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Synonyms for activate
ˈæk təˌveɪtac·ti·vate

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. activateverb

    Synonyms:
    actuate

    Antonyms:
    deactivate

  2. activateverb

    To put into action, to put to work.

    Synonyms:
    actuate

    Antonyms:
    deactivate

  3. activateverb

    To turn on.

    Synonyms:
    actuate

    Antonyms:
    deactivate

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch offverb

    put in motion or move to act

    "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

    Synonyms:
    jaunt, trip out, start, incite, detonate, offset, get off, motivate, spark, trip up, propel, take off, explode, instigate, trigger off, move, part, trigger, trip, depart, set off, stumble, prompt, turn on, spark off, touch off, blow up, bring out, travel, start out, sparkle, set forth, actuate, stir up, cancel, aerate, set out

    Antonyms:
    deactivate, inactivate

  2. activateverb

    make active or more active

    "activate an old file"

    Synonyms:
    set off, trigger, actuate, trigger off, spark, trip, spark off, aerate, touch off

    Antonyms:
    deactivate, inactivate

  3. activateverb

    make more adsorptive

    "activate a metal"

    Synonyms:
    set off, trigger, actuate, trigger off, spark, trip, spark off, aerate, touch off

    Antonyms:
    deactivate, inactivate

  4. activate, aerateverb

    aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter

    Synonyms:
    set off, trigger, actuate, oxygenize, trigger off, air out, spark, oxygenise, oxygenate, trip, spark off, air, aerate, touch off

    Antonyms:
    inactivate, deactivate

  5. activateverb

    make (substances) radioactive

    Synonyms:
    set off, trigger, actuate, trigger off, spark, trip, spark off, aerate, touch off

    Antonyms:
    deactivate, inactivate

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PPDB, the paraphrase database3.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "activate":

    enable, activating, active, trigger, activation, actuate, effectuating, enabled, turn

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How to use activate in a sentence?

  1. Wendy Suzuki:

    When you slow your breath down, you activate a part of your nervous system devoted to de-stressing you.

  2. Lawrence Blatt:

    If we can in the same time we're giving direct antivirals and blocking( virus) replication, activate the immune system and wake it up, maybe we can cause patients to clear HBV.

  3. Margaret Scharle:

    Once you’ve been blocked so many times in trying to make an appointment, you might give up. So we are working as hard as we can to penetrate the most marginalized communities, to activate networks that are already existing.

  4. Luana Marques:

    Charge up, what I mean by that is eating, sleeping and exercise. All three of those are things that we know help us activate our prefrontal cortex.

  5. Valter Longo:

    You won't activate the correct pathways, when you make IGF less active, it reduces risk factors linked to diabetes and cardiovascular disease.


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