Synonyms and Antonyms of operate

synonym (synonym of operate)

  • (verb.social)
    run
    direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    function, go, run, work
    perform as expected when applied (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    control
    handle and cause to function (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.competition)
    maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre
    perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.change)
    break, develop, recrudesce
    happen (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    engage, lock, mesh
    keep engaged (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.body)
    operate on
    perform surgery on (verb.body)
     

antonym (antonym of operate)

  • (verb.contact)
    disengage, withdraw
    release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    malfunction, misfunction
    fail to function or function improperly (verb.contact)
     

hypernym (operate IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. (verb.social)
    direct
    be in charge of (verb.social)
     
  • handle and cause to function (verb.contact)
    manipulate
    hold something in one's hands and move it (verb.contact)
     
  • happen (verb.change)
    come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
    come to pass (verb.change)
     
  • keep engaged (verb.contact)
    displace, move
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb.motion)
     
  • perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense (verb.competition)
    go, move
    have a turn; make one's move in a game (verb.competition)
     
  • perform surgery on (verb.body)
    care for, treat
    provide treatment for (verb.body)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF operate relation)

  • direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. (verb.social)
    financier
    conduct financial operations, often in an unethical manner (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    work
    operate in or through (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    block
    run on a block system (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    warm up
    run until the normal working temperature is reached (verb.social)
     
  • handle and cause to function (verb.contact)
    synchronise, synchronize
    operate simultaneously (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    dial
    operate a dial to select a telephone number (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    turn
    alter the functioning or setting of (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    submarine
    control a submarine (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    treadle
    operate (machinery) by a treadle (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    relay
    control or operate by relay (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    gate
    control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    pedal
    operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    drive
    operate or control a vehicle (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.motion)
    aviate, fly, pilot
    operate an airplane (verb.motion)
     
  • keep engaged (verb.contact)
    flip, switch, throw
    cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    ride
    keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot (verb.contact)
     
  • perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense (verb.competition)
    jockey
    compete (for an advantage or a position) (verb.competition)
     
  • perform as expected when applied (verb.contact)
    double
    do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    roll
    begin operating or running (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    run
    be operating, running or functioning (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    cut
    function as a cutting instrument (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.social)
    serve, service
    be used by; as of a utility (verb.social)
     
  • perform surgery on (verb.body)
    desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex
    make infertile (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.body)
    face-lift, lift
    perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.body)
    trephine
    operate on with a trephine (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.body)
    venesect
    practice venesection (verb.body)
     

verb group (operate is verb group of ....)

  • handle and cause to function (verb.contact)
    control, master
    have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of (verb.cognition)
     
  • perform as expected when applied (verb.contact)
    run
    be operating, running or functioning (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.social)
    work
    operate in or through (verb.social)
     

derivation (.... is derived from operate)

  • direct or control; projects, businesses, etc. (verb.social)
    running
    the act of administering or being in charge of something (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    operator
    someone who owns or operates a business (noun.person)
     
  • handle and cause to function (verb.contact)
    operation
    the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    control
    (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    control, controller
    a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.person)
    manipulator, operator
    an agent that operates some apparatus or machine (noun.person)
     
  • (adj.all)
    functional, operative, running, working
    (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing (adj.all)
     
  • happen (verb.change)
    cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process, operation, process
    (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents (noun.cognition)
     
  • keep engaged (verb.contact)
    interlock, interlocking, mesh, meshing
    the act of interlocking or meshing (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.event)
    engagement, interlocking, mesh, meshing
    contact by fitting together (noun.event)
     
  • perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense (verb.competition)
    military operation, operation
    activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    maneuver, manoeuvre, simulated military operation
    a military training exercise (noun.act)
     
  • perform as expected when applied (verb.contact)
    operation, procedure
    a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.process)
    functioning, operation, performance
    process or manner of functioning or operating (noun.process)
     
  • (adj.all)
    operant
    having influence or producing an effect (adj.all)
     
  • perform surgery on (verb.body)
    operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
    a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body (noun.act)
     
  • (adj.all)
    operative, surgical
    relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine (adj.all)
     

domain category (operate is domain category of ....)

  • (noun.act)
    medicine, practice of medicine
    the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases a more.. (noun.act)
     
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