"kickoff" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

(football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score (synset 100242374)
referred to in: football, football game - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
is a type of:
- place kick, place-kicking - (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking
- beginning, commencement, start - the act of starting something
The time at which something is supposed to begin (synset 115290329)
"they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her"

is a type of: point, point in time - an instant of time
subtypes:
- birth - the time when something begins (especially life)
- incipience, incipiency - beginning to exist or to be apparent
- starting point, terminus a quo - earliest limiting point
- threshold - the starting point for a new state or experience
same as: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time
A start given to contestants (synset 107344168)
"I was there with my parents at the kickoff"

is a type of: start - the beginning of anything

same as: send-off, start-off