ACTIVATING Synonyms

• the activity of causing to have energy and be active

• supplying motive force

• giving spirit and vivacity

• stimulating or exalting to the spirit

• imparting strength and vitality

• tending to impart new life and vigor to

• rousing or quickening activity or the senses

• that stimulates

• making lively and cheerful

• put in motion or move to act

• give an incentive for action

• lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun

• a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen

• an act that sets in motion some course of events

• put in motion or move to act

• release or pull the trigger on

• put in motion or move to act

• depart for someplace

• direct attention to, as if by means of contrast

• cause to burst with a violent release of energy

• make up for

• set in motion or cause to begin

• provoke or stir up

• expose to fresh air

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

• impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen

• render capable or able for some task

• a momentary flash of light

• Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)

• merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance

• electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

• a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger

• a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction

• put in motion or move to act

• emit or produce sparks

• a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

• any sharply pointed projection

• tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers

• a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward

• a railway line connected to a trunk line

• incite or stimulate

• give heart or courage to

• strike with a spur

• goad with spurs

• equip with spurs

• the beginning of anything

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

• a sudden involuntary movement

• the act of starting something

• a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

• a signal to begin (as in a race)

• the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• set in motion, cause to start

• depart for someplace

• have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

• bring into being

• get off the ground

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• get going or set in motion

• begin or set in motion

• begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job

• play in the starting lineup

• have a beginning characterized in some specified way

• begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

• bulge outward

• act as a stimulant

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

• cause to be alert and energetic

• cause to occur rapidly

• stir feelings in

• provide the needed stimulus for

• a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)

• a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs

• an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall

• an exciting or stimulating experience

• a catch mechanism that acts as a switch

• a light or nimble tread

• an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

• miss a step and fall or nearly fall

• cause to stumble

• make a trip for pleasure

• put in motion or move to act

• get high, stoned, or drugged

• begin or set in motion

• start to be active

• get going; give impetus to

• put in motion or move to act