What is another word for activate?
Synonyms for activate
ˈæk təˌveɪtac·ti·vate
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Wiktionary
activateverb
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actuateAntonyms:
deactivateactivateverb
To put into action, to put to work.
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actuateAntonyms:
deactivateactivateverb
To turn on.
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actuateAntonyms:
deactivate
Princeton's WordNet
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"
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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 outAntonyms:
deactivate, inactivateactivateverb
make active or more active
"activate an old file"
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set off, trigger, actuate, trigger off, spark, trip, spark off, aerate, touch offAntonyms:
deactivate, inactivateactivateverb
make more adsorptive
"activate a metal"
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set off, trigger, actuate, trigger off, spark, trip, spark off, aerate, touch offAntonyms:
deactivate, inactivateactivate, 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 offAntonyms:
inactivate, deactivateactivateverb
make (substances) radioactive
Synonyms:
set off, trigger, actuate, trigger off, spark, trip, spark off, aerate, touch offAntonyms:
deactivate, inactivate
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "activate":
enable, activating, active, trigger, activation, actuate, effectuating, enabled, turn
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#207 | part | |
#220 | travel | |
#474 | start | |
#478 | air | |
#954 | active | |
#1007 | turn | |
#1142 | move | |
#1706 | trip | |
#2041 | enable | |
#3392 | enabled | |
#3439 | cancel | |
#5179 | offset | |
#5930 | activation | |
#6394 | prompt | |
#6906 | trigger | |
#10049 | activate | |
#10105 | depart | |
#10274 | spark | |
#17533 | sparkle | |
#18201 | explode | |
#18233 | motivate | |
#21346 | activating | |
#24734 | stumble | |
#33849 | actuate | |
#33969 | propel | |
#42683 | incite | |
#69319 | detonate | |
#71096 | jaunt | |
#76428 | instigate | |
#109660 | oxygenate | |
#144382 | aerate | |
#204531 | effectuating |
How to use activate in a sentence?
When you slow your breath down, you activate a part of your nervous system devoted to de-stressing you.
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.
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.
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.
You won't activate the correct pathways, when you make IGF less active, it reduces risk factors linked to diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Translations for activate
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- فَعَّلَArabic
- активирам, пускамBulgarian
- activarCatalan, Valencian
- ανοίγω, ενεργοποιώGreek
- aktivigiEsperanto
- activarSpanish
- käivitama, rakendamaEstonian
- käynnistää, aktivoidaFinnish
- allumer, actionner, activerFrench
- activarGalician
- attivareItalian
- inschakelen, activeren, aanzettenDutch
- ativarPortuguese
- activaRomanian
- включа́ть, активи́ровать, [[привести́]] в [[де́йствие]], активизи́ровать, включи́ть, [[приводи́ть]] в [[де́йствие]]Russian
- aktiveraSwedish
- เปิดใช้งานThai
- אַקטאַווייטYiddish
- 啟用Chinese
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