activate

activate is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make active. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make active.
2. verb. make active or more active

   "activate an old file"

3. verb. make (substances) radioactive
4. verb. aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter

   Synonyms: aerate

5. verb. make more adsorptive

   "activate a metal"

6. verb. put in motion or move to act

   "trigger a reaction"

   "actuate the circuits"

   Synonyms: actuate, spark, trigger, trip

Synonyms

aerate, actuate, spark, trigger, trip

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in activate:

cavitate

Common word forms

activated, activates, activating

Words from these letters

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