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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'agitate'

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1. (verb) agitate, foment, stir up
try to stir up public opinion
Synonyms: fight, wake, fire up, commove, turn on, shake up, ignite, agitate, shake, rouse, disturb, vex, stir, campaign, excite, stir up, inflame, charge, shift, instigate, foment, raise up, press, incite, charge up, crusade, set off, push, budge, heat
Antonyms: quieten, tranquilize, lull, calm down, tranquillize, calm, quiet, tranquillise, still

2. (verb) agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
Synonyms: fight, trip out, crusade, excite, institutionalize, disturb, trip, level, shake up, shake, depend upon, get off, commove, commit, rout out, press, agitate, blame, appoint, wake up, stir, wake, load, shift, energise, point, stimulate, consign, hinge on, arouse, drive out, sex, buck, saddle, vex, accuse, institutionalise, tear, lodge, ride, depend on, bill, file, devolve on, budge, hinge upon, energize, bestir, waken, turn on, charge, bear down, wind up, shoot down, charge up, rouse, awaken, burden, shoot, force out, push, foment, campaign, send, stir up, raise up, switch on
Antonyms: quieten, quiet, lull, calm, calm down, tranquillise, still, tranquilize, tranquillize

3. (verb) crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate
exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
Synonyms: fight, tug, excite, iron out, press out, crowd, raise up, shake up, shake, commove, run, press, vex, agitate, advertize, adjure, stir, budge, shift, urge on, weight-lift, promote, foment, turn on, rouse, compress, urge, struggle, oppose, entreat, contend, beseech, contract, iron, crusade, defend, fight back, squeeze, charge, compact, bear on, drive, exhort, labor, force, stir up, bid, charge up, push, fight down, campaign, take the field, weigh, conjure, constrict, disturb, advertise, weightlift, labour
Antonyms: quiet, calm down, lull, quieten, tranquillise, calm, tranquillize, still, tranquilize

4. (verb) stir, shift, budge, agitate
move very slightly
Synonyms: fight, touch, shake up, charge, excite, arouse, put forward, raise up, shake, transfer, commove, tilt, vex, agitate, stir, call down, conjure, stimulate, switch, rouse, budge, bring up, campaign, conjure up, reposition, invoke, raise, turn on, pitch, lurch, call forth, change over, careen, shift, wobble, dislodge, evoke, charge up, push, foment, crusade, change, press, stir up, disturb
Antonyms: tranquillise, still, tranquillize, quieten, lull, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, calm

5. (verb) shake, agitate
move or cause to move back and forth
Synonyms: foment, commove, turn on, shake up, escape from, agitate, judder, rouse, disturb, sway, charge up, stir, campaign, shift, crusade, rock, shake, stir up, charge, raise up, throw off, didder, shake off, budge, press, vex, stimulate, excite, push, fight
Antonyms: calm down, lull, tranquillize, calm, quieten, still, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillise

6. (verb) agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
change the arrangement or position of
Synonyms: fight, touch, crusade, succuss, excite, stick, perplex, disturb, get, nark, irritate, shake up, shake, mystify, flummox, commove, inflame, bother, press, agitate, rile, gravel, stir, nonplus, wake, shift, instigate, stimulate, reorganise, get to, dumbfound, rouse, fire up, reorganize, interrupt, vex, heat, nettle, baffle, chafe, get at, trouble, beat, fluff up, ignite, budge, amaze, turn on, charge, annoy, bump around, upset, charge up, incite, jar, puzzle, bewilder, rag, push, foment, campaign, stupefy, worry, stir up, raise up, plump up, pose, devil, set off
Antonyms: lull, still, tranquilize, quiet, calm, tranquillize, calm down, tranquillise, quieten

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'agitate'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. agitate
A thing is shaken which is subjected to short and abruptly checked movements, as forward and backward, up and down, from side to side, etc. A tree is "shaken with a mighty wind;" a man slowly sh
Synonyms: shake, agitate, jar, quake, shiver, totter, brandish, joggle, quaver, shudder, tremble, flap, jolt, quiver, sway, vibrate, fluctuate, jounce, reel, swing, wave, flutter, oscillate, rock, thrill, waver

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