initiate
verb
• cause (a process or action) to begin.
• "he proposes to initiate discussions on planning procedures"
Similar:
begin,
start off,
commence,
take action on,
usher in,
institute,
inaugurate,
put in place,
launch,
open,
instigate,
bring about,
get under way,
set in motion,
trigger off,
actuate,
establish,
set up,
lay the foundations of,
lay the first stone of,
lay the cornerstone of,
sow the seeds of,
start the ball rolling,
originate,
pioneer,
get cracking on,
get going on,
kick off,
• admit (someone) into a secret or obscure society or group, typically with a ritual.
• "she had been formally initiated into the movement"
initiate
noun
• a person who has been initiated into an organization or activity.
• "an initiate of the cult"
Similar:
novice,
starter,
beginner,
newcomer,
learner,
student,
pupil,
trainee,
apprentice,
probationer,
new boy,
new girl,
new recruit,
raw recruit,
recruit,
tyro,
neophyte,
member,
postulant,
novitiate,
rookie,
new kid (on the block),
newie,
newbie,
greenhorn,
Origin:
mid 16th century (in initiate (sense 2 of the verb)): from Latin initiat- ‘begun’, from the verb initiare, from initium ‘beginning’.
