Noun

• S: (n) starter, starter motor, starting motor (an electric motor for starting an engine)
• S: (n) starter (a contestant in a team sport who is in the game at the beginning)
• S: (n) starter, dispatcher (the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition)
• S: (n) newcomer, fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant (any new participant in some activity)
• S: (n) appetizer, appetiser, starter (food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course))
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) course (part of a meal served at one time) "she prepared a three course meal"
• S: (n) nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals (a source of materials to nourish the body)
• S: (n) food, nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)
• S: (n) substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties) "shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man"
• S: (n) matter (that which has mass and occupies space) "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• S: (n) crank, starter (a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle)
• S: (n) starter (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"