Avail and Start

Avail

Avail noun - The capacity for being useful for some purpose.

Start and avail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Start" instead a noun "Avail".

Start

Start noun - The point at which something begins.

Avail and start are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avail" instead a noun "Start".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Not... SON OF A... [Klingon guards start shooting wildly to no avail] Kirk: [rematerializing back on Enterprise] SON OF A BI... BI... BI... Dammit to hell!
  • Chairman of the Brawl A blink and you miss it moment at the start of Batman: Arkham City while Bruce Wayne is being transferred into Arkham City, you can turn and see Black Mask defending himself with a chair against some TYGER guards to no avail.
  • The Worf Barrage Goldberg protests to no avail (Karp, at least, was definitely looking forward to it) and when the pucks start firing he starts screaming bloody murder...until he realizes the shots don't really hurt and starts laughing and taunting them to shoot harder.
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Start and Avail. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avail/start
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Start or Avail. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/avail/start.
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