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o·pen·ing
 opening
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- pronunciation:
- o
p
nIng
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act, process, or result of making open or causing to become open.
- antonyms:
- closing
- similar words:
- unfastening, unlocking
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| definition 2: |
a gap, hole, or empty space.
- synonyms:
- gap, hole, space
- similar words:
- aperture, blank, breach, chasm, chink, crevice, fissure, gape, interstice, interval, orifice, rent, vacancy, void
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| definition 3: |
a beginning, as of a book or chess game.
- antonyms:
- close
- similar words:
- introduction, lead-in, preamble, preface, proem, prologue
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| definition 4: |
the first performance or showing of a play or film.
- synonyms:
- premiere
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| definition 5: |
an available job or position.
- synonyms:
- vacancy
- similar words:
- job, opportunity, position, spot
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| definition 6: |
an opportunity.
His exhaustion gave me the opening I needed to win.- synonyms:
- break, change, opportunity
- similar words:
- occasion
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| related words: |
cavity, clear, cleft, commencement, entrance, escape, genesis, germ, hatch, inception, lane, leak, outlet, overture, passage, vent, way |
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