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Main Entry: incite
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: encourage, provoke

Synonyms:

abet, activate, actuate, agitate, animate, arouse, coax, craze, drive, egg on, encourage, excite, exhort, fan the fire, foment, force, forward, further, get to, goad, impel, induce, inflame, influence, inspire, inspirit, instigate, juice*, key up, motivate, persuade, prick, promote, prompt, provoke, psych, push, put up to, raise, rouse, set, set off, solicit, spur, stimulate, stir up, talk into, taunt, trigger, urge, whip up, work up
Notes: incite means to provoke or stir up while insight means clear or deep perception of a situation

Antonyms:

delay, deter, discourage, prohibit
Main Entry: abet
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: assist, help in wrongdoing

Synonyms:

advocate, back, condone, egg on, encourage, endorse, goad, incite, instigate, prod, promote, provoke, sanction, spur, support, urge

Antonyms:

counter, deter, discourage, frustrate, hinder, hurt, impede, obstruct, resist
Main Entry: actuate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: start a function or action, motivate

Synonyms:

activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on, energize, excite, fire up, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, key up, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, put up to, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, turn on, work into lather, work up
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:

impede, stop
Main Entry: agitate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disturb, trouble someone

Synonyms:

alarm, argue, arouse, bug up, bug*, burn up, confuse, craze*, debate, discompose, disconcert, discuss, dispute, disquiet, distract, disturb, egg on, examine, excite, ferment, flurry, fluster, get to, incite, inflame, make flip, move, perturb, psych, push buttons, rouse, ruffle, spook, stimulate, stir, trouble, turn on, unhinge, upset, ventilate, work up, worry

Antonyms:

calm, not bother, quiet, soothe
Main Entry: animate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bring to life

Synonyms:

activate, arouse, cheer, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, exalt, excite, fire, gladden, hearten, impel, incite, inform, inspire, inspirit, instigate, invigorate, kindle, liven, make alive, move, quicken, revive, revivify, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, vitalize, vivify

Antonyms:

deaden, discourage, kill
Main Entry: arouse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: excite, entice

Synonyms:

agitate, alert, animate, awaken, call, challenge, electrify, enliven, fire up, foment, foster, goad, heat up, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, move, provoke, rally, rouse, send, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, thrill, turn on, wake up, waken, warm, whet, whip up, work up

Antonyms:

bore, calm, lull, quiet
Main Entry: awake
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: become or make aware

Synonyms:

activate, alert, animate, arouse, awaken, call forth, enliven, excite, incite, kindle, provoke, revive, stimulate, stir up, vivify

Antonyms:

deaden, lull
Main Entry: awaken
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make conscious or alert

Synonyms:

activate, animate, arouse, awake, call, enliven, excite, fan, incite, kindle, pile out, provoke, rally, revive, rise and shine, roll out, rouse, show a leg, stimulate, stir up, turn out, vivify, wake

Antonyms:

deaden, go to sleep, hypnotize
Main Entry: cause
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bring into being; bring about

Synonyms:

be at the bottom of, begin, brainstorm*, break in, break the ice, breed, bring to pass, come out with, compel, cook up, create, dream up, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, fire up, generate, get things rolling, give rise to, hatch, incite, induce, introduce, kickoff, kindle, lead to, let, make, make up, motivate, muster, occasion, open, originate, precipitate, produce, provoke, result in, revert, secure, sow the seeds, start the ball rolling, think up, work up
Main Entry: cheer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make someone feel happier

Synonyms:

animate, brace up, brighten, buck up, buoy, comfort, console, elate, elevate, embolden, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, give a lift, gladden, hearten, help, incite, inspirit, let the sun shine in, perk up, pick up, put on cloud nine, put on top of the world, snap out of it, solace, steel, strengthen, uplift, upraise, warm

Antonyms:

bring down, depress, dishearten, make unhappy
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