"launch" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A motorboat with an open deck or a half deck (synset 103652737)
is a type of: motorboat, powerboat - a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine
The act of propelling with force (synset 100103960)
is a type of: actuation, propulsion - the act of propelling

subtypes: rocket firing, rocket launching - the launching of a rocket or missile under its own power

same as: launching

Verb

Set up or found (synset 202431950)
"She set up a literacy program"

is a type of: open, open up - start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning

same as: establish, found, set up
Propel with force (synset 201517287)
"launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship"

is a type of: impel, propel - cause to move forward with force
subtypes:
- float - put into the water
- blast off - launch with great force
Launch for the first time;
Launch on a maiden voyage (synset 201518047)
"launch a ship"

is a type of: launch, set in motion - get going; give impetus to
Begin with vigor (synset 200348572)
"He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"

is a type of: begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

same as: plunge

verb group: plunge - dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
Get going;
Give impetus to (synset 201517828)
"launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process"

is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

subtypes: launch - launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage

same as: set in motion
Smoothen the surface of (synset 201255927)
"launch plaster"

is a type of: smooth, smoothen - make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing