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Showing words for ONSET using the English dictionary

5 Letter Words for Onset

notes, onset, seton, steno, stone, tenso, tones

4 Letter Words for Onset

ento, eons, eton, nest, nets, noes, nose, note, nots, ones, onst, sent, snot, sone, sten, tens, toes, tone, tons, tose

3 Letter Words for Onset

ens, eon, eos, est, neo, net, nos, not, oes, one, ons, ont, ose, sen, set, son, sot, ten, tes, toe, ton, tos

Definitions for Onset

[1] a beginning or start: the onset of winter.
[2] an assault or attack: an onset of the enemy.
[3] Phonetics . the segment of a syllable preceding the nucleus, as the gr in great. Compare coda(def 5) , core1(def 14) .
[4] an attack; assault
[5] a start; beginning

Words related to Onset

outbreak, onslaught, outset, dawning, commencement, origin, rush, opening, aggression, offensive, assault, kickoff, access, start, charge, onrush, seizure, birth, incipience, inception

Words nearby Onset

onondagan, onr, onrush, ons, onsager, onset, onshore, onshoring, onside, onside kick, onslaught

Origin of Onset

1525–35; on + set, after the verb phrase set on

Synonyms for Onset

commencement, dawning, onslaught, outbreak, outset, access, aggression, assault, birth, charge, dawn, encounter, inception, incipience, kickoff, offense, offensive, onrush, opening, origin, rush, seizure, start, assailment, onfall, outstart