Word Meanings - ACTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun. (more info) 1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of
Additional info about word: ACTION
Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun. (more info) 1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action. One wise in council, one in action brave. Pope. 2. An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. : Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor. The Lord is a Good of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 1 Sam. ii. 3. 3. The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events. 4. Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ACTION)
- Battle
- Fight
- conflict
- contest
- combat
- engagement
- encounter
- action
- Behavior
- Conduct
- bearing
- demeanor
- proceeding
- comportment
- manner
- deportment
- Cause
- Source
- origin
- producer
- agent
- creator
- purpose
- inducement
- reason
- account
- principle
- motive
- object
- suit
- Deed
- Act
- commission
- achievement
- perpetration
- instrument
- document
- muniment
- exploit
- feat
- contention
- struggle
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ACTION)
- Disesteem
- misestimate
- mystify
- understate
- undervalue
- perplex
- darken
- Chance
- risk
- hazard
- revoke
- Miscalculate
- venture
- stake
Related words: (words related to ACTION)
- BATTLE
Fertile. See Battel, a. - CAUSEFUL
Having a cause. - DARKEN
Etym: 1. To make dark or black; to deprite of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. They covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. Ex. x. 15. So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. Milton. - CHANCELLERY
Chancellorship. Gower. - HAZARDIZE
A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser. - REVOKER
One who revokes. - OBJECTIVENESS
Objectivity. Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external bodies, which produceth light Sir M. Hale - ENCOUNTERER
One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury. - ACCOUNTANTSHIP
The office or employment of an accountant. - PURPOSELESS
Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n. - INSTRUMENTAL
Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental - REASONING
1. The act or process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of presenting one's reasons. 2. That which is offered in argument; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; course of argument. His reasoning was sufficiently profound. Macaulay. - VENTURESOME
Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. -- Ven"ture*some*ly, adv. -- Ven"ture*some*ness, n. - ACCOUNTANCY
The art or employment of an accountant. - CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté. - COMBAT
To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. To combat with a blind man I disdain. Milton. After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters. Gibbon. - OBJECTIST
One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy. Ed. Rev. - DISESTEEMER
One who disesteems. Boyle. - CONTESTABLE
Capable of being contested; debatable. - STRUGGLER
One who struggles. - WATER-BEARER
The constellation Aquarius. - DISVENTURE
A disadventure. Shelton. - SAFE-CONDUCT
That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak. - UNPERPLEX
To free from perplexity. Donne. - REENGAGEMENT
A renewed or repeated engagement. - INTERAGENT
An intermediate agent. - ABORIGINALLY
Primarily. - SHIELD-BEARER
Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, carries a shield. - REACTIONIST
A reactionary. C. Kingsley.