opening

opening is a 7-letter English word with 19 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Open. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Open
2. noun. The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.
3. noun. A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole.
4. noun. Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for business.
5. noun. A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings.
6. noun. the first of a series of actions

   Synonyms: initiative

7. noun. the act of opening something

   "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door"

8. noun. becoming open or being made open

   "the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for"

9. noun. a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

   "he memorized all the important chess openings"

10. noun. an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

    Synonyms: hatchway, scuttle

11. noun. a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

    "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"

12. noun. an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

    "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"

    Synonyms: orifice, porta

13. noun. a possible alternative

    "bankruptcy is always a possibility"

    Synonyms: possibility

14. noun. the initial part of the introduction

    "the opening established the basic theme"

15. noun. the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

    "the opening received good critical reviews"

16. noun. a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
17. noun. an open or empty space in or between things

    "there was a small opening between the trees"

    "the explosion made a gap in the wall"

    Synonyms: gap

18. noun. opportunity especially for employment or promotion

    "there is an opening in the sales department"

19. adjective. first or beginning

    "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"

    "the play's opening scene"

Synonyms

initiative, hatchway, scuttle, orifice, porta, possibility, gap

Common word forms

open, openings

Words from these letters

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