Trigger Synonyms and Antonyms

trĭgər
Something that incites especially a violent response
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. goad
  2. incitation
  3. incitement
  4. instigation
  5. provocation
  6. stimulus
To be the cause of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bring
  2. bring about
  3. bring on
  4. cause
  5. effect
  6. effectuate
  7. generate
  8. induce
  9. ingenerate
  10. lead to
  11. make
  12. occasion
  13. result in
  14. secure
  15. set off
  16. stir
  17. touch off
Antonyms:
  1. stop
  2. halt
  3. block
  4. check
Lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. gun trigger
An act that sets in motion some course of events
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. induction
  2. initiation

Words Related to Trigger

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.

Related:

  1. denial of service
  2. distributed denial of service
  3. virus
  4. detect
  5. precipitate
  6. modulate

Trigger Sentence Examples

  • Something about her feet hitting the floor in the morning seemed to trigger her stomach.

  • Lack of sleep or too much sleep can trigger a migraine.

  • It is ordinarily caught in wooden traps of simple construction, being little enclosures of stakes or brush in which the bait is placed upon a trigger, with a short upright stick supporting a log of wood, which falls upon its victim on the slightest disturbance.

  • If she had a laser gun, she just might have pulled the trigger.

  • The smallest tip is 3.5 mm in diameter and is used mainly for laser acupuncture and irradiation of trigger points.

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