What is a synonym for "facilitate"?

Common synonyms include: ease, ease, help, act for, advance, advantage.

How do you pronounce "facilitate"?

Pronounced //fəˈsɪlɪteɪt//.

//fəˈsɪlɪteɪt// verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Verb

1
To make easy or easier.
"Features such as trackless doors, mercury-type door interlocks, roof-mounted door fault indicator lights, rubber window glazing, improved retractable shoegear and a modified electro-pneumatic brake system designed to facilitate maintenance and improve reliability, which have proved their worth on the prototype trains, are continued in the new stock."
2
make easier wordnet
3
To help bring about.
"But while she was pursuing this thought the good genius of Sophia, or that which presided over the integrity of Mrs Honour, or perhaps mere chance, sent an accident in her way, which at once preserved her fidelity, and even facilitated the intended business."
4
increase the likelihood of (a response) wordnet
5
To preside over (a meeting, a seminar).