Synonyms: action
Definition: something done (usually as opposed to something said)
Usage: there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions
Similar words: human action, human activity, deed, act
Definition: something that people do or cause to happen
Synonyms: action
Definition: the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
Usage: the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds; gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible
Similar words: work
Definition: activity directed toward making or doing something
Usage: she checked several points needing further work
Synonyms: action, military action
Definition: a military engagement
Usage: he saw action in Korea
Similar words: group action
Definition: action taken by a group of people
Synonyms: legal action, action, action at law
Definition: a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
Similar words: legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings
Definition: (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
Synonyms: action
Definition: an act by a government body or supranational organization
Usage: recent federal action undermined the segregationist position; the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues; the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves
Similar words: group action
Definition: action taken by a group of people
Synonyms: action, action mechanism
Definition: the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
Usage: the piano had a very stiff action
Similar words: mechanism
Definition: device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
Synonyms: action
Definition: the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
Usage: a man of action
Similar words: drive
Definition: the trait of being highly motivated
Usage: his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers
Synonyms: action
Definition: the series of events that form a plot
Usage: his novels always have a lot of action
Similar words: plot
Definition: the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
Usage: the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal
Synonyms: natural action, natural process, action, activity
Definition: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
Usage: the action of natural forces; volcanic activity
Similar words: physical process, process
Definition: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
Usage: events now in process; the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls
Synonyms: action, activeness, activity
Definition: the state of being active
Usage: his sphere of activity; he is out of action
Similar words: state
Definition: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
Usage: the current state of knowledge; his state of health; in a weak financial state
Synonyms: carry out, carry through, fulfil, fulfill, execute, accomplish, action
Definition: put in effect
Usage: carry out a task; execute the decision of the people; He actioned the operation
Similar words: finish, complete
Definition: come or bring to a finish or an end
Usage: He finished the dishes; She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree; The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours
Similar words: set up, effect, effectuate
Definition: produce
Usage: The scientists set up a shock wave
Synonyms: process, action, litigate, sue
Definition: institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
Usage: He was warned that the district attorney would process him; She actioned the company for discrimination
Similar words: challenge
Definition: issue a challenge to
Usage: Fischer challenged Spassky to a match