1453 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ˈɪnstɪɡˌe͡ɪt], [ ˈɪnstɪɡˌe‍ɪt], [ ˈɪ_n_s_t_ɪ_ɡ_ˌeɪ_t]

Similar words for instigate:

• other relevant words (noun)
• prompt (noun)
• abet (verb)
• actuate (verb)
• animate (verb)
• arouse (verb)
• begin (verb)
• bribe (verb)
• communication (verb)
• drive (verb)
• egg on (verb)
• encourage (verb)
• engender (verb)
• excite (verb)
• impel (verb)
• incite (verb)
• induce (verb)
• influence (verb)
• influence, provoke (verb)
• inspirit (verb)
• launch (verb)
• motivate (verb)
• move (verb)
• pick at/pick on (verb)
• pioneer (verb)
• prod (verb)
• prompt (verb)
• provoke (verb)
• raise (verb)
• rouse (verb)
• set (verb)
• start (verb)
• stimulate (verb)
• tempt (verb)
• urge (verb)
• work up (verb)
• other synonyms
• begin
• bribe
• egg on
• excite
• influence
• inspirit
• move
• other relevant words
• work up
• other relevant words (noun)

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Synonyms for Instigate:

• n.

  •
  • create,
  • bring about,
  • form,
  • invent,
  • start-off,
  • catalyze.
  •
  • galvanize,
  • pique,
  • work up,
  • cause.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • fulfil,
  • agent,
  • beget,
  • realize,
  • wake,
  • breed,
  • causative,
  • self-induced,
  • occasion,
  • Instate,
  • inspire,
  • causality,
  • causal,
  • in,
  • fuel,
  • to,
  • realization,
  • contribute,
  • tell,
  • introduce,
  • initiate,
  • rise,
  • have,
  • -induced,
  • render,
  • open,
  • stir up,
  • originate,
  • causation,
  • awaken,
  • put up,
  • Catalyse,
  • compel,
  • blaze,
  • stimulant,
  • cause 1,
  • springboard,
  • -ize,
  • implement,
  • lie,
  • put,
  • wreak,
  • equal,
  • leave,
  • lead 1,
  • inject,
  • the domino effect,
  • behind,
  • meet,
  • ensure,
  • actuation,
  • draw,
  • see,
  • get,
  • author,
  • call,
  • -ization,
  • activate,
  • result,
  • catalyst,
  • persuade,
  • propel,
  • sure,
  • jumping-off point,
  • spawn,
  • thing,
  • wake (sb) up,
  • precipitate,
  • prime mover,
  • factor,
  • instigator,
  • contributory,
  • reactivate,
  • conduce,
  • one-way,
  • inaugurate,
  • wrought,
  • en-,
  • make,
  • send,
  • lot,
  • spell,
  • plant,
  • generate,
  • bring,
  • spur on,
  • associate,
  • usher,
  • produce,
  • doer,
  • induction,
  • urge on,
  • effect.
  • prompt (noun)
  • study at incite.

• v.

  • abet (verb)
  • pro moting,
  • pro mote,
  • pro-mote,
  • pro-motes,
  • pro-moting,
  • pro motes.
  • actuate (verb)
  • in-spiring,
  • firing up,
  • puts up to,
  • work in to lather,
  • putting to,
  • works into lather,
  • works in to lather,
  • keys up,
  • wrought in to lather,
  • in spiring,
  • worked in to lather,
  • putting up to,
  • in-spire,
  • in spire,
  • keying up,
  • in-spires,
  • working into lather,
  • working in to lather,
  • worked into lather,
  • puts to,
  • in spired,
  • wrought into lather,
  • in spires,
  • in-spired.
  • animate (verb)
  • in-forms,
  • in forms,
  • in form,
  • making alive,
  • re-vivifies,
  • makes alive,
  • re vivified,
  • in-form,
  • re vivifies,
  • made alive,
  • re-vivified,
  • re vivify,
  • re-vivifying,
  • in forming,
  • re-vivify,
  • re vivifying,
  • in-forming.
  • arouse (verb)
  • in flaming,
  • wakes up,
  • in flamed,
  • in-flame,
  • in-flaming,
  • heating up,
  • in flame,
  • in-flamed,
  • in-flames.
  • begin (verb)
  • intro-duce,
  • pre paring,
  • breaks ground,
  • plunging into,
  • sets about,
  • enter up on,
  • gave impulse,
  • gotten going,
  • pre-pares,
  • plunges in to,
  • pre-pared,
  • pre pare,
  • brake ground,
  • intro duces,
  • under-take,
  • intro duce,
  • sets motion,
  • plunge in to,
  • be-ginning,
  • under-takes,
  • pro duces,
  • laid foundation for,
  • plunged into,
  • pro-duces,
  • giving birth to,
  • under took,
  • broke ground,
  • plunges into,
  • under take,
  • be ginning,
  • under-taking,
  • pre-pare,
  • makes active,
  • gives impulse,
  • under-took,
  • pro duce,
  • pre-paring,
  • under-taken,
  • plunged in to,
  • setting motion,
  • making active,
  • intro-duces,
  • under taking,
  • go in to,
  • lays foundation for,
  • setting about,
  • be-gun,
  • under takes,
  • break ice,
  • pre pares,
  • be gun,
  • made active,
  • set motion,
  • giving impulse,
  • bring pass,
  • embarking on,
  • gets going,
  • pre pared,
  • gat going,
  • laying foundation for,
  • plunging in to,
  • under taken.
  • bribe (verb)
  • gotten to,
  • doest business,
  • made a deal,
  • make deal,
  • co axed,
  • greases palm,
  • bought back,
  • makes deal,
  • making a deal,
  • oils palm,
  • sweeten pot,
  • co-axing,
  • making deal,
  • gat to,
  • didst business,
  • buys back,
  • doth business,
  • doeth business,
  • greased palm,
  • sweetened pot,
  • sweetening the pot,
  • pays off,
  • re-warding,
  • sweetens pot,
  • made deal,
  • co axing,
  • re-warded,
  • sweetened the pot,
  • makes a deal,
  • re warding,
  • payed off,
  • greasing palm,
  • sweetens the pot,
  • oiled palm,
  • oiling palm,
  • taking care of,
  • paying off,
  • co-axed,
  • sweetening pot,
  • does business,
  • buying back,
  • re warded,
  • dost business.
  • communication (verb)
  • instigate.
  • drive (verb)
  • acting upon,
  • leans on,
  • steamrolled,
  • over-burdened,
  • over burden,
  • spiriting up,
  • spirits up,
  • leant on,
  • over-works,
  • over-burdens,
  • leaned on,
  • over work,
  • works on,
  • over works,
  • over-working,
  • over-work,
  • over burdens,
  • spirited up,
  • over burdened,
  • steamrolling,
  • acted up on,
  • wrought on,
  • over burdening,
  • acts up on,
  • over-burdening,
  • over working,
  • acts upon,
  • acting up on,
  • act up on,
  • over-worked,
  • over worked,
  • steamrolls.
  • egg on (verb)
  • siccing.
  • encourage (verb)
  • pats the back,
  • up-hold,
  • re vitalizes,
  • smiling upon,
  • up hold,
  • be-friending,
  • be-friends,
  • patted on the back,
  • gave shot in arm,
  • pre-vail,
  • Re-store,
  • pre-vails,
  • gave leg up,
  • gives shot arm,
  • re-freshes,
  • gives leg up,
  • subscribing to,
  • be friending,
  • giving leg up,
  • re vitalize,
  • patted the back,
  • pulling for,
  • psychs up,
  • give leg up,
  • got behind,
  • gotten behind,
  • gives shot in arm,
  • re-assuring,
  • patted back,
  • re storing,
  • smiling up on,
  • patting on the back,
  • rooted for,
  • props up,
  • pre vailed,
  • patted on back,
  • re-fresh,
  • re-stores,
  • smile up on,
  • be-friended,
  • re vitalizing,
  • re assures,
  • re fresh,
  • up held,
  • up-holds,
  • re-vitalizing,
  • pats on the back,
  • smiles upon,
  • getting behind,
  • patting on back,
  • re store,
  • be-friend,
  • enheartened,
  • re freshes,
  • pats back,
  • pats on back,
  • be friended,
  • smiled upon,
  • giving shot in arm,
  • pre vails,
  • re-assure,
  • up holding,
  • be friend,
  • re-vitalize,
  • re assure,
  • sided with,
  • patting back,
  • gives a leg up,
  • pulled for,
  • re-storing,
  • re stored,
  • pat back,
  • gave shot arm,
  • re-assures,
  • roots for,
  • smiled up on,
  • psyching up,
  • pre vailing,
  • re stores,
  • up holds,
  • re vitalized,
  • re-vitalizes,
  • enheartens,
  • gat behind,
  • re assured,
  • pat the back,
  • pre-vailed,
  • give shot arm,
  • re-vitalized,
  • up-holding,
  • re-stored,
  • enheartening,
  • in vite,
  • pulls for,
  • siding with,
  • up-held,
  • gave a leg up,
  • re-assured,
  • giving shot arm,
  • pre vail,
  • subscribes to,
  • patting the back,
  • giving a leg up,
  • smiles up on,
  • sides with.
  • engender (verb)
  • brings forth,
  • be-getting,
  • pro create,
  • brought forth,
  • pro creates,
  • be-gotten,
  • pro-creating,
  • be gotten,
  • pro created,
  • pro-creates,
  • pro-create,
  • be getting,
  • pro creating,
  • pro-created.
  • excite (verb)
  • dis composing,
  • ex cite,
  • dis-composes,
  • feeding the fire,
  • de lighting,
  • feeding fire,
  • de lighted,
  • de-lights,
  • fed fire,
  • ex-citing,
  • ex cites,
  • dis composes,
  • de light,
  • feed fire,
  • fed the fire,
  • de-lighting,
  • ex-cites,
  • ex-cite,
  • ex citing,
  • touches off,
  • dis composed,
  • dis compose,
  • de-light,
  • dis-composing,
  • touched off,
  • feeds the fire,
  • dis-compose,
  • ex cited,
  • feeds fire,
  • de-lighted,
  • de lights,
  • ex-cited,
  • dis-composed.
  • impel (verb)
  • re quires,
  • re quiring,
  • re quired,
  • re-quiring,
  • re-quire,
  • re-quires,
  • re quire,
  • re-quired.
  • incite (verb)
  • talked in to,
  • talking in to,
  • fanning fire,
  • fanned fire,
  • talks in to,
  • talking into,
  • in-citing,
  • fanning the fire,
  • talked into,
  • talk in to,
  • in citing,
  • fans the fire,
  • in cite,
  • fanned the fire,
  • in cites,
  • talks into,
  • in cited,
  • fans fire,
  • in-cited,
  • fan fire,
  • in-cite,
  • in-cites,
  • sets off.
  • induce (verb)
  • pro curing,
  • in-duce,
  • twisted one arm,
  • softsoaps,
  • prevail up on,
  • argue in to,
  • in duces,
  • twists ones arm,
  • pro cures,
  • pro cure,
  • sucking in,
  • prevails upon,
  • twist ones arm,
  • twisting ones arm,
  • twisted ones arm,
  • selling one on,
  • soft soaped,
  • soft soaping,
  • pro cured,
  • sells one on,
  • twists one's arm,
  • argues in to,
  • twisting one arm,
  • selling on,
  • sweettalk,
  • softsoap,
  • pro-curing,
  • pro-cure,
  • twisting arm,
  • pro-cures,
  • sold one on,
  • soft-soaps,
  • twist one arm,
  • twists one arm,
  • pro-cured,
  • twisted one's arm,
  • sells on,
  • argued in to,
  • argued into,
  • draws in,
  • argues into,
  • in-duces,
  • softsoaping,
  • twisted arm,
  • twists arm,
  • drawing in,
  • sucks in,
  • softsoaped,
  • twisting one's arm,
  • in duce.
  • influence (verb)
  • pre disposes,
  • pulls strings,
  • pulled strings,
  • are recognized,
  • haddest a part in,
  • have part in,
  • working up on,
  • is recognized,
  • pre-disposed,
  • hast part in,
  • pre dispose,
  • pulling strings,
  • in cline,
  • was recognized,
  • hast a part in,
  • dis pose,
  • impacted on,
  • am recognized,
  • dis-posing,
  • works upon,
  • hath a part in,
  • having part in,
  • wrought up on,
  • impacts on,
  • art recognized,
  • works up on,
  • dis-pose,
  • being recognized,
  • has a part in,
  • in-clines,
  • pre-disposes,
  • haddest part in,
  • hadst part in,
  • had a part in,
  • dis posing,
  • were recognized,
  • having a part in,
  • bring bear,
  • hadst a part in,
  • wast recognized,
  • work up on,
  • pre-disposing,
  • pre-dispose,
  • wert recognized,
  • dis posed,
  • dis-posed,
  • has part in,
  • working upon,
  • had part in,
  • in clines,
  • pre disposing,
  • hath part in,
  • in-cline,
  • impacting on,
  • worked up on.
  • influence, provoke (verb)
  • plan,
  • add fuel,
  • insinuate,
  • inflame,
  • plot,
  • suggest,
  • hint,
  • needle,
  • scheme,
  • turn on,
  • rabble-rouse,
  • kindle.
  • inspirit (verb)
  • in spirit,
  • in-spirit,
  • in-spirits,
  • in-spiriting,
  • in-spirited,
  • in spirited,
  • in spiriting.
  • launch (verb)
  • broke seal,
  • break seal,
  • embarked up on,
  • breaking seal,
  • got show on road,
  • sets going,
  • embarking up on,
  • breaks the seal,
  • setting going,
  • gat show on road,
  • gotten show road,
  • got show road,
  • breaking the seal,
  • gat show road,
  • embark up on,
  • get show road,
  • getting show road,
  • gotten show on road,
  • brake seal,
  • brake the seal,
  • started ball rolling,
  • embarking upon,
  • embarks upon,
  • broke the seal,
  • ushered in,
  • kicks off,
  • starts ball rolling,
  • gets show on road,
  • getting show on road,
  • embarks up on,
  • gets show road,
  • breaks seal,
  • starting ball rolling,
  • kicking off.
  • motivate (verb)
  • hurtle,
  • entice,
  • shove,
  • catapult,
  • force,
  • poke,
  • push,
  • jog,
  • bump,
  • strike,
  • punch,
  • lob,
  • sling,
  • energize,
  • heave,
  • fling,
  • magnetize,
  • jerk,
  • shoot,
  • fire,
  • thrust,
  • motivate,
  • jostle,
  • pitch,
  • ram,
  • hurl,
  • nudge,
  • ferment,
  • jolt,
  • knock,
  • throw.
  • move (verb)
  • pro-pose,
  • playing on,
  • pro posing,
  • putting forward,
  • re commends,
  • pro-posing,
  • pro pose,
  • re commend,
  • re-commend,
  • re commended,
  • tugged at,
  • re-commended,
  • played on,
  • re-commending,
  • pro posed,
  • re-commends,
  • plays on,
  • tugging at,
  • re commending,
  • tugs at.
  • pick at/pick on (verb)
  • found fault,
  • finds fault,
  • picks on.
  • pioneer (verb)
  • going out front,
  • show way,
  • maps out,
  • trailblazed,
  • dis covering,
  • took lead,
  • dis covered,
  • dis-covers,
  • takes the lead,
  • takes lead,
  • showed way,
  • goes out in front,
  • dis cover,
  • taking the lead,
  • taking lead,
  • dis-covering,
  • shows way,
  • showing way,
  • showing the way,
  • took the lead,
  • goes out front,
  • go out front,
  • dis-cover,
  • opens up,
  • went out in front,
  • went out front,
  • going out in front,
  • showed the way,
  • trailblazes,
  • dis-covered,
  • dis covers,
  • shows the way,
  • mapped out.
  • prod (verb)
  • re minding,
  • re-mind,
  • re minds,
  • re-minding,
  • re mind,
  • re-minds,
  • jogs memory,
  • jogging memory,
  • jogged memory,
  • re-minded.
  • prompt (verb)
  • helping out,
  • calls forth,
  • helps out.
  • provoke (verb)
  • bring to one feet,
  • brings to ones feet,
  • brought one feet,
  • brings to one's feet,
  • be stirred,
  • brought to one feet,
  • in nerve,
  • titivates,
  • bring one feet,
  • in nervate,
  • Suscitated,
  • bringing to ones feet,
  • brings feet,
  • brings ones feet,
  • be stirring,
  • bringing one feet,
  • bring to ones feet,
  • in-nerving,
  • brought to ones feet,
  • bring feet,
  • bring one's feet,
  • Suscitating,
  • be stir,
  • in nerves,
  • bringing to feet,
  • brings to one feet,
  • innervated,
  • bringing to one feet,
  • in-nerve,
  • in-nerved,
  • brought to feet,
  • brought feet,
  • draws forth,
  • brought ones feet,
  • in-nerves,
  • brings to feet,
  • brings one's feet,
  • be-stirs,
  • innervating,
  • bringing one's feet,
  • be-stirred,
  • drew forth,
  • brings one feet,
  • suscitates,
  • be-stir,
  • in nerved,
  • brought to one's feet,
  • be-stirring,
  • bringing ones feet,
  • in nerving,
  • brought one's feet,
  • bringing feet,
  • in-nervate,
  • innervates,
  • bring to feet,
  • bring ones feet,
  • be stirs,
  • bringing to one's feet,
  • innerves.
  • raise (verb)
  • sets on,
  • setting on.
  • rouse (verb)
  • Intensated,
  • re-doubled,
  • Intensating,
  • re double,
  • asked for it,
  • asks for it,
  • asking for it,
  • intensates,
  • re doubles,
  • re-double,
  • re doubling,
  • making waves,
  • steams up,
  • re-doubling,
  • re-doubles,
  • re doubled.
  • set (verb)
  • put motion,
  • puts motion,
  • putting in motion,
  • putting motion,
  • puts in motion.
  • start (verb)
  • gat under way,
  • took first step,
  • hit road,
  • laying foundation,
  • comes into being,
  • got under way,
  • came into being,
  • made a beginning,
  • made beginning,
  • makes a beginning,
  • sets out,
  • de parted,
  • make beginning,
  • de-parts,
  • de parting,
  • comes in to being,
  • de-parting,
  • de-part,
  • gets under way,
  • take plunge,
  • takes the plunge,
  • making a beginning,
  • sees light,
  • taking first step,
  • laid foundation,
  • coming in to being,
  • seeing light,
  • takes first step,
  • lays foundation,
  • saw light,
  • makes beginning,
  • gotten under way,
  • taking plunge,
  • took plunge,
  • took the plunge,
  • taking the plunge,
  • came in to being,
  • de part,
  • takes plunge,
  • de parts,
  • come in to being,
  • making beginning,
  • de-parted.
  • stimulate (verb)
  • commoves,
  • gets started,
  • Commoved,
  • gat one started,
  • dynamized,
  • building a fire under,
  • got one started,
  • dynamizing,
  • gets one going,
  • builded fire under,
  • gat started,
  • dynamizes,
  • build fire under,
  • gets one started,
  • getting one going,
  • getting started,
  • built a fire under,
  • got started,
  • gotten started,
  • getting one started,
  • builds fire under,
  • builds a fire under,
  • got one going,
  • built fire under,
  • builded a fire under,
  • gat one going,
  • gotten one started,
  • building fire under,
  • gotten one going.
  • tempt (verb)
  • making mouth water,
  • playing up to,
  • play to,
  • made mouth water,
  • mousetrapped,
  • turning ones head,
  • turn ones head,
  • de coys,
  • turned head,
  • plays to,
  • de coyed,
  • de-coys,
  • played to,
  • appeals to,
  • makes mouth water,
  • turned one head,
  • turned one's head,
  • appealing to,
  • turning one's head,
  • de coy,
  • turn head,
  • turn one head,
  • de-coying,
  • turns ones head,
  • played up to,
  • turns one's head,
  • de-coyed,
  • playing to,
  • turning head,
  • de-coy,
  • turning one head,
  • turns one head,
  • mousetrapping,
  • turned ones head,
  • de coying,
  • plays up to,
  • turns head.
  • urge (verb)
  • re quested,
  • co unselling,
  • spake for,
  • re quests,
  • re questing,
  • be-sought,
  • insists on,
  • speaks for,
  • co-unselling,
  • re-questing,
  • insisted on,
  • be sought,
  • spoke for,
  • re-quests,
  • insisting on.
  • work up (verb)
  • mustering up,
  • mustered up,
  • musters up.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • prick.
  •
  • work.
  • begin
  • Initiating,
  • founding,
  • lay foundation for,
  • establish,
  • set in motion,
  • gave birth to,
  • give impulse,
  • Originating,
  • enter upon,
  • sets in motion,
  • getting going,
  • plunge into,
  • make active,
  • eventuate,
  • set up,
  • set about,
  • break ground,
  • Instituting,
  • got going,
  • occasions,
  • went ahead,
  • sets up,
  • triggers,
  • breaking ground,
  • gives birth to,
  • trigger,
  • give birth to,
  • get going,
  • originates,
  • triggering,
  • setting in motion.
  • bribe
  • Soaping,
  • get to,
  • take care of,
  • do business,
  • doing business,
  • sweeten the pot,
  • make a deal,
  • entices,
  • takes care of,
  • sugar,
  • gets to,
  • did business,
  • sugared,
  • oil palm,
  • Sugaring,
  • Soaped,
  • grease palm,
  • got to,
  • getting to,
  • paid off,
  • pay off,
  • took care of,
  • soap,
  • buy back.
  • egg on
  • SICS,
  • stirs up,
  • stirred up,
  • sicced,
  • stirring up,
  • exhort,
  • sic,
  • sicked,
  • sicking.
  • excite
  • feed the fire,
  • touch off,
  • touching off.
  • influence
  • influences,
  • be recognized,
  • work upon,
  • impact on,
  • Snowing,
  • worked upon,
  • wrought upon,
  • Snowed,
  • pull strings,
  • have a part in.
  • inspirit
  • in spirits.
  • move
  • put forward,
  • play on,
  • puts forward,
  • tug at,
  • moves.
  • Other relevant words:
  • talk into,
  • heat up,
  • bribe,
  • take the lead,
  • Intensate,
  • enthusing,
  • get under way,
  • get one going,
  • abet,
  • spark,
  • get behind,
  • steamroll,
  • waking up,
  • spur,
  • impelled,
  • set off,
  • fires up,
  • ushering in,
  • honied,
  • woke up,
  • embark upon,
  • stimulate,
  • rousing,
  • set on,
  • dynamize,
  • mapping out,
  • tempt,
  • incite,
  • titivate,
  • launch,
  • Gladdening,
  • insist on,
  • gladdened,
  • help out,
  • get started,
  • key up,
  • impel,
  • setting off,
  • jazzed,
  • remind,
  • launching,
  • psych up,
  • stir,
  • give a leg up,
  • Rowelled,
  • Innerve,
  • set going,
  • Mooting,
  • actuate,
  • leaning on,
  • Perking,
  • jog memory,
  • prop up,
  • foment,
  • lay foundation,
  • waked up,
  • Rowelling,
  • Honeying,
  • appeal to,
  • Urged,
  • in flames,
  • goose,
  • take first step,
  • suck in,
  • jazzing,
  • pioneer,
  • opened up,
  • wake up,
  • getting under way,
  • heats up,
  • Spawned,
  • livens,
  • steam up,
  • engender,
  • sell on,
  • powering,
  • twist arm,
  • Roweled,
  • Bestirred,
  • put in motion,
  • mousetrap,
  • Titivated,
  • Enhearten,
  • influence,
  • inducing,
  • act upon,
  • put up to,
  • take lead,
  • steamed up,
  • juiced,
  • give shot in arm,
  • prompt,
  • work into lather,
  • Embarking,
  • win over,
  • heated up,
  • make mouth water,
  • moots,
  • enthuses,
  • inspires,
  • gooses,
  • Suscitate,
  • break the seal,
  • overburdened,
  • leads to,
  • give rise to,
  • root for,
  • subscribed to,
  • livening,
  • Subsidizing,
  • soft-soaping,
  • encourage,
  • move,
  • Bestirring,
  • giving rise to,
  • lead on,
  • draw in,
  • opening up,
  • rowel,
  • drive,
  • trailblazing,
  • bestirs,
  • propped up,
  • innervate,
  • inform,
  • psyching,
  • revitalize,
  • gets behind,
  • smile upon,
  • support,
  • bring to one's feet,
  • go out in front,
  • rouse,
  • suborn,
  • sucked in,
  • start ball rolling,
  • lean on,
  • bestir,
  • helped out,
  • lead to,
  • sally forth,
  • subscribe to,
  • make a beginning,
  • working on,
  • mousetraps,
  • gave rise to,
  • appealed to,
  • provoke,
  • open up,
  • make alive,
  • arouse,
  • draw forth,
  • bring forth,
  • wheedle,
  • Promoted,
  • urge,
  • PSYCH,
  • worked on,
  • fire up,
  • raise,
  • speak for,
  • embarked upon,
  • pat on the back,
  • makes waves,
  • sell one on,
  • propping up,
  • led to,
  • leading to,
  • twist one's arm,
  • show the way,
  • railroading,
  • speaking for,
  • Shepherding,
  • be friends,
  • perked,
  • fan the fire,
  • steaming up,
  • Commoving,
  • egg on,
  • pull for,
  • vivify,
  • prod,
  • called forth,
  • keyed up,
  • begin,
  • inspirit,
  • induce,
  • drawing forth,
  • enthuse,
  • take the plunge,
  • sending,
  • ask for it,
  • soft-soaped,
  • Innerved,
  • setting out,
  • Mooted,
  • Shepherded,
  • acted upon,
  • side with,
  • goosed,
  • see light,
  • leads on,
  • turning on,
  • play up to,
  • ushers in,
  • railroad,
  • gives rise to,
  • usher in,
  • Rallied,
  • soft-soap,
  • over-wrought,
  • Succored,
  • come into being,
  • goad,
  • call forth,
  • commove,
  • set out,
  • set,
  • hasten,
  • get show on road,
  • livened,
  • Succoring,
  • bringing forth,
  • liven,
  • led on,
  • Spiriting,
  • excite,
  • sold on,
  • whip up,
  • over-burden,
  • woken,
  • Innerving,
  • put to,
  • railroaded,
  • goosing,
  • work on,
  • Titivating,
  • argue into,
  • powered,
  • spirit up,
  • map out,
  • get one started,
  • make waves,
  • rooting for,
  • Roweling,
  • coming into being,
  • calling forth,
  • rowels,
  • start,
  • turn one's head,
  • kicked off,
  • psyched up,
  • build a fire under,
  • trailblaze,
  • psychs,
  • juicing,
  • drew in,
  • promotes,
  • pick on,
  • kick off,
  • animate.
  • work up
  • muster up.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • erect,
  • invigorate,
  • inciter,
  • depart,
  • assist,
  • bulbous,
  • flesh,
  • pep up,
  • summon,
  • allurement,
  • prevail upon,
  • advance,
  • forward,
  • attract,
  • abrogate,
  • convulsion,
  • detonate,
  • persuasion,
  • egg,
  • push forward,
  • incense,
  • revolutionize,
  • bulging,
  • encouragement,
  • Superinduce,
  • speed,
  • cue,
  • sanction,
  • explode,
  • commence,
  • coerce,
  • exalt,
  • obtain,
  • blow up,
  • conspire with,
  • aberration,
  • abetment,
  • push up,
  • set alight,
  • ground,
  • infect,
  • whet,
  • seduce,
  • budge,
  • account,
  • instigation,
  • impulse,
  • agitation,
  • fan the flame,
  • blow the coals,
  • take off,
  • barrack,
  • piety,
  • accelerate,
  • light,
  • waken,
  • contrive,
  • forsake,
  • incentive,
  • press,
  • disturb,
  • heat,
  • further,
  • spark off,
  • push off,
  • foster,
  • set forth,
  • expedite,
  • set-off,
  • raise up,
  • offset,
  • Incitingly,
  • procure,
  • electrify,
  • institute,
  • exasperate,
  • embolden,
  • attraction,
  • annul,
  • bulgy,
  • bring on,
  • disturbance,
  • vitalize,
  • draw on,
  • enliven,
  • pander to,
  • commotion,
  • convex,
  • subornation,
  • bring out,
  • motive,
  • draw down,
  • tickle,
  • enter on,
  • quicken,
  • coax,
  • dispose,
  • invite,
  • cheer,
  • hop up,
  • promote,
  • start out,
  • kick start,
  • set afire,
  • motivation,
  • elicit,
  • fan,
  • inhale,
  • erupt,
  • go,
  • rally,
  • shake up,
  • get steamed up,
  • tumult,
  • sway,
  • convince,
  • drummer,
  • facilitate,
  • set fire to,
  • help along,
  • trigger off,
  • help,
  • Impassion,
  • prevail on,
  • rise out of,
  • inveigle,
  • bagman,
  • warning,
  • drive on,
  • touch,
  • incitation,
  • advice,
  • affect,
  • nettle,
  • evoke,
  • vector,
  • cancel,
  • agitate,
  • aid,
  • stirrer,
  • push over,
  • religion,
  • admonition,
  • percussionist,
  • fan the flames,
  • excitement,
  • revolutionise,
  • push on,
  • lure,
  • cajole,
  • hurry,
  • seduction,
  • cultivate,
  • ignite,
  • carry,
  • lead,
  • vex.

How to use "Instigate" in context?

Paraphrases for Instigate:

• Independent

  • Verb, past tense
    Promoted.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    encourage.
  • Verb, base form
    abet, advocate, arouse, begin, cause, commence, create, elicit, embark, encourage, engender, entice, establish, excite, foment, foster, fostering, galvanise, galvanize, generate, ignite, inaugurate, incur, induce, inflame, initiate, instil, instill, introduce, launch, open, opening, precipitate, prompt, provoke, raise, sow, spark, spur, start, starting, stimulate, stir, trigger, undertake, Establishing, Promoted, incentivize, kick-start.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    engage.

Hypernym for Instigate:

• v.

  • communication
    raise.

Hyponym for Instigate:

• v.

  • communication
    cause, induce, stimulate, provoke, make, get, have.