Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Verb

Adjective

The word "opening" can be used as noun, adjective, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

closing closing closing

Coordinate Terms

vernissage

Derived Terms

counteropening eye-opening grand opening market opening non-opening nonopening opening argument opening batsman opening book opening ceremony opening credits opening day opening fire opening goal opening gun opening hours opening move opening night opening of an envelope opening speech opening statement opening time opening titles potato opening preopening re-opening re-re-opening self-opening soft opening unopening vaginal opening vulvar opening

Inflected/Variant Forms

open

Context

chess cricket math

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

alternative artefact artifact beginning ceremonial ceremonial occasion ceremony chance change of integrity choice commencement entrance entranceway entree entry entryway introduction motility motion move movement observance opportunity option passage passageway sequence space start succession

Type Of (IsA)

artifact ceremony change of integrity event introduction motion opportunity performing space start

Part Of

surface

Related Terms

chess dilation erosion first initial mathematical morphology move open opportunity performance period play set show

Similar Terms

beginning beginning first inaugural initiative initiative initiatory introductory introductory maiden starting starting vernissage

Synonym Network

availability chess opening first step hatchway hole job opening orifice possibility

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