Synonyms of inception

1 Syllable

well, dawn, start, birth, root, rise

2 Syllables

wellspring, onset, threshold, fountain, rootstock, kickoff, outset, hornbook, outstart, wellhead, radix, start-off, jump-off, fountains, siring, leadoff, jumpoff, lead-in, source, leadin, intro, creation, creations

3 Syllables

exordium, radicle, rhizome, origins, radixes, causation, infancy, beginning, origin, radices, geneses, nascency, causations, genesis, nascence

4 Syllables

introduction, causality, provenience, inaugural, commencement, instatement, initiations, provenance, curtain-raiser, causalities, derivations, incipiency, derivation, introductions, initiation, pupilage, incipience

5 Syllables

investiture, inauguration, incunabulum, interpolation, prolegomenon, interpolations