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action
noun as in something done
Strongest matches
activity, deal, force, life, movement, operation, plan, process, reaction, response
Strong matches
agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, ballgame, bit, business, bustle, commotion, dash, energy, enterprise, flurry, functioning, game, happening, hoopla, hopper, industry, liveliness, motion, occupation, power, proposition, racket, rush, scene, spirit, stir, stunt, turmoil, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity
Weak matches
noun as in individual deed
Strong matches
accomplishment, achievement, dealings, doing, enterprise, execution, exertion, exploit, feat, handiwork, manipulation, stroke, thrust, transaction, undertaking
noun as in a legal process
Strongest matches
case, claim, lawsuit, litigation, proceeding, prosecution, suit
Strong match
Example Sentences
The problem is that when we feel bad, we feel compelled to do something to ease the pain, even if the resulting action isn’t helpful in the long run.
A committee has been formed to figure out a way to “evaluate the costs and benefits of potential actions,” officials said.
Department of Justice to initiate a federal court action to seize the emerald following the resolution of criminal prosecutions in Brazil.
But the roadmap for such collective action here — technically, Sardinia is an "autonomous region" of Italy, with its own government — presents a new path forward as a European climate leader on different terms.
The MoJ said that it had "taken immediate action to ensure prisons remain secure".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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