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| Main Entry: | trigger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to happen |
| Synonyms: | activate, bring about, cause, elicit, generate, produce, prompt, provoke, spark, start, give rise to, set in motion, set off |
| Antonyms: | block, check, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | activate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate something; start a function |
| Synonyms: | actuate, arouse, energize, impel, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, rouse, start, stimulate, stir, trigger, turn on, actify, call up, set in motion, switch on, take out of mothballs |
| 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: | energize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | activate; give more life |
| Synonyms: | animate, arm, build up, electrify, empower, enable, enliven, excite, fortify, invigorate, motivate, pep up, prime, quicken, reinforce, stimulate, strengthen, sustain, trigger, turn on, work up, zap*, actify, activize, goose*, innervate, inspirit, jazz up, juice up, liven up, pump up, put zip into, start up, switch on, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | deactivate, debilitate, sap, tire, weaken, weary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | father |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sire |
| Synonyms: | beget, conceive, create, dream up, engender, establish, found, generate, invent, originate, procreate, produce, spawn, trigger, sow the seeds of |
| Antonyms: | mother |
| Main Entry: | goad |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | egg on, incite |
| Synonyms: | animate, annoy, arouse, bully, coerce, drive, encourage, excite, exhort, force, harass, hound, impel, instigate, irritate, lash, move, needle*, press, prick*, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, sound, spark*, spur, stimulate, sting*, tease, thrust, trigger, turn on*, urge, whip*, work up, worry, fire up, goose*, inspirit, key up, put up to, rowel, sic |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, foment, force, forward, further, goad, impel, induce, inflame, influence, inspire, instigate, juice*, motivate, persuade, prick, promote, prompt, provoke, push, raise, rouse, set, solicit, spur, stimulate, taunt, trigger, urge, whip up*, work up*, fan the fire, get to*, inspirit, key up, psych, put up to, set off*, stir up, talk into |
| Antonyms: | delay, deter, discourage, prohibit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | affect, animate, arouse, carry, cause, elate, embolden, enliven, exalt, excite, exhilarate, galvanize, get*, hearten, imbue, impress, infect, inflame, influence, inform, infuse, instill, invigorate, motivate, occasion, produce, provoke, quicken, reassure, set up, spark, spur, stir, strike, sway, touch, trigger, urge, work up, be responsible for, commove, endue, enkindle, fire up, give impetus, give one an idea, give rise to, inspirit, start off |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invigorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, brace, buck up, energize, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, galvanize, harden, nerve, pep up, perk up, pick up, quicken, rally, refresh, reinforce, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rouse, stir, strengthen, trigger, turn on*, vivify, zap, inspirit, liven up, revitalize, snap up, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | bore, depress, dishearten, dull, enervate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump, handle |
| Synonyms: | bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, hump, knot, latch, lever, nub, projection, protrusion, protuberance, snag, stud, swell, swelling, trigger, tumor, doorknob, knurl, opener |
| Main Entry: | motivate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate, instigate |
| Synonyms: | actuate, arouse, bring, cause, dispose, draw, drive, egg on*, excite, fire, galvanize, goad, impel, incite, incline, induce, inspire, lead, move, persuade, pique, predetermine, predispose, prompt, propel, provoke, quicken, rouse, sound, spark, spur, suggest, sway, trigger, whet, give incentive, goose*, innervate, innerve, inspirit, prevail upon, set afoot, set astir, touch off |
| Antonyms: | depress, disconcert, discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | precipitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurry, speed |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, bring on, cast, discharge, dispatch, expedite, fling, further, hasten, hurl, launch, press, quicken, throw, trigger, let fly, push forward, send forth, speed up |
| Antonyms: | check, slow, wait |
| Main Entry: | spark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start, inspire |
| Synonyms: | animate, excite, kindle, precipitate, provoke, stimulate, stir, trigger, set in motion, set off, touch off |
| Antonyms: | cease, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | spur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incitement, stimulus |
| Synonyms: | catalyst, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, inducement, motivation, motive, needle*, prick, stimulant, trigger, urge, activation, actuation, excitant, goose*, incitation, turn-on |
| Antonyms: | curb, hindrance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | incite, prompt |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, awaken, countenance, drive, egg on*, exhort, favor, goad, impel, instigate, press, prick, prod, propel, push, rally, rouse, spark, stimulate, stir, trigger, turn on, urge, work up, fire up, goose*, key up, put up to, sic |
| Antonyms: | disapprove, discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stimulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, provoke |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, arouse, elate, encourage, energize, enliven, exhilarate, fan, fire, foment, foster, galvanize, goad, grab, hook, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, jazz*, juice*, motivate, move, perk, pique, prod, prompt, quicken, rouse, send, set up, spark, spirit, spur, support, trigger, turn on*, urge, vivify, whet, work up*, build a fire under, commove, dynamize, fire up, get one going, get one started, innervate, innerve, key up, steam up*, stir up, vitalize, wake up |
| Antonyms: | calm, depress, discourage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | begin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start |
| Synonyms: | activate, actualize, break the ice*, bring about, bring to pass, cause, commence, create, do, drive, effect, embark on, enter on, enter upon, establish, eventuate, found, generate, go ahead, go into, impel, inaugurate, induce, initiate, instigate, institute, introduce, launch, lead, make, motivate, mount, occasion, open, originate, prepare, produce, set up, trigger, undertake, break ground, get going, give birth to, give impulse, lay foundation for, make active, plunge into, set about, set in motion |
| Antonyms: | complete, conclude, consummate, end, finish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | initiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start, introduce |
| Synonyms: | admit, begin, break the ice*, come out with, come up with, commence, dream up, enter, inaugurate, induct, install, institute, invest, launch, make up, open, originate, pioneer, set up, take in, take up, trigger, get ball rolling, get feet wet, get under way, instate, intro, kick off*, set in motion, usher in |
| Antonyms: | close, conclude, end, finish, terminate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge a projectile, often to injure or kill |
| Synonyms: | bag*, barrage, blast, bombard, bring down, catapult, dispatch, emit, execute, expel, explode, fire, fling, gun, hit, hurl, ignite, kill, launch, loose, murder, plug, pop*, project, propel, pump*, trigger, zap*, drop the hammer, let fly, let go with, open fire, open up, pick off*, pull the trigger, set off, throw lead, torpedo |
| Antonyms: | backfire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prod |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | urge, incite |
| Synonyms: | crowd*, egg on*, excite, exhort, goad, impel, instigate, motivate, move, pique, prick, prompt, propel, provoke, push, remind, rouse, sound, spark, spur, stimulate, trigger, turn on, goose*, jog memory, sic, stir up |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate, excite |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, agitate, anger, animate, arouse, awaken, bug*, challenge, craze, deepen, disturb, enhance, enliven, exhilarate, foment, galvanize, heighten, incite, inflame, instigate, intensify, kindle, magnify, mount, move, needle, pep up*, pique, provoke, quicken, rally, redouble, rile, rise, startle, stir, trigger, urge, vivify, wake, whet, whip up*, work up, ask for it, bestir, fire up, get going, innervate, innerve, intensate, key up, make waves, steam up*, wake up, waken |
| Antonyms: | calm, dull, disenchant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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