'activate' definitions:
Definition of 'activate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" [syn: trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off]
verb
Make active or more active; "activate an old file" [ant: deactivate, inactivate]
verb
Make more adsorptive; "activate a metal"
verb
Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter [syn: activate, aerate]
verb
Make (substances) radioactive
Synonyms of 'activate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerate,
- actuate,
- animate,
- arouse,
- atomize,
- awaken,
- bombard,
- charge,
- cleave,
- contaminate,
- cross-bombard,
- energize,
- fission,
- galvanize,
- get going,
- impel,
- infect,
- initiate,
- irradiate,
- mobilize,
- motivate,
- move,
- nucleize,
- poison,
- prompt,
- radiumize,
- rally,
- reactivate,
- recharge,
- remilitarize,
- rouse,
- set going,
- set in motion,
- smash the atom,
- start,
- stimulate,
- stir,
- switch on,
- trigger,
- turn on,
- wake,
- waken
Words containing 'activate'
- activated,
- activating,
- activation,
- activator,
- active,
- actively,
- activeness,
- activism,
- activity,
- be active,
- Active capital,
- Active hyperaemia,
- Active verb,
- Active voice,
- Active wealth,
- activated carbon,
- activated charcoal,
- activating agent,
- activation energy,
- active agent,
- active alive,
- active application,
- active birth,
- active citizen,
- active immunity,
- active placebo,
- active site,
- active transport,
- active trust,
- agglutinating activity,
- business activity,
- commercial activity,
- creative activity,
- educational activity,
- energy of activation,
- extracurricular activity,
- government activity,
- human activity,
- intelligence activity,
- judicial activism,
- offensive activity,
- plasminogen activator,
- sensory activity,
- sex activity,
- sexual activity,
- social activity,
- subversive activity,
- Active valeric acid,
- Self-active,
- Self-activity,
- active air defense,
- active matrix screen,
- reticular activating system,
- self-activating,
- surface-active,
- tissue plasminogen activator,
- advanced research and development activity,
- bond-trading activity,
- highly active antiretroviral therapy,
- marine corps intelligence activity,
- spare-time activity,
- surface-active agent