Action

Synonyms for action
noun something done

reaction
life
force
deal
process
plan
activity
operation
response
movement
energy
scene
vim

dash
alacrity
proposition
racket
functioning
trip
occupation
business
commotion
liveliness
animation
hoopla
stir

alertness
vigor
turmoil
agility
power
vitality
flurry
bustle
stunt
bit
spirit
going
rush

happening
industry
game
motion
bag
haste
enterprise
hopper
vivacity
ballgame
big idea
in the works

Antonyms for action

idleness
inactivity
inaction
laziness
lethargy
apathy
surrender
calm
calmness

quiet
repose
stillness
weakness
stiffness
indolence
cessation
inertia
stoppage

question
dullness
slowness
harmony
peace
yielding
unemployment
rest

Synonyms
noun individual deed

maneuver
move
step
exercise
act
performance
operation

effort
procedure
blow
exertion
transaction
manipulation
dealings

doing
undertaking
accomplishment
exploit
commission
stroke
handiwork

enterprise
thrust
execution
feat
achievement

Antonyms

idleness
inaction
inactivity
cessation

inertia
repose
stoppage
defeat

failure
neglect
rest

Synonyms
noun a legal process

case
litigation

proceeding
claim

prosecution
suit

lawsuit
cause

Antonyms

cessation
idleness
inaction

inactivity
inertia
repose

stoppage
rest

Synonyms
noun an aggressive military deed

fighting
conflict
fight

warfare
combat
contest

engagement
skirmish
fray

battle
encounter

Antonyms

surrender
truce
cessation
idleness
inaction

inactivity
inertia
repose
stoppage
peace

harmony
retreat
agreement
rest

Concept Thesaurus for word action
1. Simple voluntary action
Synonyms – noun

action
exercise
evolution
execution
agency (power at work)
stitch
doings
step
move
coup de main
exploit
manufacture

performance
excitation
work
procedure (conduct)
deed
touch
dealings
maneuver
stroke
coup d’etat
achievement (completion)
stroke of policy (plan)

doing
movement
labor (exertion)
handicraft
act
gest transaction
proceeding
bout
blow
tour de force (display)
handiwork
actor (doer)

perpetration
operation
praxis
business
overt act
job
measure
passage
coup
feat
workmanship

Synonyms – verbs

do
transact
inflict
work
ply one’s task
be at work
operate
lift a finger
put in practice
take a part in
participate in
be a party to
pull an oar
come into operation (power at work)

perform
enact
exercise
practice
officiate
pursue a course
take action
stretch forth one’s hand
carry into execution (complete)
act a part in
have a hand in
be a participator in
run in a race

execute
commit
prosecute
play.
have in hand (business)[more]
shape one’s course (conduct)[more]
take steps
take in hand (undertake)
act upon.
play a part in
have a finger in the pie
bear a hand
mix oneself up with (meddle)

achieve (complete)
perpetrate
carry on
employ oneself
labor
act
strike a blow
put oneself in motion
be an actor
perform a part in
have to do with
lend a hand
be in action

Synonyms – adjectives

doing
on duty

acting
in operation

in action

in harness

Synonyms – phrases
“action is eloquence” [Coriolanus]; actions speak louder than words; actum aiunt ne agas [Terence]; “awake, arise, or be forever fall’n” [Paradise Lost); dii pia facta vident [Ovid]; faire sams dire; fare fac; fronte capillata post est occasio calva; ” our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts” [Bailey]; “the great end of life is not knowledge but action [Huxley]; “thought is the soul of act” [R. Browning]; vivre-ce
Antonyms

inaction

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