PRE-HISTORY
PREHISTORIC
Entry: antique
Function: adjective
Definition: old
Synonyms: aged, ancient, elderly, prehistoric, superannuated
Antonyms: modern, new, recent, up-to-date
Concept: age (old)
Entry: primeval
Function: adjective
Definition: ancient
Synonyms: earliest, early, first, old, original, prehistoric, primal, primary, primitive, primordial, pristine
Concept: time (early)
Entry: primordial
Function: adjective
Definition: earliest
Synonyms: basic, early, elemental, first, fundamental, original, prehistoric, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, pristine, radical
Concept: time (early)ORIGINATE
Entry: originate
Function: verb
Definition: begin
Synonyms: arise, be born, begin, birth, come, come from, commence, dawn, derive, emanate, emerge, flow, hail from, issue, issue, proceed, result, rise, spring, start, stem
Concept: starting
Entry: originate
Function: verb
Definition: create
Synonyms: bring about, cause, coin, compose, conceive, develop, discover, evolve, father, form, formulate, found, generate, hatch, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, intro, introduce, invent, launch, make, open up, parent, pioneer, procreate, produce, set up, sire, spark, spawn, spitball, start, think up, usher in
Concept: creating
Entry: arise
Function: verb
Definition: happen
Synonyms: appear, begin, commence, crop up, derive, emanate, emerge, ensue, flow, follow, happen, head, issue, occur, originate, proceed, result, rise, set in, spring, start, stem
Antonyms: cease, disappear, end, fade, stop
Concept: starting
Entry: begin
Function: verb
Definition: start
Synonyms: activate, actualize, break ground, bring about, cause, commence, create, do, drive, effect, embark on, enter on, enter upon, establish, eventuate, found, generate, get going, give impulse, go ahead, go into, impel, inaugurate, induce, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, launch, lead, make, make active, motivate, mount, occasion, open, originate, plunge into, prepare, produce, set about, set up, trigger, undertake
Antonyms: end, conclude, stop, complete, finish
Concept: starting
Entry: begin
Function: verb
Definition: happen
Synonyms: appear, arise, be born, bud, come forth, come out, commence, crop up, dawn, derive from, emanate, emerge, enter, germinate, get going, happen, issue forth, kick off, make tick, occur, originate, proceed from, result from, rise, sail, send off, set, spring, sprout, start, stem from, take off
Antonyms: cease, stop, end, die
Concept: manifestation/exhibition
Entry: breed
Function: verb
Definition: generate
Synonyms: bear, beget, bring about, bring forth, cause, create, deliver, engender, father, give birth, give rise, hatch, impregnate, induce, make, multiply, originate, procreate, produce, progenerate, propagate, reproduce, sire
Antonyms: destroy, kill, eradicate
Concept: birth
Entry: build
Function: verb
Definition: initiate
Synonyms: base, begin, constitute, establish, formulate, found, inaugurate, institute, originate, set up, start
Antonyms: overturn, ruin
Concept: starting
Entry: cause
Function: verb
Definition: bring about
Synonyms: begin, bow, brainstorm, break in, breed, compel, cook up, create, dream up, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, fire up, generate, hatch, incite, induce, intro, kickoff, kindle, lead to, let, make, make up, motivate, muster, occasion, open, originate, precipitate, produce, provoke, result in, rev, secure, think up, work up
Antonyms: deter, foil, forestall, prevent, stop
Concept: starting
Entry: coin
Function: verb
Definition: create
Synonyms: brainstorm, compose, conceive, contrive, counterfeit, dream up, fabricate, forge, formulate, frame, head trip, invent, make up, manufacture, mint, mold, originate, spark, spitball, stamp, strike, think up, trump up
Concept: origin/source
Entry: come
AGE
Function: verb
Definition: approach
Synonyms: appear, arrive, attain, be accessible, be convenient, be handy, be obtainable, be ready, become, blow in, bob up, breeze in, burst, buzz, check in, clock in, close in, draw near, drop in, enter, fall by, fall in, flare, get, get in, happen, hit, hit town, make it, materialize, move, move towards, near, nigh, occur, originate, pop in, pop up, punch in, reach, ring in, roll in, show, show up, sign in, sky in, spring in, turn out, turn up
Antonyms: go, leave, depart, withdraw, go away
Concept: arrival
Entry: age
Function: noun
Definition: existence
Synonyms: adolescence, adulthood, boyhood, childhood, dotage, elderliness, girlhood, infancy, life, lifetime, majority, maturity, middle age, milestone, old age, senility, seniority, youth
Concept: stage of existence
Entry: age
Function: noun
Definition: period
Synonyms: aeon, blue moon, century, date, day, duration, epoch, era, generation, interim, interval, life, lifetime, span
Concept: time period (definite)
Entry: age
Function: verb
Definition: mature
Synonyms: decline, deteriorate, develop, get along, grow, grow feeble, grow old, grow up, mature, mellow, push, ripen, wane
Concept: age (old)
Entry: dotage
Function: noun
Definition: old age
Synonyms: advanced age, age, decrepitude, elderliness, fatuity, feebleness, imbecility, infirmity, second childhood, senectitude, senility, weakness
Antonyms: adolescence, youth
Concept: age (old)
Entry: old age
Function: noun
Definition: later life
Synonyms: advancing years, age, agedness, caducity, debility, declining years, decrepitude, dotage, elderliness, feebleness, gold age, gold years, gray power, infirmity, second childhood, senectitude, senescence, senility, years
Concept: age (old)
Entry: adult
Function: adjective
Definition: mature
Synonyms: developed, fully grown, grown, grown-up, of age, ripe, ripened
Antonyms: childlike, immature, juvenile, youthful, adolescent, infant, puerile
Concept: age (old)
Entry: antiquity
Function: noun
Definition: oldness
Synonyms: age, ancientness, antiqueness, archaicism, archaism, elderliness, hoariness, old age, venerableness
Concept: age (old)
Entry: antiquity
Function: noun
Definition: past
Synonyms: ancient time(s), classical times, former age, old days, olden days, remote time, time immemorial
Concept: time (past)
Entry: cycle
Function: noun
Definition: phase
Synonyms: aeon, age, alternation, chain, circle, circuit, course, era, isochronism, loop, orbit, period, periodicity, revolution, rhythm, ring, rotation, round, run, sequel, sequence, series, succession, wheel
Concept: stage of existence
Entry: develop
Function: verb
Definition: cultivate
Synonyms: advance, age, enroot, establish, evolve, expand, flourish, flourish, foster, grow, grow up, maturate, mature, mellow, progress, promote, prosper, ripe, ripen, thrive
Antonyms: die, regress, decline, halt, neglect
Concept: growth