| Main Entry: | activate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate something; start a function |
Synonyms: |
actify, actuate, arouse, call up, energize, impel, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, rouse, set in motion, start, stimulate, stir, switch on, take out of mothballs, trigger, turn on |
| Notes: | when something is activated, it is made active; when something is actuated, it is moved to take action (or produce a consequence) to actuate is a general word meaning 'to set working' and has more to do with mechanical action - while activate is used mainly in scientific expressions |
Antonyms: |
arrest, stop |
| Main Entry: | draft |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select for military force |
Synonyms: |
call up, choose, conscribe, conscript, dragoon, enlist, enroll, impress, indite, induct, muster, press, recruit, sign on, sign up |
| Main Entry: | enlist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sign up for responsibility |
Synonyms: |
admit, appoint, assign, attract, call to arms, call up, conscribe, conscript, draft, embody, employ, engage, enroll, enter, enter into, gather, get, hire, hitch, incorporate, induct, initiate, inscribe, interest, join, join up, levy, list, mobilize, muster, oblige, obtain, place, press into service, procure, record, recruit, register, reserve, secure, serve, sign on, take on, volunteer |
Antonyms: |
avoid, dodge, shun |
| Main Entry: | enroll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sign up for membership |
Synonyms: |
accept, admit, become student, call up, employ, engage, enlist, enter, join, join up, matriculate, muster, obtain, recruit, register, serve, sign on, subscribe, take course, take on |
Antonyms: |
avoid, dodge, ignore, pass, reject |
| Main Entry: | evocative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suggestive |
Synonyms: |
calling up, expressive, graphic, redolent, remindful of, reminiscent, resonant with |
| Main Entry: | levy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assess, impose |
Synonyms: |
call, call up, charge, collect, demand, exact, extort, gather, lay on, place, put on, raise, set, summon, tax, wrest, wring |
Antonyms: |
disapprove, veto |
| Main Entry: | mobilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ready for action, movement |
Synonyms: |
activate, actuate, animate, assemble, call to arms, call up, catalyze, circulate, drive, gather, get ready, impel, make ready, marshal, muster, organize, prepare, propel, put in motion, rally, ready, set in motion, set off |
Antonyms: |
check, demobilize, end, halt, hold back, stop |
| Main Entry: | muster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather, come together |
Synonyms: |
assemble, call together, call up, collect, congregate, congress, convene, convoke, enroll, enter, group, join up, marshal, meet, mobilize, organize, raise, rally, rendezvous, round up, sign on, sign up, summon |
Antonyms: |
divide, remove, separate, throw away |
| Main Entry: | recall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remember |
Synonyms: |
arouse, awaken, bethink, bring to mind, call to mind, call up, cite, come to one, educe, elicit, evoke, extract, flash, flash on, look back, mind, nail it down, recollect, reestablish, reinstate, reintroduce, remind, reminisce, renew, retain, retrospect, revive, ring a bell, rouse, stir, strike a note, summon, think back, think of, waken |
Antonyms: |
forget |
| Main Entry: | recruit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather resources |
Synonyms: |
augment, better, build up, call to arms, call up, deliver, draft, engage, enlist, enroll, fill up, find human resources, gain, impress, improve, induct, levy, mobilize, muster, obtain, procure, proselytize, raise, reanimate, recoup, recover, recuperate, refresh, regain, reinforce, renew, repair, replenish, repossess, restore, retrieve, revive, round up, select, sign on, sign up, store up, strengthen, supply, take in, take on, win over |