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Embark

To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

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Begin 76% connected

To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Board 76% connected

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Commence 76% connected

To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Get 76% connected

Jet, the mineral.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Proceed 76% connected

To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to continue or renew motion begun; as, to proceed on a journey.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Start 76% connected

To leap; to jump.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Venture 74% connected

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Venture 74% connected

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Venturer 74% connected

One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Venturer 74% connected

One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Enter 92% connected

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Ship 92% connected

Pay; reward.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Venture 92% connected

An undertaking of chance or danger; the risking of something upon an event which can not be foreseen with certainty; a hazard; a risk; a speculation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Antonym 2

Debark 94% connected

To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Debark 94% connected

To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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