Synonyms for activate
ˈæk təˌveɪtac·ti·vate

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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

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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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1. List of paraphrases for "activate":

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

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1. Tiger Woods:

   I think right now the most important thing is fitness, for sure, keep going the way Im going right now because I need to get a little bit stronger in certain body parts, activate different areas. I need to get those parts stronger and then starting building up my game for Japan.

2. Craig Robinson:

   Trump can bring new people in and activate people who might sit on the sidelines.

3. Sandeep Singh:

   We will make sure that United Sikhs keeps his legacy alive, that we activate his dream and we turn that into a reality.

4. Lindsey Graham:

   I'm in the camp of, if they don't activate the S-400, the sanctions don't have to be applied. My hope is to persuade Turkey not to active the system because it's so disruptive to the relationship, my pitch to Turkey was, let's stand down on the S-400, let's start free trade agreement negotiations.

5. Sekyu Choi:

   We first asked whether the stress hormone was regulating the stem cells directly and checked by taking out the receptor for corticosterone, but this turned out to be wrong. Instead, we found that the stress hormone actually acts on a cluster of dermal cells underneath the hair follicle, known as the dermal papilla, dermal papilla is known to be critical for activating hair follicle stem cells, but none of the previously identified factors secreted from dermal papilla changed when stress hormone levels were altered. Rather, the stress hormone prevented dermal papilla cells from secreting Gas6, a molecule that the researchers showed can activate the hair follicle stem cells.