KICK-START Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

kick-start

verb

Definition of kick-start

as in to jump-start

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Recent Examples of kick-start Night owls trying to wake earlier can get bright light in their eyes first thing to kick-start daytime hormones and limit light at night to trigger the nighttime ones. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026 Kicking a ball, setting down your bike's kickstand, or making a splash in the water, use your feet to kick-start some fun! — Holly Lebowitz Rossi, Parents, 2 July 2026 It was supposed to kick-start Toyota’s hopes of making the brand all-electric by 2035. — Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 29 June 2026 Roupp helped his own cause by making a nifty play to turn two in the sixth, spearing a comebacker behind his back before firing to shortstop Willy Adames to kick-start a 1-6-3 double play. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for kick-start

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick-start

Verb

In it, Bugliosi lays out the prosecutorial theory — one concocted to put away a man for murder who didn’t actually commit the crimes — that Manson was trying to jump-start a race war, called Helter Skelter.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2026
And one way or another, though, Suamataia converted it all into fuel — and jump-started the rest of his career with a salvaging performance in the 2024 regular-season finale.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of jump-start

Verb

The two soon stumble back into the cult that created the plague doctor — a cult in which people are killed and resurrected, taken apart and rebuilt.

— S.M. Hallow, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
Developer Shawn Kennedy of Kennedy Properties & Development, in partnership with Tim Sittema of Crosland Southeast, want to resurrect the Excelsior Club on Beatties Ford Road, which was once an iconic social and cultural hub for Black residents.

— Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of resurrect

Verb

For the Jonas Brothers, however, the band’s nearly six-year break from 2013 to 2019 helped rekindle the fun — and their love for the music.

— Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026
The release of Fauci's text messages could further rekindle a yearslong dispute between Fauci and congressional Republicans about how the federal government's former top infectious disease expert responded to the coronavirus pandemic.

— Joe Walsh, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of rekindle

Verb

Jeff Nichols is not only one of cinema’s foremost chroniclers of the American South, but is doing his damnedest to revitalize the film scene in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
The three partners are working to revitalize the main street by renting business spaces to artisans who make their own products.

— Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026