“action”

Definitions

• noun

  something done (usually as opposed to something said)

  Synonyms: accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, actions, activeness, activism, activity, acts, address, adventure, affectation

  • Example:“There were stories of murders and other unnatural actions.”

• noun

  the state of being active

  Synonyms: activity, activeness

  Antonyms: inaction

  • Example:“his sphere of activity”
  • Example:“He is out of action.”

• noun

  a military engagement

  Synonyms: military action

  • Example:“He saw action in Korea.”

• noun

  a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)

  Synonyms: natural process, natural action, activity

  • Example:“the action of natural forces”
  • Example:“volcanic activity”

• noun

  the series of events that form a plot

  • Example:“His novels always have a lot of action.”

• noun

  the trait of being active and energetic and forceful

  • Example:“a man of action”