Synonyms of the word

actuate

• v. (transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
• v. (transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.

activate

• v. To put into action, to put to work.
• v. To turn on.

cause

• n. (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action;…
• n. (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
• n. (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
• n. (obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
• n. (countable, obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
• n. (countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his…
• v. To set off an event or action.
• v. To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
• v. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

do

• v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
• v. (transitive) To perform; to execute.
• v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
• v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
• v. (transitive) To have (as an effect).
• v. (intransitive) To fare; to succeed or fail.
• v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
• v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
• v. To cook.
• v. (transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
• v. (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
• v. (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order,…
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
• v. (transitive) (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
• v. (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
• v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
• v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
• v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
• v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it).
• v. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
• v. (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
• v. (Britain, dated, intransitive) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
• v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
• v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
• v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
• v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
• v. (transitive) To take drugs.
• v. (idomatic, transitive, in the form be doing [somewhere]) to have a purpose or reason.
• n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
• n. (informal) A hairdo.
• n. (colloquial, obsolete) A period of confusion or argument.
• n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
• n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
• n. (archaic) ado; bustle; stir; to-do.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
• n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
• adv. (rare) Abbreviation of ditto.

incite

• v. To rouse, stir up or excite.

initiate

• adj. (obsolete) Unpractised; untried; new.
• adj. (obsolete) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.
• n. A new member of an organization.
• n. One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
• v. (transitive) To begin; to start.
• v. To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
• v. To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
• v. (intransitive) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.

make

• v. (transitive, heading) To create.
• v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
• v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
• v. To constitute.
• v. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
• v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
• v. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
• v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
• v. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
• v. (transitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
• v. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
• v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
• v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
• v. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
• v. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
• v. To appoint; to name.
• v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
• v. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
• v. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
• v. To enact; to establish.
• v. To develop into; to prove to be.
• v. To form or formulate in the mind.
• v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in…
• v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
• v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
• v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
• v. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
• n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
• n. How a thing is made; construction.
• n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
• n. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
• n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
• n. A person's character or disposition.
• n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
• n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
• n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…
• n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
• n. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
• n. (slang, military) A promotion.
• n. A home-made project.
• n. (basketball) A made basket.
• n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
• n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.

motivate

• v. (transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage.
• v. (transitive) To animate; to propel; to cause to take action.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

pioneer

• n. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
• n. A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
• n. (obsolete, military) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as…
• n. A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
• n. (communism) A child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming…
• v. To go before and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.

prompt

• adj. (archaic) Ready, willing (to act).
• adj. Quick, acting without delay.
• adj. On time, punctual.
• n. A reminder or cue.
• n. (business, dated) A time limit given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying…
• n. (computing) A symbol that appears on a monitor to indicate that the computer is ready to receive input.
• n. (writing) A suggestion for inspiration given to an author.
• v. (transitive) To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do.
• v. (transitive, theater and television) To show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying,…
• v. (transitive) To initiate; to cause or lead to.

propel

• v. To cause to move in a certain direction.
• v. To make to arrive to a certain situation or result.

spark

• n. A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.
• n. A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
• n. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
• n. (figuratively) A small amount of something, such as an idea, that has the potential to become something…
• n. (in plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator.
• n. (Britain, slang) An electrician.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).
• v. (transitive) To light; to kindle.
• v. (intransitive) To give off a spark or sparks.
• n. A gallant, a foppish young man.
• n. A beau, lover.
• v. To woo, court.

trigger

• n. A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
• n. A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
• n. An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
• n. A concept or image that upsets somebody.
• n. (psychology) An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action in a person.
• n. (electronics) A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
• n. (databases) An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically…
• n. (online gaming) A text string that, when received by a player, will cause the player to execute a certain…
• n. (archaic) A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
• v. (transitive) To fire a weapon.
• v. (transitive) To initiate something.
• v. (transitive) To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone).

trip

• n. A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
• n. A stumble or misstep.
• n. (figuratively) An error; a failure; a mistake.
• n. A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
• n. A faux pas, a social error.
• n. Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
• n. (engineering) A mechanical cutout device.
• n. (electricity) A trip-switch or cut-out.
• n. A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
• n. (obsolete) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
• n. The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
• n. (nautical) A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, Scotland, dialect) A herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
• n. (obsolete) A troop of men; a host.
• n. A flock of wigeons.
• v. (intransitive) To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot.
• v. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble.
• v. (intransitive) To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety,…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.
• v. (transitive) To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
• v. (intransitive) To be activated, as by a signal or an event.
• v. (intransitive) To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.
• v. (intransitive) To journey, to make a trip.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip.
• v. (nautical) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
• v. (nautical) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
• adj. (poker slang) Of or relating to trips.