All action synonyms
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A a noun action
- stunt β to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane.
- bit β A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
- spirit β the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- going β the act of leaving or departing; departure: a safe going and quick return.
- rush β to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- happening β something that happens; occurrence; event.
- industry β the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- game β an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- motion β the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- bag β A bag is a container made of thin paper or plastic, for example one that is used in shops to put things in that a customer has bought.
- haste β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hopper β Edward, 1882β1967, U.S. painter and etcher.
- vivacity β the quality or state of being vivacious.
- ballgame β any game played with a ball
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- transaction β the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- manipulation β the act of manipulating.
- dealings β Someone's dealings with a person or organization are the relations that they have with them or the business that they do with them.
- doing β action; performance; execution: Your misfortune is not of my doing.
- undertaking β the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- accomplishment β An accomplishment is something remarkable that has been done or achieved.
- commission β If you commission something or commission someone to do something, you formally arrange for someone to do a piece of work for you.
- stroke β a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and his/her attorney must appear in court.
- handiwork β work done by hand.
- thrust β to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
- feat β a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.: Arranging the treaty was a diplomatic feat.
- achievement β An achievement is something which someone has succeeded in doing, especially after a lot of effort.
- cause β a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- warfare β the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war.
- combat β Combat is fighting that takes place in a war.
- contest β A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
- skirmish β Military. a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
- fray β a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.
- battle β A battle is a violent fight between groups of people, especially one between military forces during a war.
- deed β A deed is something that is done, especially something that is very good or very bad.
- manoeuvre β a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- proceedings β a particular action or course or manner of action.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- clash β When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.
- dogfight β a violent fight between dogs.
- raid β a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- war β a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- vigour β active strength or force.
verb action
- immobilize β to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
- take out β the act of taking.
- gelling β Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- occur β to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- get to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- hogtie β to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.