embarked
Began the voyage
Embarked is the past tense of embark, meaning to board a ship or aircraft: We embarked at dawn.
More often, embarked appears with "on" or "upon" to indicate beginning a journey, venture, or undertaking: She embarked on a new career, They embarked upon an ambitious project.
The word carries a sense of setting forth into something significant.
Journey by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- questSeeking journey for something
trek · excursion · safari · crossing · departure · transit · navigation · itinerary
Set into motion
- liftoffMoment of ascent
- missionPurpose-driven task
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
orbit · spacecraft · shuttle · capsule · trajectory · NASA · payload · propulsion
To set underway
launch · inaugurate · onset · outset · genesis · kickoff · debut · foundation
Traveling through unknown regions
- discoveryAct of finding something
- questSeeking journey for something
- unchartedNot yet documented
- daringAdventurous courage
frontier · wilderness · explorer · adventurous · pioneering · bold · intrepid · unknown
voyage
Journey by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
quest · trek · excursion · safari · crossing · departure · transit · navigation · itinerary · globetrotting
launch
Set into motion
countdown · orbit · spacecraft · shuttle · capsule · trajectory · NASA · payload · propulsion · ignition
commence
To set underway
undertake · launch · inaugurate · onset · outset · genesis · kickoff · debut · foundation · venture
exploration
Traveling through unknown regions
daring · frontier · wilderness · explorer · adventurous · pioneering · bold · intrepid · unknown · risk-taking
embarkedabandoned
Left behind completely
quit · stopped · concluded · terminated · gave up
embarkedremained
Stayed in place
stayed behind · stayed put · stayed · lingered · held back
embark, disembark, embarks, embarking, embarkation, disembarking, disembarked, disembarks, reembark