Triggers synonym | Thesaurus.com

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:	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

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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

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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

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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, 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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:	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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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