Action

//ˈæk.ʃən//

Synonyms for "action" (500 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (100)

achievement activity battle brush case combat conflict deed doing encounter energy exercise fable feat force influence lawsuit legal action measure movement

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Verb(3 words)

accomplish carry out carry through

Noun(16 words)

act acting action at law action mechanism activeness activity aphrodisia ass bang barney-mugging beef injection bonking boom-boom booty carnal knowledge chesterfield rugby

Strong matches (150)

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Noun(38 words)

cocky coition coitus commerce commixtion congress conjunction connection consummation conversation copulation coupling cuntfuck deed doing fooling about fooling around frig fuck fucking

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fucky-fucky funny business hanky-panky horizontal dancing horizontal hula horizontal jogging horizontal mambo horizontal refreshments hot beef injection how's your father hump humpa humpa intercourse intimacy intimate relations intromission jig-jig jiggery-pokery

Verb(3 words)

execute fulfil fulfill

Related words (250)

Noun(59 words)

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machinery maintien makeshift management maneuver maneuvers manipulation manner manners means means to an end mechanism method methodology methods mien militancy military action military operations minor operations mission modus vivendi mood motif motion motions move movements moves mythos natural process naval combat observable behavior occupation operancy operation operations order overseas operations overt act passage passage of arms pattern pay performance peripeteia picnic pis aller pitched battle plan play playing pleasant time plot poise policy political activism port pose posture power power train practice praxis precedent presence proceeding proceedings production prognosis pronouncement quarrel reaction recognition remedy rencontre representation representing res gestae resolution resort resource responsibility rising action robot control ruling rumble running running fight scene scheme scramble scrimmage scuffle secondary plot sedition sentence service servo control servomechanism shake up shake-up shift shoving match slant slowdown social science solution sortie spirit sport staff work stand-up fight steering step stir stopgap story stratagem street fight strength stroke stroke of policy structure struggle stunt style subplot suit at law supervisory control swing switch tactic tactics tauromachy temporary expedient thematic development theme thing thing done tone topic tour de force transaction trick trump tug-of-war tussle twist undertaking verdict vigor vim vitality war game war plans watchworks way way of life ways wheels wheels within wheels work working working hypothesis working proposition workings works

Verb(3 words)

litigate process sue

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

18 relation types

More general

22 entries

act action mechanism challenge complete deed drive effect effectuate finish group action human action human activity legal proceeding mechanism physical process plot

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More specific

8 entries

action at a distance direct action exploit maneuver misdeed performance perpetration social action

Antonyms

2 entries

inaction

Synonyms

42 entries

achievement acting activity affair battle brush carry through case combat conflict contest course deed doing enacting encounter

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Related terms

4 entries

act agency agent deed

capable of

3 entries

cause change cause effect result in reaction

coordinate

2 entries

occurrence state of being

defined as

3 entries

literal act of doing process of doing state of doing

derived

150 entries

ActionScript Peabody action Phineas action actant action adventure action doll action figure action film action game action group action hero action hoe action house action item action man action movie

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has context

11 entries

art bowling business gallicism legal management mathematics military music painting and sculpture slang

has property

1 entries

past or present

holonym

1 entries

design

is a

14 entries

act bus company doing drive event expression group action mechanism plot sequence of events software state television station work

manner of

1 entries

challenge

part of

2 entries

gun keyboard

receives action

1 entries

performed

related to

27 entries

actio activity assembly capital charge combat deed device done effect fretboard group action guitar key keyboard lawsuit

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similar

8 entries

carry out follow out follow through follow up go through with implement litigate put through

Translations

267 translations across 73 languages.

Afar

1 entries

abina abto noun (way of motion or functioning)

Afrikaans

1 entries

optrede noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Albanian

1 entries

veprim noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

πρᾶξις noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Arabic

1 entries

عَمَل noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Armenian

4 entries

արարք noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
գործողություն noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
կռիվ noun (military: combat)
հայց noun (law: charge)

Bashkir

1 entries

ғәмәл noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Belarusian

1 entries

дзе́янне noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Bulgarian

4 entries

бой noun (military: combat)
движение noun (way of motion or functioning)
де́йност noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
де́йствие noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Catalan

4 entries

acció noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
acció noun (way of motion or functioning)
acció noun (fast-paced activity)
acció noun (law: charge)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

action intj (signifying the start of something)
開始 /开始 intj (signifying the start of something)
作用 noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
動作 /动作 noun (way of motion or functioning)

Corsican

2 entries

azzione noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
azzioni noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Czech

4 entries

akce noun (fast-paced activity)
akce noun (military: combat)
čin noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
žaloba noun (law: charge)

Danish

1 entries

handling noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Dutch

4 entries

actie intj (signifying the start of something)
actie noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
actie noun (fast-paced activity)
actie noun (slang: intercourse)

Egyptian

1 entries

st-t:a:Z1 noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Esperanto

1 entries

ago noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Estonian

1 entries

tegu noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Finnish

4 entries

käy intj (signifying the start of something)
jenga noun (bowling: spin)
kanne noun (law: charge)
kielen korkeus noun (music: distance separating the strings and the fretboard)

French

4 entries

action intj (signifying the start of something)
action noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
action noun (way of motion or functioning)
action noun (fast-paced activity)

Galician

1 entries

acción noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Georgian

2 entries

მოქმედება noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
ქმედება noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

German

4 entries

Action noun (fast-paced activity)
Aktion noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
Bewegung noun (way of motion or functioning)
Funktion noun (way of motion or functioning)

Greek

4 entries

πάμε intj (signifying the start of something)
αγωγή noun (law: charge)
δίωξη noun (law: charge)
δράση noun (fast-paced activity)

Hausa

1 entries

yin abu noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Hebrew

4 entries

אקשן intj (signifying the start of something)
אופן פעולה noun (way of motion or functioning)
אקשן noun (fast-paced activity)
מַעֲשֶׂה noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Hindi

4 entries

अभियान noun (military: combat)
अभियोग noun (law: charge)
करम noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
कर्म noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Hungarian

4 entries

tessék intj (signifying the start of something)
akció noun (fast-paced activity)
csata noun (military: combat)
cselekedet noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Ido

4 entries

agado noun (fast-paced activity)
ago noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
ago noun (way of motion or functioning)
kombato noun (military: combat)

Indonesian

2 entries

aksi noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
tindakan noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Interlingua

3 entries

action noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
action noun (way of motion or functioning)
action noun (fast-paced activity)

Irish

3 entries

aicsean noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
comhrac noun (military: combat)
cás noun (law: charge)

Italian

4 entries

azione intj (signifying the start of something)
azione noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
azione noun (way of motion or functioning)
azione noun (fast-paced activity)

Japanese

4 entries

アクション intj (signifying the start of something)
アクション noun (fast-paced activity)
交戦 noun (military: combat)
動作 noun (way of motion or functioning)

Kaitag

1 entries

шикь noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Khmer

3 entries

កម្ម noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
កិច្ច noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
កិរិយា noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Korean

4 entries

액션 intj (signifying the start of something)
교전 noun (military: combat)
성교 noun (slang: intercourse)
소송 noun (law: charge)

Lao

2 entries

ການກະທຳ noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
ກຳ noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Latin

4 entries

āctiō noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
āctiō noun (way of motion or functioning)
āctiō noun (law: charge)
āctus noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Low German

2 entries

Akschoon noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
Akschoon noun (fast-paced activity)

Macedonian

1 entries

дејство noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Malay

2 entries

aksi noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
tindakan noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Malayalam

2 entries

കർമ്മം noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
പ്രവൃത്തി noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Maltese

1 entries

azzjoni noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Māori

3 entries

tautapa intj (signifying the start of something)
hohenga noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
hohenga noun (way of motion or functioning)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

itrenɗwa noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

virkning noun (mathematics: type of mapping)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

verknad noun (mathematics: type of mapping)

Old English

1 entries

dǣd noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

حركت noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
یارغو noun (law: charge)

Persian

4 entries

آکسیون noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
عمل noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
ژیرش noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
ژیرش noun (way of motion or functioning)

Polish

4 entries

akcja intj (signifying the start of something)
akcja noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
akcja noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
akcja noun (fast-paced activity)

Portuguese

4 entries

ação intj (signifying the start of something)
ação noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
ação noun (way of motion or functioning)
ação noun (fast-paced activity)

Romanian

2 entries

acțiune noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
faptă noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Russian

4 entries

а́кция noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
акт noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
бой noun (military: combat)
возде́йствие noun (way of motion or functioning)

Sanskrit

1 entries

कर्मन् noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

gnìomh noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
gnìomh noun (military: combat)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

rádnja noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
čȋn noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
ра́дња noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
чи̑н noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Sicilian

1 entries

azzioni noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Slovak

1 entries

čin noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Slovene

1 entries

dejanje noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Spanish

4 entries

acción intj (signifying the start of something)
acción noun (effort of performing or doing something)
acción noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
acción noun (way of motion or functioning)

Swedish

4 entries

börja intj (signifying the start of something)
tagning intj (signifying the start of something)
varsågod intj (signifying the start of something)
action noun (fast-paced activity)

Tagalog

3 entries

aksiyon noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
aksiyon noun (way of motion or functioning)
kilos noun (way of motion or functioning)

Tajik

1 entries

амал noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Thai

2 entries

กรรม noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
การกระทำ noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Tibetan

1 entries

ལས noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Tocharian B

2 entries

yamalläññe noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
yāmor noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Turkish

4 entries

aksiyon noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
aksiyon noun (fast-paced activity)
amel noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
eylem noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Ukrainian

2 entries

ді́я noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
ді́яння noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Uzbek

1 entries

harakat noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Vietnamese

2 entries

hành động noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
động tác noun (way of motion or functioning)

Volapük

2 entries

dun noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)
dunam noun (something done so as to accomplish a purpose)

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You insist upon our taking that course of action.

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You were careless in your action.

Source: tatoeba (16153)

Your motive was admirable, but your action was not.

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Your action has offended his dignity.

Source: tatoeba (17161)

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