activate
To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.
Other meanings
To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
“The pranksters activated the fire alarm by spraying deodorant next to it.”
To render more reactive; excite.
Synonyms
- enable
- get going
- set going
- set in motion
- set off
- start
- stimulate
- trigger
Related words
- alloactivated
- coactivated
- diactivated
- hyperactivated
- hypoactivated
- misactivated
- nonactivated
- overactivated
- photoactivated
- preactivated
- thermoactivated
- unactivated
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “activate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.