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Synonyms for "actuate" in English

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actuate:
- trigger; trip; spark; activate; touch off; set off; trigger off; spark off; actuate; prompt; move; propel; incite; motivate

English

Detailed Synonyms for actuate in English

actuate:

actuate verbe

actuate

– put in motion or move to act ¹
trigger; to trip; to spark; to activate; touch off; set off; trigger off; spark off; actuate
– put in motion or move to act ¹
- trigger verbe
  - trigger a reaction¹
- trip verbe (trips, tripped, tripping)
- spark verbe (sparks, sparked, sparking)
- activate verbe (activates, activated, activating)
- touch off verbe
- set off verbe
- trigger off verbe
- spark off verbe
- actuate verbe
  - actuate the circuits¹
actuate

– give an incentive for action ¹
to prompt; to move; to propel; to incite; to motivate; actuate
– give an incentive for action ¹
- prompt verbe (prompts, prompted, prompting)
- move verbe (moves, moved, moving)
  - This moved me to sacrifice my career¹
- propel verbe (propels, propelled, propelling)
- incite verbe (incites, incited, inciting)
- motivate verbe (motivates, motivated, motivating)
- actuate verbe

Alternate Synonyms for "actuate":

trip; trigger; activate; set off; spark off; spark; trigger off; touch off; initiate; pioneer
motivate; propel; move; prompt; incite; cause; do; make

Related Definitions for "actuate":

put in motion or move to act¹
- actuate the circuits¹
give an incentive for action¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University