activate

Meanings

• put in motion or move to act;
• make active or more active;
• "activate an old file"
• make more adsorptive;
• "activate a metal"
• aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
• make (substances) radioactive
• ACTIVATE v -VATED, -VATING, -VATES to set in motion

Synonyms

• trip
• actuate
• trigger
• set off
• spark off
• spark
• trigger off
• touch off
• aerate

Scrabble Score: 13

activate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

activate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

activate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

activate is a valid Words With Friends word

Angrams of activate