🔄 Synonyms of "Inactivate"
1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| deactivateverb | (ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective |
↔️ Antonyms of "Inactivate"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| activateverb | (transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Inactivate"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| deactivateverb | (ergative) to make something inactive or no longer effective |
| deselectverb | (transitive) To not select; to rule out of selection. |
| decommissionverb | To take out of service or to render unusable. |
| defuseverb | (transitive, figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile. |
| interruptverb | (ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking. |
| disableverb | (chiefly electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device). |
| uncheckverb | (graphical user interface, US, Canada) To remove a checkmark. |
| offverb | (transitive, slang) To kill. |
| quiesceverb | (intransitive) To become quiet or quieter. |
| muteverb | Not having the power of speech; dumb. |
| clearverb | (transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from. |
| disactivateverb | (nonstandard) Synonym of deactivate. |
| killverb | (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of. |
| deinactivateverb | To cause or to undergo deinactivation. |
| neutralizeverb | (transitive) To make (something) even, inactive or ineffective. |
| turn offverb | (transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.). |
| dead | (usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.) |
| ineffectuateverb | To make ineffectual; to disable. |
| underactivateverb | To produce insufficient levels of activation. |
| vitiateverb | (transitive) To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something. |
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