Synonyms for Triggers:

• n.

  •handles (noun)
  • handles,
  • doorknobs,
  • pulls,
  • lugs,
  • stocks,
  • spindles,
  • braces,
  • cranks,
  • knobs,
  • shanks,
  • brakes.
  •weapons (noun)
  • muskets,
  • daggers,
  • rapiers,
  • Firearms,
  • revolvers,
  • lugers,
  • Shotguns,
  • flamethrowers,
  • Brownings,
  • pistols,
  • machetes,
  • clubs,
  • javelins,
  • Guns,
  • repeaters,
  • Sidewinders,
  • Batteries,
  • muzzles,
  • broadswords,
  • armaments,
  • boomerangs,
  • Spears,
  • carbines,
  • Cannons,
  • peashooters,
  • bullets,
  • pieces,
  • Colts,
  • claymores,
  • missiles,
  • weapons,
  • rockets,
  • heaters,
  • lances,
  • blowguns,
  • scimitars,
  • Knives,
  • ammunitions,
  • maces,
  • ordnances,
  • Remingtons,
  • handguns,
  • bows and arrows,
  • bazookas,
  • Axes,
  • Torpedoes,
  • swords,
  • arrows,
  • blunderbusses,
  • Cutlasses,
  • bombers,
  • shooters,
  • howitzers,
  • Winchesters,
  • sabers,
  • machine guns,
  • mortars,
  • bayonets,
  • stilettoes,
  • blowpipes,
  • shells,
  • weaponry,
  • Rifles,
  • artilleries.

• v.

  •activate (verb)
  • switch on,
  • trigger,
  • actify,
  • arouse,
  • stimulate,
  • motivate,
  • take out of mothballs,
  • rouse,
  • call up,
  • propel,
  • turn on,
  • actuate,
  • impel,
  • mobilize,
  • stir,
  • energize,
  • move.
  •begin (verb)
  • go ahead,
  • give impulse,
  • set about,
  • enter upon,
  • go into,
  • undertake,
  • set up,
  • induce,
  • mount,
  • occasion,
  • instigate,
  • break the ice,
  • initiate,
  • effect,
  • originate,
  • plunge into,
  • give birth to,
  • prepare,
  • open,
  • commence,
  • lead,
  • actualize,
  • break ground,
  • establish,
  • DO,
  • inaugurate,
  • embark on,
  • enter on,
  • drive,
  • get going,
  • eventuate,
  • make active,
  • create,
  • found,
  • launch,
  • bring to pass,
  • introduce,
  • lay foundation for,
  • make,
  • institute.
  •energize (verb)
  • strengthen,
  • jazz up,
  • empower,
  • inspirit,
  • fortify,
  • build up,
  • start up,
  • quicken,
  • invigorate,
  • electrify,
  • enable,
  • pep up,
  • work up,
  • zap,
  • reinforce,
  • vitalize,
  • prime,
  • put zip into,
  • arm,
  • juice up,
  • goose,
  • animate,
  • innervate,
  • sustain,
  • pump up,
  • activize,
  • excite,
  • enliven,
  • liven up.
  •father (verb)
  • invent,
  • conceive,
  • engender,
  • spawn,
  • beget,
  • sow the seeds of,
  • dream up,
  • procreate.
  •goad (verb)
  • rowel,
  • key up,
  • press,
  • worry,
  • lash,
  • needle,
  • sound,
  • fire up,
  • encourage,
  • tease,
  • prod,
  • force,
  • bully,
  • harass,
  • thrust,
  • spur,
  • irritate,
  • urge,
  • push,
  • hound,
  • sic,
  • annoy,
  • put up to,
  • coerce,
  • exhort.
  •trigger (verb)
  • cause,
  • set in motion,
  • produce,
  • bring about,
  • elicit,
  • prompt,
  • provoke,
  • set off,
  • activate,
  • generate,
  • spark,
  • give rise to,
  • start.

Paraphrases for Triggers:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, plural
    enablers.
  • Proper noun, singular
    causing, poses, enablers, Stokes, casts, fuels, fans.
  • Noun, plural
    activates, reactions, Incentives, Stimuli, drivers, responses, incitements, actively, thresholds, assets, switches, operates, actuators, turns, enable, enables, Rewards, Cues, Drives, ceilings, benchmarks, Quantities, breaks, cases, runs, amounts, volumes, LINEs, enablers.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    lever, detonation, causation, rationale, reasoning, justification, compassionate, substantiation, memorandum, ground, caseload, elicitation, Initiating, stressor, initiation, activator, impetus, induction.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    generates, engenders, levers, initiates, necessitates, stimulated, stimulates, energizes, elicits, incites, entail, entails, entrains, encourages, excites, inspires, initializes, induces, delivers, stirs, fosters, begins, simulates, renders, trains, actuates, emits, involves, empowers, brings, confers, begets, ushers, enter, enters, entitles, requires, attracts, creates, select, selects, occurs, introduces, presents, obliges, informs, FIRSTS, reminds, mentions, incurs, invokes, inflicts, calculates, instils, assigns, signifies, promotes, instills, entrusts, arouses, implies, leads, accrues, evokes, embarks, throws, vests, imposes, commences, Gives, yields, provides, engages, Grants, bestows, populates, resolves, Lends, feeds, produces, boosts, releases, Recalls, limits, pits, enhances, sets, undertakes, achieves, wakes, solves, breeds, opens, spawns, Carries, awakens, conveys, puts, Boots, kills, procures, performs, Leaves, endows, affords, equals, begs, logs, discusses, launches, expands, actively, thresholds, coach, switches, operates, slams, turns, builds, sounds, keeps, enables, Drives, calls, always, makes, poses, enablers, casts, initiation.

• Other Related

  • Noun, plural
    activations, inducements.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    activation, precipitating, outbreak, catalyst, onset, unleashing.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    starts, activates, fires, unleashes.

Antonyms for Triggers:

• v.

  • activate
    arrest.
  • begin
    conclude, finish, end, complete, consummate.
  • energize
    weaken, tire, debilitate, weary, sap, deactivate.
  • father
    mother.
  • goad
    dissuade, discourage.
  • incite
    deter, delay, prohibit.
  • initiate
    terminate, close.
  • invigorate
    depress, enervate, dull, bore, dishearten.
  • trigger
    halt, stop, check, block.

Triggers Sentence Examples:

• The enemy was said to have four or five thousand men present, and this may be true, as applied to all within the defences; though I question if more than half that number pulled triggers on us, in the miserable affair.

• He also devised at this time a number of stationary torpedoes, really casks of powder, with triggers that might be caught by the keel of any passing vessel.