ACTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • something done (usually as opposed to something said)
   Usage Example(s)
   • there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions
   Hypernyms(s) action is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • act (what does act mean?)
   • human action (what does human action mean?)
   • human activity (what does human activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • thing (what does thing mean?)
   • kindness (what does kindness mean?)
   • benignity (what does benignity mean?)
   • accomplishment (what does accomplishment mean?)
   • achievement (what does achievement mean?)
   • alienation (what does alienation mean?)
   • res gestae (what does res gestae mean?)
   • course (what does course mean?)
   • course of action (what does course of action mean?)
   • interaction (what does interaction mean?)
   • playing (what does playing mean?)
   • play (what does play mean?)
   • swordplay (what does swordplay mean?)
   • arrival (what does arrival mean?)
   • performance (what does performance mean?)
   • execution (what does execution mean?)
   • carrying out (what does carrying out mean?)
   • carrying into action (what does carrying into action mean?)
   • choice (what does choice mean?)
   • selection (what does selection mean?)
   • option (what does option mean?)
   • pick (what does pick mean?)
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • economy (what does economy mean?)
   • saving (what does saving mean?)
   • prohibition (what does prohibition mean?)
   • inhibition (what does inhibition mean?)
   • forbiddance (what does forbiddance mean?)
   • resistance (what does resistance mean?)
   • opposition (what does opposition mean?)
   • bruxism (what does bruxism mean?)
   • transfusion (what does transfusion mean?)
   • pickings (what does pickings mean?)
   • taking (what does taking mean?)
   • transgression (what does transgression mean?)
   • aggression (what does aggression mean?)
   • hostility (what does hostility mean?)
   • destabilization (what does destabilization mean?)
   • destabilisation (what does destabilisation mean?)
   • employment (what does employment mean?)
   • engagement (what does engagement mean?)
   • reference (what does reference mean?)
   • consultation (what does consultation mean?)
   • emphasizing (what does emphasizing mean?)
   • accenting (what does accenting mean?)
   • accentuation (what does accentuation mean?)
   • beatification (what does beatification mean?)
   • stupefaction (what does stupefaction mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • act (what does act mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
   Usage Example(s)
   • the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds
   • gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible
   Hypernyms(s) action is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • work (what does work mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a military engagement
   Synonym(s)
   • military action (what does military action mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he saw action in Korea
   Hypernyms(s) action is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • group action (what does group action mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • amphibious landing (what does amphibious landing mean?)
   • battle (what does battle mean?)
   • conflict (what does conflict mean?)
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   • engagement (what does engagement mean?)
   • blockade (what does blockade mean?)
   • encirclement (what does encirclement mean?)
   • defense (what does defense mean?)
   • defence (what does defence mean?)
   • defensive measure (what does defensive measure mean?)
   • electronic warfare (what does electronic warfare mean?)
   • EW (what does EW mean?)
   • police action (what does police action mean?)
   • resistance (what does resistance mean?)
   • saber rattling (what does saber rattling mean?)
   • sabre rattling (what does sabre rattling mean?)
   • sortie (what does sortie mean?)
   • sally (what does sally mean?)
   • war (what does war mean?)
   • warfare (what does warfare mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another
   • one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
   Synonym(s)
   • action at law (what does action at law mean?)
   • legal action (what does legal action mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) action is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • proceeding (what does proceeding mean?)
   • legal proceeding (what does legal proceeding mean?)
   • proceedings (what does proceedings mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • antitrust case (what does antitrust case mean?)
   • civil action (what does civil action mean?)
   • counterclaim (what does counterclaim mean?)
   • custody case (what does custody case mean?)
   • lis pendens (what does lis pendens mean?)
   • prosecution (what does prosecution mean?)
   • criminal prosecution (what does criminal prosecution mean?)
   • test case (what does test case mean?)
   • test suit (what does test suit mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • action (what does action mean?)
   • sue (what does sue mean?)
   • litigate (what does litigate mean?)
   • process (what does process mean?)
5. Meaning
   • an act by a government body or supranational organization
   Usage Example(s)
   • recent federal action undermined the segregationist position
   • the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues
   • the Union actio
   Hypernyms(s) action is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • group action (what does group action mean?)
6. Meaning
   • the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
   Synonym(s)
   • action mechanism (what does action mechanism mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the piano had a very stiff action
   Hypernyms(s) action is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • mechanism (what does mechanism mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • gunlock (what does gunlock mean?)
   • firing mechanism (what does firing mechanism mean?)
   • movement (what does movement mean?)
   • piano action (what does piano action mean?)
   • pump action (what does pump action mean?)
   • slide action (what does slide action mean?)
7. Meaning
   • the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
   Usage Example(s)
   • a man of action
   Hypernyms(s) action is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • drive (what does drive mean?)
8. Meaning
   • the series of events that form a plot
   Usage Example(s)
   • his novels always have a lot of action
   Hypernyms(s) action is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • plot (what does plot mean?)
9. Meaning
   • a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
   Synonym(s)
   • activity (what does activity mean?)
   • natural action (what does natural action mean?)
   • natural process (what does natural process mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the action of natural forces
   • volcanic activity
   Hypernyms(s) action is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • process (what does process mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • radiation (what does radiation mean?)
   • absorption (what does absorption mean?)
   • acidification (what does acidification mean?)
   • adiabatic process (what does adiabatic process mean?)
   • aeration (what does aeration mean?)
   • antiredeposition (what does antiredeposition mean?)
   • capture (what does capture mean?)
   • capture (what does capture mean?)
   • centrifugation (what does centrifugation mean?)
   • chemical process (what does chemical process mean?)
   • chemical change (what does chemical change mean?)
   • chemical action (what does chemical action mean?)
   • chromatography (what does chromatography mean?)
   • concretion (what does concretion mean?)
   • condensation (what does condensation mean?)
   • convection (what does convection mean?)
   • curdling (what does curdling mean?)
   • clotting (what does clotting mean?)
   • coagulation (what does coagulation mean?)
   • decay (what does decay mean?)
   • demagnetization (what does demagnetization mean?)
   • demagnetisation (what does demagnetisation mean?)
   • desorption (what does desorption mean?)
   • diffusion (what does diffusion mean?)
   • dissolution (what does dissolution mean?)
   • disintegration (what does disintegration mean?)
   • distillation (what does distillation mean?)
   • distillment (what does distillment mean?)
   • drift (what does drift mean?)
   • effervescence (what does effervescence mean?)
   • electrophoresis (what does electrophoresis mean?)
   • cataphoresis (what does cataphoresis mean?)
   • dielectrolysis (what does dielectrolysis mean?)
   • ionophoresis (what does ionophoresis mean?)
   • establishment (what does establishment mean?)
   • ecesis (what does ecesis mean?)
   • extinction (what does extinction mean?)
   • extraction (what does extraction mean?)
   • feedback (what does feedback mean?)
   • filtration (what does filtration mean?)
   • flocculation (what does flocculation mean?)
   • flow (what does flow mean?)
   • formation (what does formation mean?)
   • fossilization (what does fossilization mean?)
   • fossilisation (what does fossilisation mean?)
   • geological process (what does geological process mean?)
   • geologic process (what does geologic process mean?)
   • hardening (what does hardening mean?)
   • solidifying (what does solidifying mean?)
   • solidification (what does solidification mean?)
   • set (what does set mean?)
   • curing (what does curing mean?)
   • ignition (what does ignition mean?)
   • inactivation (what does inactivation mean?)
   • induction (what does induction mean?)
   • ion exchange (what does ion exchange mean?)
   • ionization (what does ionization mean?)
   • ionisation (what does ionisation mean?)
   • leach (what does leach mean?)
   • leaching (what does leaching mean?)
   • magnetization (what does magnetization mean?)
   • magnetisation (what does magnetisation mean?)
   • magnetic induction (what does magnetic induction mean?)
   • materialization (what does materialization mean?)
   • materialisation (what does materialisation mean?)
   • nuclear reaction (what does nuclear reaction mean?)
   • opacification (what does opacification mean?)
   • oscillation (what does oscillation mean?)
   • oxygenation (what does oxygenation mean?)
   • pair production (what does pair production mean?)
   • pair creation (what does pair creation mean?)
   • pair formation (what does pair formation mean?)
   • phase change (what does phase change mean?)
   • phase transition (what does phase transition mean?)
   • state change (what does state change mean?)
   • physical change (what does physical change mean?)
   • precession of the equinoxes (what does precession of the equinoxes mean?)
   • release (what does release mean?)
   • saltation (what does saltation mean?)
   • scattering (what does scattering mean?)
   • sericulture (what does sericulture mean?)
   • sink (what does sink mean?)
   • soak (what does soak mean?)
   • soakage (what does soakage mean?)
   • soaking (what does soaking mean?)
   • softening (what does softening mean?)
   • sorption (what does sorption mean?)
   • source (what does source mean?)
   • stiffening (what does stiffening mean?)
   • rigidifying (what does rigidifying mean?)
   • rigidification (what does rigidification mean?)
   • stimulation (what does stimulation mean?)
   • succession (what does succession mean?)
   • ecological succession (what does ecological succession mean?)
   • survival (what does survival mean?)
   • survival of the fittest (what does survival of the fittest mean?)
   • natural selection (what does natural selection mean?)
   • selection (what does selection mean?)
   • synergy (what does synergy mean?)
   • synergism (what does synergism mean?)
   • temperature change (what does temperature change mean?)
   • transduction (what does transduction mean?)
   • transpiration (what does transpiration mean?)
   • vitrification (what does vitrification mean?)
10. Meaning
    • the state of being active
    Synonym(s)
    • activeness (what does activeness mean?)
    • activity (what does activity mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • his sphere of activity
    • he is out of action
    Hypernyms(s) action is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    • state (what does state mean?)
    Antonym(s)
    • inaction (what does inaction mean?)
    • inactivity (what does inactivity mean?)
    • inactiveness (what does inactiveness mean?)
    • inaction (what does inaction mean?)
    • inactivity (what does inactivity mean?)
    • inactiveness (what does inactiveness mean?)
    • inaction (what does inaction mean?)
    • inactivity (what does inactivity mean?)
    • inactiveness (what does inactiveness mean?)
    Hyponym(s)
    • agency (what does agency mean?)
    • busyness (what does busyness mean?)
    • hum (what does hum mean?)
    • behavior (what does behavior mean?)
    • behaviour (what does behaviour mean?)
    • eruption (what does eruption mean?)
    • eructation (what does eructation mean?)
    • extravasation (what does extravasation mean?)
    • operation (what does operation mean?)
    • overdrive (what does overdrive mean?)
    • play (what does play mean?)
    • swing (what does swing mean?)
    Attribute(s)
    • active (what does active mean?)
    • active (what does active mean?)
    Derived(s)
    • act (what does act mean?)
    • act (what does act mean?)
    • move (what does move mean?)

ACTION as VERB

1. Meaning
   • put in effect
   Synonym(s)
   • accomplish (what does accomplish mean?)
   • carry out (what does carry out mean?)
   • carry through (what does carry through mean?)
   • execute (what does execute mean?)
   • fulfil (what does fulfil mean?)
   • fulfill (what does fulfill mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • carry out a task
   • execute the decision of the people
   • He actioned the operation
   Hypernyms(s) action is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • complete (what does complete mean?)
   • finish (what does finish mean?)
   • effect (what does effect mean?)
   • effectuate (what does effectuate mean?)
   • bring about (what does bring about mean?)
   • set up (what does set up mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • get over (what does get over mean?)
   • run (what does run mean?)
   • consummate (what does consummate mean?)
   • consummate (what does consummate mean?)
   • do (what does do mean?)
   • perform (what does perform mean?)
   • dispatch (what does dispatch mean?)
   • discharge (what does discharge mean?)
   • complete (what does complete mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • fulfillment (what does fulfillment mean?)
   • fulfilment (what does fulfilment mean?)
   • fulfillment (what does fulfillment mean?)
   • fulfilment (what does fulfilment mean?)
   • execution (what does execution mean?)
   • implementation (what does implementation mean?)
   • carrying out (what does carrying out mean?)
   • accomplishment (what does accomplishment mean?)
   • achievement (what does achievement mean?)
2. Meaning
   • institute legal proceedings against
   • file a suit against
   Synonym(s)
   • litigate (what does litigate mean?)
   • process (what does process mean?)
   • sue (what does sue mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • He was warned that the district attorney would process him
   • She actioned the company for discrimination
   Hypernyms(s) action is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • challenge (what does challenge mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • expedite (what does expedite mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • summons (what does summons mean?)
   • process (what does process mean?)
   • litigation (what does litigation mean?)
   • judicial proceeding (what does judicial proceeding mean?)
   • lawsuit (what does lawsuit mean?)
   • suit (what does suit mean?)
   • case (what does case mean?)
   • cause (what does cause mean?)
   • causa (what does causa mean?)
   • suer (what does suer mean?)
   • petitioner (what does petitioner mean?)
   • legal action (what does legal action mean?)
   • action (what does action mean?)
   • action at law (what does action at law mean?)