Word Type

Verb

The word "activate" can be used as a verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

deactivate disactivate inactivate inactivate

Derived Terms

activable activatable activater activator alloactivated autoactivate bioactivate bioactivating coactivate coactivated diactivated disactivate heteroactivate hyperactivate hyperactivated hypoactivated immunoactivating misactivate misactivated nonactivated nonactivating overactivate overactivated phosphoactivate photoactivate photoactivated pneumoactivate preactivate preactivated reactivate subactivating superactivate thermoactivated transactivate unactivated underactivate underactivated

Derived From

active

Context

biology chemistry computing military physics software sports

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

alter change initiate modify pioneer

Manner Of

change

Related Terms

activation

Related Terms

active activity actuate aerate decomposition demoware development device effective enable encourage excite induce injury limitations mechanism molecule organic matter radioactive reaction reactive remove set off station stimulate system trigger unit unlock

Synonym Network

actuate enable set going set in motion spur start trip turn on

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.