Trigger

//ˈtɹɪɡə//

Synonyms for "trigger" (44 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (9)

Verb(7 words)

activate set off actuate agitate cause detonate fire

activate gun

Strong matches (13)

gun trigger home in on identify kindle map pick up

Noun(4 words)

gun trigger induction initiation kindle-fire

Verb(3 words)

induce initiate lead to

Related words (22)

pinpoint pioneer proc push someone's buttons receive scan shoot spot sweep touch triggerer trip

Verb(8 words)

precipitate proc push someone's buttons spark spark off touch off trigger off trip

Noun(2 words)

trigger point triggerer

Related word relations

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

13 relation types

More general

14 entries

activate actuate causation causing device initiate lever pioneer set off spark spark off touch off trigger off trip

Synonyms

4 entries

activate gun trigger push someone's buttons trip

Related terms

1 entries

trek

dbpedia genre

2 entries

alternative metal melodic death metal

derived

28 entries

Schmitt trigger chemoreceptor trigger zone grim trigger hair trigger hair-trigger have one's finger on the trigger itchy trigger finger parent trigger pull the trigger self-trigger trigger finger trigger flower trigger guard trigger law trigger point trigger pricing

Showing 16 of 28 words.

entails

1 entries

fire

etymologically related_to

1 entries

tricker

has context

6 entries

databases electronics music online gaming psychology sensitive

instance of

1 entries

extended play

is a

3 entries

album causing device

located near

1 entries

triggerguard

part of

1 entries

gun

related to

37 entries

activate active brass instrument carriage catch circuit component cymbal declivity deleted device drum electronic event experience finger

Showing 16 of 37 words.

Translations

236 translations across 61 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

sneller noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Albanian

2 entries

këmbëz noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
ngalës noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Arabic

1 entries

زِنَاد noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Assamese

4 entries

কজক noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
খিলিকি noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
ফৰিঙা noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
লপলপী noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Bashkir

1 entries

тәте noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Belarusian

4 entries

гашэ́тка noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
куро́к noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
саба́чка noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
спускавы́ кручо́к noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Bulgarian

4 entries

пусково устройство noun (similar device used to activate any mechanism)
спу́сък noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
започвам verb (to initiate something)
инициирам verb (to initiate something)

Burmese

1 entries

လက်လှုပ် noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Catalan

2 entries

gallet noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
desencadenar verb (to initiate something)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

扳機 /扳机 noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
觸發器 /触发器 noun (SQL procedure)

Czech

4 entries

spouštěč noun (event that initiates others, or incites a response)
spoušť noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
spoušť noun (similar device used to activate any mechanism)
spoušť noun (event that initiates others, or incites a response)

Danish

3 entries

aftrækker noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
udløser noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
udløser noun (similar device used to activate any mechanism)

Dutch

4 entries

trekker noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
trigger noun (psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action)
trigger noun (online gaming: text string that causes the player to execute a certain command)
activeren verb (to initiate something)

Esperanto

3 entries

baskulo noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
baskulo noun (similar device used to activate any mechanism)
ekigi verb (to initiate something)

Estonian

1 entries

päästikustama verb (to initiate something)

Faroese

2 entries

avtrekkjari noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
stillipinnur noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Finnish

4 entries

alkusysäys noun (event that initiates others, or incites a response)
automaattisesti käynnistyvä proseduuri noun (SQL procedure)
heräte noun (pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component)
laukaisija noun (similar device used to activate any mechanism)

French

4 entries

actionneur noun (similar device used to activate any mechanism)
activateur noun (event that initiates others, or incites a response)
détente noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
gâchette noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Galician

4 entries

can noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
alterar verb (to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone))
apertar o gatillo verb (to fire a weapon)
desencadear verb (to initiate something)

Georgian

3 entries

სასხლეტი noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
გასროლა verb (to fire a weapon)
სროლა verb (to fire a weapon)

German

4 entries

Abzug noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
Auslöser noun (similar device used to activate any mechanism)
Auslöser noun (event that initiates others, or incites a response)
auslösen verb (to initiate something)

Greek

4 entries

έναυσμα noun (event that initiates others, or incites a response)
σκανδάλη noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
σκανδάλη noun (similar device used to activate any mechanism)
πυροδοτώ verb (to fire a weapon)

Hebrew

1 entries

הֶדֶק noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Hungarian

4 entries

ravasz noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
aktivál verb ((intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active)
elsüt verb (to fire a weapon)
előidéz verb (to initiate something)

Icelandic

4 entries

gikkur noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
kveikja noun (event that initiates others, or incites a response)
hrinda af stað verb (to initiate something)
koma af stað verb (to initiate something)

Indonesian

2 entries

pelatuk noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
pemicu noun (event that initiates others, or incites a response)

Ingrian

1 entries

kurokka noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Irish

2 entries

truicear noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
truicear noun (similar device used to activate any mechanism)

Italian

4 entries

detonatore noun (event that initiates others, or incites a response)
grilletto noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
impulso noun (pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component)
innesco noun (event that initiates others, or incites a response)

Japanese

3 entries

トリガ noun (SQL procedure)
引き金 noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
鉷 noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Kazakh

1 entries

шүріппе noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Khmer

1 entries

កៃ noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Korean

4 entries

방아쇠 noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
트리거 noun (SQL procedure)
발사(發射)하다 verb (to fire a weapon)
발포(發砲)하다 verb (to fire a weapon)

Latvian

1 entries

mēlīte noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Macedonian

1 entries

чкрапало noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Malay

1 entries

picu noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Mongolian

2 entries

гох noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
ᠭᠣᠬ᠎ᠠ noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Māori

3 entries

keu noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
keu noun (similar device used to activate any mechanism)
kātipuhi noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Northern Altai

4 entries

кӱрок noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
мажык noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
тек noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
чактырма noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

utløser noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
utløyser noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
avfyre verb (to fire a weapon)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

utløysar noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

تتك noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Persian

1 entries

ماشه noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Aufdrekja noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Polish

4 entries

cyngiel noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
spust noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
spust noun (similar device used to activate any mechanism)
wyzwalacz noun (similar device used to activate any mechanism)

Portuguese

4 entries

estopim noun (event that initiates others)
gatilho noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
gatilho noun (similar device used to activate any mechanism)
gatilho noun (event that initiates others, or incites a response)

Romanian

1 entries

trăgaci noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Russian

4 entries

гаше́тка noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
и́мпульс noun (psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action)
куро́к noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
побужде́ние noun (psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

snap noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Slovak

3 entries

spúšť noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
spúšťač noun (similar device used to activate any mechanism)
spustiť verb (to initiate something)

Slovene

1 entries

sprožilec noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Southern Altai

3 entries

собачка noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
тӱжӱ noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
чактырма noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Spanish

4 entries

desencadenante noun (event that initiates others, or incites a response)
desencadenante noun (pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component)
detonador noun (event that initiates others, or incites a response)
detonante noun (event that initiates others, or incites a response)

Swedish

1 entries

avtryckare noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Tagalog

3 entries

gatilyo noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
kaltisan noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
kulbitan noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Tamil

3 entries

உசுப்பேற்று verb (to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone))
தூண்டிவிடு verb (to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone))
தூண்டு verb (to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone))

Thai

2 entries

ไก noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
ไกปืน noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Tibetan

1 entries

སྐམ་པ noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Turkish

3 entries

[4, 5] tetikleme noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
tetik noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
ateşlemek verb (to fire a weapon)

Ukrainian

4 entries

гаше́тка noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
куро́к noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
соба́чка noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)
спускови́й гачо́к noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Vietnamese

1 entries

cò noun (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The man put the gun against his forehead and squeezed the trigger.

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Police can't be trigger happy.

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Certain smells can easily trigger childhood memories.

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Tom didn't have the courage to pull the trigger.

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Showing 4 of 22 available sentences.

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