Antonyms for operate
ˈɒp əˌreɪtop·er·ate

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1. operate

   Antonyms:
   cease, rest, fail, misoperate

   Synonyms:
   act, work, produce, effect, produce an effect, have effect

Matched Categories

1. • Direct
   • Manipulate

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1. operate, runverb

   direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.

   "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"

   Synonyms:
   course, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, run away, move, turn tail, operate on, range, lean, run, guide, function, lead, lam, maneuver, flow, melt down, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, execute, consort, manoeuvre, feed, control, carry, scarper, go, unravel, manoeuver, play, die hard, race, pass, run for, black market, mesh, lock, persist, incline, draw, hightail it, bleed, be given, prevail, campaign, tend, escape, ladder, ply, engage, melt

2. function, work, operate, go, runverb

   perform as expected when applied

   "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"

   Synonyms:
   lick, function, perish, break away, give way, hold out, hunt, run, endure, lead, give out, unravel, carry, fit, travel, take to the woods, last, die, track down, mold, go away, act, snuff it, go, bunk, run away, solve, act upon, turn tail, head for the hills, run low, do work, plump, fly the coop, prevail, process, execute, mould, wreak, incline, drop dead, put to work, course, tend, work, scarper, blend in, run short, croak, get going, control, ferment, range, serve, work out, pass away, consort, live, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, blend, flow, hunt down, knead, scat, bring, break, figure out, escape, form, rifle, locomote, lock, exploit, run for, lean, belong, make, give-up the ghost, go bad, survive, cultivate, manoeuvre, melt down, get, be given, turn, expire, ladder, draw, become, bleed, manoeuver, persist, live on, campaign, forge, move, influence, engage, pop off, sound, fail, conk out, extend, start, depart, operate on, decease, puzzle out, play, hold up, proceed, break down, lam, melt, crop, exit, conk, work on, exercise, buy the farm, ply, hightail it, sour, feed, choke, race, guide, die hard, pass, shape, make for, mesh, officiate, black market, maneuver

3. operate, controlverb

   handle and cause to function

   "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"

   Synonyms:
   go, manoeuvre, see, hold in, ascertain, moderate, maneuver, control, mesh, hold, function, manipulate, work, manoeuver, engage, keep in line, run, assure, master, check, lock, operate on, see to it, command, insure, ensure, curb, verify, contain

4. manoeuver, maneuver, manoeuvre, operateverb

   perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense

   Synonyms:
   go, manoeuver, maneuver, control, mesh, head, function, guide, engage, direct, channelize, run, lock, operate on, channelise, work, steer, point, manoeuvre

5. operateverb

   happen

   "What is going on in the minds of the people?"

   Synonyms:
   lock, maneuver, manoeuver, mesh, manoeuvre, engage, go, function, work, control, run, operate on

6. engage, mesh, lock, operateverb

   keep engaged

   "engaged the gears"

   Synonyms:
   engross, affiance, enlist, plight, operate on, run, function, lock, hire, interlace, maneuver, take, employ, lock up, shut up, ensnarl, enmesh, pursue, control, manoeuver, go, prosecute, manoeuvre, lease, shut away, charter, betroth, mesh, wage, rent, work, lock in, lock away, absorb, occupy, interlock, put away, engage

7. operate on, operateverb

   perform surgery on

   "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"

   Synonyms:
   lock, operate on, run, manoeuvre, engage, manoeuver, go, function, work, control, mesh, maneuver

How to use operate in a sentence?

1. Lucy Platt:

   Police frequently failed to act on sex workers' reports of such crimes, or blamed and arrested sex workers themselves, meaning that offenders could operate with impunity and sex workers were reluctant to report to the police in [ the ] future.

2. General John Nicholson:

   The Taliban are a medium within which these transnational groups operate.

3. Michael Manazir:

   We’re doing a business case analysis right now about if you put more funding in the X-47B, whether you can get any more out of the original design, we continue to fund the other elements of this besides the air system itself, so we’re still able to advance the technology that will allow us to operate unmanned systems from our carriers and also from the carrier strike group.

4. John Kerry:

   I operate on the presumption that Iran is a fundamental danger, that they are engaged in negative activities throughout the [Middle East] region, that they’re destabilizing places, and that they consider Israel a fundamental enemy at this moment in time.

5. James Mattis:

   China's militarization of the South China Sea and aggressive action in international waters destabilizes the region and threatens shared efforts to promote security, the US will fly, sail, and operate wherever international law allows, and we encourage all nations to confidently exercise their right to do the same.

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