opening
Synonyms
aperture
gap
opportunity
space
commencement
initiation
start
inauguration
hole
fissure
chink
beginning
Antonyms
occlusion
obstruction
stopgap
unreasonableness
contretemps
inopportuneness
enclosure
termination
close
end
conclusion
O"pen*ing, n. 1. The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech. The opening of your glory was like that of light. Dryden. 2. A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole. We saw him at the opening of his tent. Shak. 3. Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for business. [Colloq.] Dickens. 4. A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings. [U.S.] Cooper.