opener
Bottle cap remover
An opener is anything that opens something else, whether a tool like a bottle opener or can opener, or a person who initiates an action.
In sports, the opener is the first game of a series or season.
In conversation, an opener is a remark designed to start a dialogue: He tried a few openers but she wasn't interested.
The opener in a show or concert is the act that performs first, before the headliner.
Tool for opening bottles
- tabProjection for gripping
- leverPivoting bar for lifting
- ring-pullCan opening mechanism
- multi-toolPortable combined implement set
Preliminary section or presentation
premiere · prelude · prologue · outset · commencement · curtain-raiser · lead-off · icebreaker
Distant or controller
- keypadButton array for input
- sensorInput-detecting device
- automaticOperating without intervention
- sesameOilseed for tahini
entry · access · threshold · gateway · latch · handle · deadbolt · lockset
Return to consciousness
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- realizationGrasping what's true
- discoveryAct of finding something
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
enlightenment · breakthrough · clarity · disclosure · unveiling · surprise · shock
Central theme or speech
- ribbon-cuttingCeremonial opening event
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- preamblePreliminary statement before content
salutation · greeting · toast
corkscrew
Tool for opening bottles
multi-tool · prybar · peeler · key · gadget
introduction
Preliminary section or presentation
debut · premiere · prelude · prologue · outset · commencement · curtain-raiser · lead-off · icebreaker · gambit
remote
Distant or controller
sesame · entry · access · threshold · gateway · latch · handle · deadbolt · lockset · doorbell
awakening
Return to consciousness
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- realizationGrasping what's true
- discoveryAct of finding something
insight · enlightenment · breakthrough · clarity · disclosure · unveiling · surprise · shock
keynote
Central theme or speech
- ribbon-cuttingCeremonial opening event
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
preamble · salutation · greeting · toast
lead-off
First in sequence
- curtain-raiserPreliminary theatrical performance
- musical actsband, group, duo, trio, quartet
- openerscorkscrew, church key, churchkey, wine key, pull tab
- Anglingfly rods, rods, reels, reel, bait
- concert billingheadliner, main act, co-headliner, support act, supporting act
- show openersoverture, curtain raiser, preshow, warm-up act, first act
- sports bettingodds, bets, bookmaker, bet, sportsbook
openercloser
One who concludes
finale · closing act · ender · finisher · closing number
- open upReveal inner thoughts
- wide openFully accessible, unrestricted
- can openerTool for accessing canned goods
- open mindAbsence of prejudgment
- open doorBarrier removed for entry
- open the doorAllow passage through
open, opening, openly, opened, opens, openness, reopen, unopened, openers