Definition for Trigger:

• A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity; the catch of a fire- arm, which, when pulled, looses the lock for striking fire.

Synonyms for Trigger:

• n.

  •
  • occasion,
  • Ingenerate,
  • stir,
  • make,
  • bring,
  • effectuate,
  • generate,
  • lead to,
  • engage,
  • secure,
  • cause,
  • effect,
  • bring about,
  • bring on,
  • result in.
  •
  • pique,
  • galvanize,
  • work up,
  • inflame,
  • egg on,
  • spur,
  • excite.
  •
  • recall,
  • incitement,
  • stimulus,
  • instigation,
  • awake,
  • remind,
  • incitation.
  •
  • invent,
  • create,
  • inaugurate.
  •act (noun)
  • initiation,
  • induction.
  •causes (noun)
  • invitation,
  • occasion,
  • contributor,
  • engine,
  • agent,
  • source.
  •handle (noun)
  • lug,
  • spindle,
  • stock,
  • crank,
  • shank,
  • doorknob,
  • brace,
  • handle,
  • knocker,
  • pull,
  • brake,
  • knob.
  •motive (noun)
  • magnetism,
  • catalyst,
  • propulsion,
  • facilitation,
  • prompting,
  • impulsion,
  • stimulation,
  • fermentation,
  • enticement,
  • motive,
  • goading,
  • provocation,
  • energy,
  • compulsion,
  • fomentation,
  • induction.
  •trigger (noun)
  • gun trigger,
  • trip,
  • spark off,
  • activate,
  • induction,
  • actuate,
  • initiation,
  • touch off,
  • trigger off,
  • spark.
  •weapon (noun)
  • claymore,
  • mortar,
  • colt,
  • handgun,
  • flamethrower,
  • lance,
  • revolver,
  • stiletto,
  • armament,
  • luger,
  • bullet,
  • ax,
  • knife,
  • cutlass,
  • peashooter,
  • bayonet,
  • browning,
  • firearm,
  • carbine,
  • piece,
  • javelin,
  • artillery,
  • machete,
  • Bilbo,
  • pistol,
  • heater,
  • gun,
  • ordnance,
  • battery,
  • repeater,
  • sidewinder,
  • machine gun,
  • rifle,
  • saber,
  • dagger,
  • torpedo,
  • bomber,
  • winchester,
  • muzzle,
  • howitzer,
  • blowgun,
  • blowpipe,
  • blunderbuss,
  • shotgun,
  • boomerang,
  • musket,
  • arrow,
  • rapier,
  • rocket,
  • club,
  • shell,
  • scimitar,
  • shooter,
  • weapon,
  • ammunition,
  • bazooka,
  • missile,
  • Remington,
  • mace,
  • weaponry,
  • spear,
  • cannon,
  • broadsword,
  • sword,
  • bow and arrow.

• v.

  •activate (verb)
  • propel,
  • stir,
  • switch on,
  • energize,
  • stimulate,
  • impel,
  • actuate,
  • mobilize,
  • move,
  • rouse,
  • arouse,
  • motivate.
  •begin (verb)
  • instigate,
  • induce,
  • inaugurate,
  • bring to pass,
  • establish,
  • occasion,
  • drive,
  • found,
  • originate,
  • initiate,
  • institute,
  • effect,
  • get going,
  • make,
  • create,
  • enter upon,
  • introduce,
  • commence,
  • enter on,
  • launch,
  • set up.
  •energize (verb)
  • electrify,
  • work up,
  • quicken,
  • animate,
  • excite,
  • arm,
  • inspirit,
  • sustain,
  • vitalize,
  • invigorate.
  •father (verb)
  • spawn,
  • invent.
  •goad (verb)
  • spur,
  • prod,
  • press,
  • thrust,
  • urge,
  • force,
  • push,
  • encourage.
  •incite (verb)
  • inspire,
  • further,
  • egg on,
  • goad,
  • foment,
  • inflame,
  • set,
  • prick,
  • stir up.
  •initiate (verb)
  • kick off,
  • begin,
  • get under way,
  • pioneer,
  • Instate.
  •motivate (verb)
  • pitch,
  • foment,
  • entice,
  • magnetize,
  • fling,
  • propel,
  • induce,
  • lob,
  • hurl,
  • energize,
  • ram,
  • hasten,
  • hurtle,
  • jolt,
  • force,
  • jostle,
  • nudge,
  • prod,
  • drive,
  • ferment,
  • prompt,
  • thrust,
  • provoke,
  • bump,
  • encourage,
  • move,
  • stimulate,
  • launch,
  • poke,
  • impel,
  • shoot,
  • fire,
  • punch,
  • push,
  • throw,
  • jerk,
  • motivate,
  • urge,
  • heave,
  • strike,
  • inspire,
  • knock,
  • jog,
  • goad,
  • catapult,
  • sling,
  • shove,
  • instigate.
  •trigger (verb)
  • provoke,
  • start,
  • give rise to,
  • cause,
  • spark,
  • elicit,
  • activate,
  • generate,
  • prompt,
  • set in motion,
  • bring about,
  • produce.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • invent,
  • reawaken,
  • fashion,
  • commence,
  • remind,
  • begin,
  • expedite,
  • bring about,
  • incitation,
  • effectuate,
  • Ingenerate.
  •
  • instigation,
  • excite,
  • erect,
  • inaugurate,
  • egg on,
  • incitement,
  • improvise,
  • contrive,
  • institute,
  • evolve,
  • provide,
  • spawn,
  • lead to.
  •
  • pique,
  • generate,
  • create,
  • kick off,
  • build,
  • mediate,
  • introduce,
  • awake,
  • stimulus,
  • galvanize,
  • sustain,
  • work up,
  • spin off.
  •
  • initiate,
  • inflame,
  • will,
  • recall,
  • stir.
  •
  • produce,
  • establish,
  • crowd,
  • warrant.
  •
  • spur,
  • effect.
  •
  • send,
  • bring.
  •
  • cause.
  •
  • set up,
  • develop.
  •
  • make.
  •
  • have.
  •
  • set.
  •begin
  • get going,
  • introduce,
  • establish,
  • founding,
  • enter upon,
  • set up.
  •effect
  • effectuate.
  •energize
  • work up,
  • vitalize.
  •motivate
  • touch off.
  •Other relevant words:
  • secure,
  • cause,
  • foundation,
  • electrify,
  • trig,
  • knowledgeableness,
  • invigorate,
  • engine,
  • spin off,
  • begin,
  • inaugurate,
  • work up,
  • installation,
  • commencement,
  • incentive,
  • trip out,
  • establishment,
  • detonator,
  • start out,
  • switch on,
  • set going,
  • leave,
  • bring,
  • push forward,
  • inflame,
  • knowledgeability,
  • set,
  • invitation,
  • causation,
  • pique,
  • incitation,
  • annul,
  • contrive,
  • set forth,
  • light,
  • prick,
  • sprucer,
  • contributor,
  • scan,
  • part,
  • come to blows,
  • sweep,
  • kick up,
  • tricker,
  • advance,
  • develop,
  • incitement,
  • Ingenerate,
  • mediate,
  • trimmer,
  • take off,
  • enkindle,
  • lead to,
  • spawn,
  • open up,
  • warrant,
  • inducement,
  • arouse,
  • instigation,
  • get under way,
  • hurry,
  • bring on,
  • generalisation,
  • inductive reasoning,
  • enroll,
  • sustain,
  • brighten up,
  • source,
  • introduction,
  • mobilize,
  • contend,
  • depart,
  • found,
  • get off,
  • create,
  • cancel,
  • hilt,
  • haft,
  • quicken,
  • spark off,
  • stimulus,
  • let go of,
  • receive,
  • get started,
  • actuate,
  • combat,
  • erupt,
  • improvise,
  • wage war,
  • Clearer,
  • set out,
  • speed,
  • change,
  • inductance,
  • fight,
  • origination,
  • evolve,
  • make,
  • reawaken,
  • go to war,
  • crammer,
  • accelerate,
  • invent,
  • home in on,
  • pinpoint,
  • recall,
  • light up,
  • let go,
  • start,
  • bring to pass,
  • tidier,
  • instauration,
  • smarter,
  • bring about,
  • precipitate,
  • vitalize,
  • sparer,
  • enter upon,
  • offset,
  • heft,
  • agent,
  • evocation,
  • screwdriver,
  • expedite,
  • creation,
  • inception,
  • institute,
  • awake,
  • Instate,
  • will,
  • set up,
  • cross swords,
  • initiation,
  • commence,
  • founding,
  • stir,
  • effect,
  • initiate,
  • incite,
  • ignite,
  • identify,
  • treadle,
  • tiller,
  • send,
  • operate,
  • facilitate,
  • erect,
  • arm,
  • trip up,
  • provide,
  • build,
  • mounting,
  • give battle,
  • blaze the trail,
  • neater,
  • trip,
  • give rise to,
  • blasting machine,
  • gun trigger,
  • take up arms,
  • animate,
  • cry havoc,
  • establish,
  • jaunt,
  • travel,
  • skidder,
  • aerate,
  • fashion,
  • touch off,
  • speed up,
  • shaft,
  • get going,
  • excite,
  • take the field,
  • helm,
  • occasion,
  • introduce,
  • triggers,
  • generalization,
  • galvanize,
  • originate,
  • blade,
  • enlist,
  • trigger off,
  • pioneer,
  • take the lead,
  • key,
  • release,
  • spot,
  • result in,
  • egg on,
  • spark,
  • fall to,
  • produce,
  • detonate,
  • blow up,
  • firing mechanism,
  • further,
  • map,
  • stumble,
  • stir up,
  • inspirit,
  • kick off,
  • activate,
  • elicit,
  • have,
  • put in motion,
  • effectuate,
  • crowd,
  • innovation,
  • explode,
  • join battle,
  • kindle,
  • set-off,
  • sparkle,
  • generate,
  • institution,
  • abrogate,
  • throw away,
  • engage,
  • bring out,
  • father,
  • spur,
  • enter on,
  • do battle,
  • elicitation,
  • set in motion,
  • press,
  • touch,
  • remind,
  • battle with,
  • rouse.

Antonyms for Trigger:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    bar, block, hinder, impede, inhibit, obstruct, prevent, repress, stop.

• v.

  • activate
    arrest.
  • begin
    conclude, complete, finish, consummate, end.
  • cause to happen
    prevent, destroy.
  • energize
    tire, weaken, debilitate, sap, deactivate, weary.
  • father
    mother.
  • goad
    dissuade, discourage.
  • incite
    prohibit, delay, deter.
  • initiate
    terminate, close.
  • trigger
    halt, check, block, stop.
  • Other antonyms:
    slow, check, stall, suppress, arrest, stunt, decelerate, brake, draw up, halt, turn off, jam, deactivate, repress, stop, stick, shut off, cut.