"action" In Word Games

1. [uncountable] the process of doing something in order to make something happen or to deal with a situation
2. [countable] a thing that somebody does
3. [uncountable, countable] things that workers do, especially stopping work, to protest to their employers about something
4. [countable, uncountable] a legal process to stop a person or company from doing something, or to make them pay for a mistake, etc.
5. [uncountable] fighting in a battle or war
6. [uncountable] the events in a story, play, etc.
7. [uncountable] exciting events
8. [uncountable] action of something (on something) the effect that something such as a chemical has on something
9. [uncountable, countable] (specialist) the way a part of the body moves or functions
10. [singular] the mechanical parts of a piano, gun, clock, etc. or the way the parts move see also bolt-action, double-action, pump-actionTopics Engineeringc2

"action" synonyms:

• execution,
• maneuver,
• manoeuvre,
• mechanics,
• mechanism,
• motion,
• performance,
• technique,
• act,
• activity,
• move,
• movement,
• process,
• work,
• exploit,
• feat,
• form,
• machination,
• operation

"action" antonyms:

• nonmovement,
• inflexibility,
• rigidity,
• stiffness,
• woodenness,
• motionlessness,
• stillness,
• immobility,
• immovability,
• stasis,
• absence-of-movement,
• inaction,
• inactivity,
• dormancy,
• idleness,
• inertia,
• stagnation,
• delay,
• inertness

• atonic
• cation