Disadvantage
Disadvantage noun - A feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success.
Usage example: their lack of height was a disadvantage on the basketball court
Start is an antonym for disadvantage.
Nearby Word: disadvantageous
Start
Start noun - The point at which something begins.
How words are described
| initial | initial disadvantage | initial start |
| real | real disadvantage | real start |
| massive | massive disadvantage | massive start |
| big | big disadvantage | big start |
| Other adjectives: great, huge, slight, bad, main, possible, significant, sudden, bigger. | ||
Common collocations
| character | disadvantage character | start character |
Both words in one sentence
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Most people have never heard of its real-life equivalent, Ceres, giving it a disadvantage from the start.
- Earth Federation tank crews tend to go several steps beyond Zeon mobile suit pilots, though, because they know they're at a disadvantage to start with.
Source: Combat Pragmatist / Fan Fiction - Characters with the "Cannot Kill" disadvantage can start fights and use any tactics they like, but they cannot kill, or be responsible for a death, or leave a wounded enemy to die.
Source: Thou Shalt Not Kill
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Start and Disadvantage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/disadvantage/start
Disadvantage & Start. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/disadvantage/start>.
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