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starter has 13 distinct synonyms spread across 5 of its 7 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
an electric motor for starting an engine
a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning
the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition
a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
a culture containing yeast or bacteria that is used to start the process of fermentation or souring in making butter or cheese or dough
“to make sourdough you need a starter”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for starter come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.