starter

Meaning

1. Someone who starts, or who starts something.
2. Someone who starts, or who starts something.
3. Someone who starts, or who starts something.
4. Someone who starts, or who starts something.
5. Something that starts something.
6. Something that starts something.
7. Something that starts something.
8. Something with which to begin; a first property, etc.
9. The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
10. A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
11. A dog that rouses game.
12. A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy.
13. A railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or some other location, more fully called a starter signal or starting signal.

Synonyms

appetizer

beginner

🔰

appetiser

neophyte

starting motor

dispatcher

novice

newcomer

newbie

fledgeling

hors d'oeuvre

self-starter

initiator

fledgling

antipasto

freshman

crank

snack

starter motor

starting signal

entrant

start

throttle

abecedarian

trigger

tyro

actuating device

initial value

starting value

starting pitcher

flagwaving

gas-feed

starting handle

starter gear

starting arrangement

starting device

starting engine

cranking motor

motor starter

original value

engine starter

starting vessel

pilot guide bit

initiating mechanism

starting machine

starting equipment

starting apparatus

hors d'œuvre

tiro

amateur

apprentice

consigner

consignor

controller

crank handle

first course

flagman

gas pedal

hauler

hoist

ignition

initiate

instigator

launcher

leader

leavening

originator

rookie

sender

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstɑː.tə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From start + -er.

Sentences

A football player , he was a starter on Wyoming's Sugar Bowl team .