Operate Synonyms and Antonyms

ŏpə-rāt
To keep in operation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. manage
  2. run
  3. manipulate
  4. use
  5. work
  6. drive
  7. function
  8. conduct
  9. man
  10. engage
  11. maneuver
  12. administer
  13. perform
  14. pilot
  15. mesh
  16. lock
To carry out a surgical procedure
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. excise
  2. carry on
  3. cut
  4. remove diseased tissue
  5. conduct
  6. run
  7. amputate
  8. direct
  9. transplant an organ
  10. manoeuver
  11. set a bone
  12. manage
  13. explore
  14. carve-up
  15. steer
  16. maneuver
  17. manoeuvre
Antonyms:
  1. disengage
Perform surgery on
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. operate on
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. functional
  2. manipulable
  3. manipulatable
  4. manipulatory
  5. operational
  6. physiologic

Words Related to Operate

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Operate Sentence Examples

  • I hope you will find him sympathetic and ready to co- operate in promoting all that is reasonable.

  • It did not operate as a rule beyond the limits of race.

  • That's up to you but you'll need me to operate the machines.

  • In England, in addition to the Marconi Company, the Lodge-Muirhead Syndicate was formed to operate the inventions of Sir Oliver Lodge and Dr Muirhead.

  • A third Italian army would, if expedient, pass into Germany, to operate against either France or Russia.

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