Synonyms of the word instigate


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instigate

  • v. To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite.

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.

get

  • v. (transitive) To obtain; to acquire.
  • v. (transitive) To receive.
  • v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
  • v. (copulative) To become.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
  • v. (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to do.
  • v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses…
  • v. (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to be in a certain status or position.
  • v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
  • v. (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
  • v. (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
  • v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity…
  • v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it).
  • v. (transitive, informal) To be subjected to.
  • v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
  • v. (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
  • v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
  • v. (transitive) To find as an answer.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
  • v. (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
  • v. (transitive) To getter.
  • v. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
  • v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
  • v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
  • v. (imperative, informal) Go away; get lost.
  • v. (euphemistic) To kill.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
  • n. Offspring.
  • n. Lineage.
  • n. (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
  • n. Something gained.
  • n. (Britain, regional) A git.
  • n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.

have

  • v. (transitive) To possess, own, hold.
  • v. (transitive) To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
  • v. (transitive) To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
  • v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.
  • v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) must.
  • v. (transitive) To give birth to.
  • v. (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
  • v. (transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
  • v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
  • v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
  • v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is…
  • v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
  • v. Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion,…
  • v. (Britain, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
  • v. (Ireland) To be able to speak a language.
  • v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
  • v. To be afflicted with, to suffer from, to experience something negative.
  • v. To trick, to deceive.
  • v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow.
  • v. (transitive) To host someone.

incite

  • v. To rouse, stir up or excite.

induce

  • v. (transitive) To lead by persuasion or influence; incite.
  • v. (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
  • v. (physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.
  • v. (transitive, logic) To infer by induction.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To lead in, bring in, introduce.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To draw on, place upon.

inspire

  • v. (transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural…
  • v. (transitive) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what…
  • v. (intransitive) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
  • v. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
  • v. (archaic, transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
  • v. (transitive) To spread rumour indirectly.

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.

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.

provoke

  • v. (transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
  • v. (transitive) To bring about a reaction.
  • v. (obsolete) To appeal.

stimulate

  • v. To encourage into action.
  • v. To arouse an organism to functional activity.

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