Definitions For Onset

noun

  • (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
  • The beginning or early stages
  • The beginning of something

Is Onsets a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
6
Words with Friends
7

The word Onset is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Onset in a Sentence

  • The walls withstood the onset of the first battalion
  • The claim that if you take enough vitamin C at the onset of a cold, you'll often recover faster

Synonyms for Onset

attack
onrush
onslaught
oncoming

Antonyms for Onsets

close
conclusion
end
ending
omega
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