What is another word for onset?
Synonyms for onset
ˈɒnˌsɛt, ˈɔn-on·set
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word onset.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
onsetnoun
An attack may be by word; an aggression is always by deed. An assault may be upon the person, an aggression is upon rights, possessions, etc. An invasion of a nation's territories is an act of aggression; an intrusion upon a neighboring estate is a trespass. Onslaught signifies intensely violent assault, as by an army or a desperado, tho it is sometimes used of violent speech.
Synonyms:
aggression, assault, attack, attack, encroachment, incursion, infringement, intrusion, invasion, onslaught, trespassAntonyms:
defense, repulsion, resistance, retreat, submission, surrenderPreposition:
The enemy made an attack upon (or on) our works.
Princeton's WordNet
onset, oncomingnoun
the beginning or early stages
"the onset of pneumonia"
attack, onslaught, onset, onrushnoun
(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
"the attack began at dawn"
Synonyms:
attempt, approach, attack, oncoming, onrush, bombardment, plan of attack, fire, blast, flak, onslaught, tone-beginning, flack, outpouring, barrage
Dictionary of English Synonymes
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "onset":
emergence, beginning, appearance, start, outbreak, occurrence, arrival, apparition, advent, commencement, early, outset, initiation
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#474 | start | |
#801 | early | |
#960 | fire | |
#1266 | approach | |
#1674 | beginning | |
#2262 | attack | |
#3056 | attempt | |
#4235 | appearance | |
#4484 | arrival | |
#6171 | assault | |
#6477 | blast | |
#7722 | invasion | |
#9403 | occurrence | |
#9984 | infringement | |
#11293 | commencement | |
#11553 | advent | |
#11826 | onset | |
#11830 | initiation | |
#12532 | emergence | |
#12999 | intrusion | |
#13609 | outbreak | |
#15217 | aggression | |
#20059 | outset | |
#30473 | onslaught | |
#33365 | trespass | |
#34340 | barrage | |
#38354 | bombardment | |
#39458 | encroachment | |
#43215 | flak | |
#44326 | flack | |
#50492 | apparition | |
#50731 | oncoming | |
#53663 | outpouring | |
#60311 | incursion | |
#289698 | onrush |
How to use onset in a sentence?
We are seeing a lot of civilian injuries, including children and the use of heavy explosive weaponry, people are moving into shelters and basements, which do not have proper sanitary conditions, and we are observing problems with the onset of winter. Hospitals and schools have been damaged by artillery fire, and the threat of COVID is straining the healthcare system even more.
We don't want patients to come to the hospital who are not acutely ill, many cardiac conditions can be handled with a phone call, with a video visit to their provider. What we're really talking about is the onset of unprovoked severe symptoms that come on and are unremitting.
They were established as risk factors in older cohorts of patients, but they do seem to be also associated with early-onset disease, and those are things like excess body weight, lack of physical activity, high consumption of processed meat and red meat, very high alcohol consumption.
It's okay to lose but not to get beaten by yourself from the onset.
The change is motivated by science demonstrating that the majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs early in the course of illness, generally in the 1-2 days prior to onset of symptoms and the 2-3 days after, the CDC's new recommendations will permit us to cope with all of this disturbance and to trim it down to allow people to come back to work earlier and safely at very low risk.
Translations for onset
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
Get even more translations for onset »
Translation
Find a translation for the onset synonym in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"onset." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 9 Jun 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/onset>.
Discuss these onset synonyms with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In