Synonyms of begun

begun

verb

past participle of begin

1

as in commenced

to take the first step in (a process or course of action)

she began walking to work for exercise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commenced
• started
• launched
• fallen (to)
• embarked (on or upon)
• set about
• entered (into or upon)
• opened
• got to
• struck (into)
• created
• got off
• got going
• led off
• initiated
• adopted
• originated
• generated
• invented
• kicked off
• inaugurated
• instituted
• founded
• established
• pioneered
• organized
• spawned
• taken on
• taken up
• innovated
• embraced
• fathered
• set up
• got down (to)
• got around (to)
• got round (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ended
• finished
• concluded
• ceased
• stopped
• terminated
• completed
• halted
• discontinued
• laid off
• closed
• quit
• left
• abandoned
• desisted
• destroyed
• abolished
• knocked off
• extinguished
• demolished
• forsaken
• exterminated
• phased out

2

as in started

to come into existence

the storm began late in the day and lasted all night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• started
• originated
• commenced
• arisen
• been
• appeared
• arrived
• formed
• existed
• dawned
• lived
• set in
• sprung
• materialized
• engendered
• emerged
• broken
• actualized
• lasted
• continued
• breathed
• survived
• subsisted
• persisted
• come on
• endured
• coalesced
• shaped (up)
• cohered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stopped
• ceased
• ended
• concluded
• finished
• halted
• terminated
• discontinued
• disappeared
• quit
• died
• dissolved
• vanished
• evaporated
• desisted
• departed
• expired
• perished
• passed away

3

as in founded

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of

the religious sect was begun by a small breakaway faction

Synonyms & Similar Words

• founded
• initiated
• constituted
• established
• pioneered
• instituted
• launched
• started
• inaugurated
• created
• introduced
• organized
• originated
• financed
• planted
• funded
• innovated
• set up
• devised
• constructed
• invented
• produced
• authored
• conceived
• developed
• manufactured
• thought (up)
• enlarged
• made up
• expanded
• concocted
• fathered
• contrived
• cooked (up)
• fabricated
• arranged
• subsidized
• relaunched
• endowed
• systematized
• reinitiated
• reinstituted
• refounded
• systemized
• put up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• closed (down)
• shut (up)
• stopped
• ended
• finished
• abolished
• halted
• terminated
• phased out
• annulled
• nullified
• annihilated
• rounded (off or out)
• wrapped up
• wound up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of begun

That means ballots are set and in some states early and absentee voting has already begun. —Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026

International Islamic standard-setting bodies, like the Islamic Financial Services Board and the General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions, have begun to roll out governance standards to support the Islamic climate finance market. —Angelica Ang, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026

Foreign adversaries and the Federal Reserve have begun using this phrase in official communications. —Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026

An Oakland jury has begun the process of deciding who’s less popular, Elon Musk or Sam Altman. —Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Apr. 2026

The return on investment — followers — started off steady, and Jones said he’s begun to see a breakthrough in the last year-and-a-half. —Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026

Throughout March, rumors that West had begun dating his co-star Amanda Batula flooded gossip sites, though the two continuously denied said claims. —Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026

Defense attorneys have begun presenting their case Wednesday morning in the trial of Tanner Horner, who has pleaded guilty to killing 7-year-old Athena Strand. —Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026

Uranus's moons are named after characters from the plays of William Shakespeare and a poem by Alexander Pope, a convention begun by John Herschel. —Keith Cooper, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026