italian

4 entries

aprirsi verb (start to operate)
avviare verb (to start (a program or feature))
avviarsi verb (start to operate)
lanciare verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)

Japanese

2 entries

発射 noun (act of launching)
発射する verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)

Latin

1 entries

dēdūcō verb (cause to move or slide from the land into the water)

Malay

1 entries

melancarkan verb (send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation)

Middle English

4 entries

launcen verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)
launcen verb (strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce)
launchen verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)
launchen verb (strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce)

Māori

4 entries

rōnihi noun (largest boat belonging to a ship of war)
rōnihi noun (boat used to convey guests)
rōnohi noun (open boat)
whakamānutanga noun (act of launching)

Norman

2 entries

affliouer verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)
lanchi verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

sjøsette verb (cause to move or slide from the land into the water)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

sjøsetje verb (cause to move or slide from the land into the water)
sjøsette verb (cause to move or slide from the land into the water)

Occitan

3 entries

lançament noun (act of launching)
abaudir verb (send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation)
lançar verb (send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

صالمق verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)

Persian

2 entries

بارکاس noun (open boat)
لنج noun (open boat)

Polish

4 entries

barkas noun (largest boat belonging to a ship of war)
uruchomienie noun (act of launching)
wodowanie noun (movement of a vessel from land into the water)
wystrzelenie noun (act of launching)

Portuguese

4 entries

arremesso noun (act of launching)
lançamento noun (act of launching)
abrir verb (to start (a program or feature))
abrir verb (start to operate)

Russian

4 entries

барка́с noun (largest boat belonging to a ship of war)
барка́с noun (boat used to convey guests)
барка́с noun (open boat)
за́пуск noun (act of launching)

Slovak

4 entries

hodiť verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)
odštartovať verb (send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation)
spustiť verb (cause to move or slide from the land into the water)
spustiť verb (send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation)

Slovene

1 entries

zagnati verb (send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation)

Spanish

4 entries

lancha noun (boat used to convey guests)
lancha noun (open boat)
lanchón noun (boat used to convey guests)
lanchón noun (open boat)

Swedish

4 entries

sjösättning noun (movement of a vessel from land into the water)
exekvera verb (to start (a program or feature))
lansera verb (send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation)
sjösätta verb (cause to move or slide from the land into the water)

Telugu

1 entries

లాంచీ noun (open boat)

Turkish

3 entries

açmak verb (to start (a program or feature))
açılmak verb (start to operate)
çalıştırmak verb (to start (a program or feature))

Ukrainian

4 entries

запуска́ти verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)
запуска́ти verb (to start (a program or feature))
запусти́ти verb (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force)
запусти́ти verb (to start (a program or feature))

Sample sentences

34 total sentences available.

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The launch, which had been scheduled for this morning, was postponed because of the illness of shuttle Commander John Creighton.

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The general decided to launch an offensive against the enemy camp.

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He is planning to launch his business.

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They are going to launch an artificial satellite tomorrow.

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