Synonyms of effectuate

effectuate

verb

i-ˈfek-chə-ˌwāt 

as in to cause

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)

the hope that the greater social interaction between members of the different classes will effectuate greater school spirit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cause
• create
• bring
• generate
• prompt
• do
• produce
• induce
• work
• invoke
• yield
• spawn
• effect
• make
• catalyze
• result (in)
• bring about
• engender
• promote
• draw on
• translate (into)
• beget
• encourage
• give rise to
• initiate
• found
• introduce
• establish
• determine
• bring forth
• occasion
• bring on
• contribute (to)
• inaugurate
• enact
• breed
• begin
• develop
• decide
• launch
• foster
• render
• cultivate
• pioneer
• start
• institute
• forward
• advance
• set
• further
• set up
• conduce (to)
• nurture
• innovate
• turn out
• nourish
• father

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• impede
• restrict
• limit
• suppress
• quash
• subdue
• restrain
• inhibit
• quell
• repress
• stifle
• control
• dampen
• put down
• curb
• check
• crush
• smother
• arrest
• retard
• kill
• can
• rein (in)
• squelch
• destroy
• abolish
• liquidate
• crack down (on)
• extinguish
• clamp down (on)
• squash
• quench
• still
• demolish
• snuff (out)

Examples of effectuate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hobbs credited Cook with adding an emergency clause to effectuate Arizona joining the compact on Friday upon her signing the HB 2751 into law. —Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 18 May 2024

What's critical is affording ourselves grace in doing our best to effectuate positive change. —Simone E. Morris, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024

He can be legitimately accused of effectuating an open-border policy, but that is a disagreement on policy. —Nbc Universal, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2024

Understanding the mechanisms—inevitable and otherwise—that effectuated that shift is an exercise Cohen leaves to the reader. —Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024