'opening' definitions:
Definition of 'opening'
(from WordNet)
adjective
First or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene" [ant: closing]
noun
An open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" [syn: opening, gap]
noun
A ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
noun
Becoming open or being made open; "the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for"
noun
The first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews" [syn: opening, opening night, curtain raising]
noun
The act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door" [ant: closing, shutting]
noun
Opportunity especially for employment or promotion; "there is an opening in the sales department"
noun
The initial part of the introduction; "the opening established the basic theme"
noun
A possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility" [syn: possibility, possible action, opening]
noun
An aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart" [syn: orifice, opening, porta]
noun
A vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"
noun
An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship [syn: hatchway, opening, scuttle]
noun
A recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess; "he memorized all the important chess openings" [syn: opening, chess opening]
noun
Synonyms of 'opening'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a leg up,
- abysm,
- abyss,
- access,
- adit,
- air lock,
- aisle,
- alley,
- alpha,
- ambulatory,
- aperture,
- apparition,
- appearance,
- appearing,
- appointment,
- approach,
- arcade,
- arising,
- arroyo,
- artery,
- avatar,
- avenue,
- bareness,
- barrenness,
- beginning,
- berth,
- billet,
- birth,
- blankness,
- blast-off,
- bleakness,
- blowhole,
- box canyon,
- breach,
- break,
- canyon,
- cavity,
- chance,
- channel,
- chap,
- chasm,
- check,
- chimney,
- chink,
- chute,
- clear stage,
- cleft,
- cleuch,
- cloister,
- clough,
- col,
- colonnade,
- coming,
- coming into being,
- coming-forth,
- commencement,
- communication,
- conduit,
- connection,
- corridor,
- coulee,
- couloir,
- covered way,
- crack,
- cranny,
- creation,
- crevasse,
- crevice,
- cut,
- cutting edge,
- cwm,
- dawn,
- dawning,
- debouch,
- debut,
- defile,
- dell,
- demonstration,
- desertedness,
- desolateness,
- dike,
- disclosure,
- discontinuity,
- display,
- ditch,
- donga,
- door,
- draw,
- edge,
- egress,
- emergence,
- employment,
- emptiness,
- emunctory,
- enactment,
- engagement,
- entrance,
- entranceway,
- entree,
- entry,
- entryway,
- epiphany,
- escape,
- establishment,
- estuary,
- excavation,
- exhaust,
- exhibit,
- exhibition,
- exit,
- exposition,
- exposure,
- fair field,
- fair game,
- fault,
- ferry,
- fissure,
- flaw,
- floodgate,
- flume,
- flying start,
- foothold,
- ford,
- forthcoming,
- foundation,
- fracture,
- fresh start,
- furrow,
- gallery,
- gangplank,
- gangway,
- gap,
- gape,
- gash,
- gig,
- gorge,
- groove,
- gulch,
- gulf,
- gully,
- hall,
- hole,
- hollowness,
- in,
- inanition,
- inauguration,
- incarnation,
- incision,
- incumbency,
- ingress,
- initiation,
- inlet,
- institution,
- intake,
- interchange,
- intersection,
- issuance,
- job,
- joint,
- jump-off,
- junction,
- kick-off,
- kloof,
- lane,
- launch,
- leading edge,
- leak,
- liberty,
- look-in,
- loophole,
- manifestation,
- materialization,
- materializing,
- means of access,
- moat,
- moonlighting,
- new departure,
- noninhabitance,
- nonoccupance,
- nonoccupancy,
- nonresidence,
- notch,
- nullah,
- occasion,
- occurrence,
- office,
- oncoming,
- onset,
- open arms,
- open door,
- opportunism,
- opportunity,
- orifice,
- origin,
- origination,
- ostentation,
- out,
- outbreak,
- outcome,
- outfall,
- outgate,
- outgo,
- outlet,
- outset,
- outstart,
- overpass,
- pass,
- passage,
- passageway,
- performance,
- pit,
- place,
- place open,
- pore,
- port,
- portico,
- position,
- post,
- presentation,
- presentment,
- production,
- projection,
- railroad tunnel,
- ravine,
- realization,
- rent,
- representation,
- retrospective,
- revelation,
- rift,
- rime,
- rise,
- rising,
- room,
- running start,
- rupture,
- sally port,
- scissure,
- scope,
- seam,
- second job,
- send-off,
- separation,
- service,
- setout,
- setting in motion,
- setting-up,
- shot,
- show,
- showing,
- showing forth,
- situation,
- slit,
- slot,
- sluice,
- spiracle,
- split,
- spout,
- square one,
- squeak,
- start,
- start-off,
- starting point,
- station,
- stepping-stone,
- take-off,
- tap,
- tenure,
- theophany,
- time,
- traject,
- trajet,
- trench,
- tunnel,
- underpass,
- unfolding,
- unfoldment,
- unveiling,
- vacancy,
- vacant post,
- vacuity,
- valley,
- varnishing day,
- vent,
- ventage,
- venthole,
- vernissage,
- vestibule,
- void,
- voidness,
- vomitory,
- wadi,
- way,
- way in,
- way out,
- weir
Words containing 'opening'
- can opener,
- open,
- open to,
- open up,
- opened,
- opener,
- openly,
- openness,
- out in the open,
- Counter opening,
- Gill opening,
- Letters open,
- Open Sesame,
- Open chain,
- Open policy,
- Open sight,
- Pew opener,
- Spherical opening,
- To break open,
- To fling open,
- To fly open,
- To lay open,
- To open the budget,
- To open the trenches,
- Under open sky,
- bottle opener,
- break open,
- cap opener,
- chess opening,
- click open,
- drop open,
- eye opener,
- eye opening,
- fall open,
- fly open,
- hold open,
- keep open,
- letter opener,
- neck opening,
- open account,
- open air,
- open and aboveboard,
- open circuit,
- open diapason,
- open door,
- open eyed,
- open fire,
- open fireplace,
- open forum,
- open fracture,
- open frame,
- open house,
- open interval,
- open letter,
- open market,
- open marriage,
- open minded,
- open order,
- open place,
- open primary,
- open sandwich,
- open secret,
- open shop,
- open society,
- open to question,
- open university,
- open weave,
- opening line,
- opening move,
- opening night,
- tin opener,
- wide open,
- with open arms,
- To keep open house,
- eye-opening,
- open classroom school,
- open-air,
- open-and-shut,
- open-chain,
- open-collared,
- open-ended,
- open-eyed,
- open-hearth,
- open-minded,
- open-plan,
- open-source,
- wide open spaces,
- wide-open,
- To lay one's self open to,
- keep one's eyes open,
- open-air market,
- open-air marketplace,
- open-angle glaucoma,
- open-class word,
- open-door policy,
- open-end credit,
- open-end fund,
- open-end wrench,
- open-face sandwich,
- open-faced watch,
- open-heart surgery,
- open-hearth furnace,
- open-hearth process,
- open-end investment company