FACILITATED Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

facilitated

verb

past tense of facilitate

as in accelerated

to free from obstruction or difficulty several religious organizations are involved in the effort to facilitate the settlement of the immigrants arriving in the area

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of facilitated According to CatCon, Pasadena Humane facilitated 210 on-site adoptions at last year’s CatCon. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 Before long, much of the world’s empathy for America, which had been widespread in the wake of the attacks, dissipated, facilitated by the emergence of photos showing US soldiers abusing and torturing Iraqi detainees at the Abu Ghraib facility. — David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026 Such scrutiny facilitated racial profiling, especially against Muslim Americans and those of Middle Eastern descent. — Michael E. Neagle, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026 Golden Global Yatirim Bankasi Anonim Sirketi, which is based in Turkey, allegedly has facilitated tens of millions of dollars in transactions to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to the Treasury. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026 Last week, the United States facilitated a series of deals between the Venezuelan government and five energy companies, including Chevron. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2026 Relations with Morocco have been strained following reports that its government had facilitated the mass border crossing, but Sánchez tamped down the speculation. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 There are also questions about another host provider, Nexon Host, whose infrastructure somehow facilitated the malicious announcement. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026 The investigation found Leonard received $66 million in endorsement pay from four companies facilitated by Ballmer and Clippers executives at the behest of Robertson. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for facilitated

Verb

The rocket’s second stage ignited a single Aquila engine and accelerated to orbital velocity—some 5 miles per second—about seven minutes into the flight.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026
The July hack by rogue OpenAI autonomous agents on open-source developer platform Hugging Face accelerated the shift and proved that the era of advanced AI hacks had arrived.

— Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of accelerated

Verb

In that context, the extra lending since the end of June and the peculiarities of that Gordon transfer instalment make plenty of sense, as the club continues to lose cash each season, even as underlying profitability measures are much improved.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The institute says future progress will therefore depend not only on better algorithms, but also on common standards, interoperable interfaces, realistic testing and improved resistance to electronic interference.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of improved

Verb

Sunderland, of course, spent heavily last season after coming up from the Championship, and there is a broad consensus that promoted teams need to do so to quickly bring their squads up to scratch.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Where were all the groups that past mayors promoted over police involvement?

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of promoted

Verb

Cocoa prices have eased after a record-breaking rally over the past two years, which was fueled by adverse weather and poor harvests that drove up costs for chocolate makers, CNBC previously reported.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
In stock markets abroad, indexes rose in Europe as oil prices eased.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of eased

Verb

The sound system has been simplified in the name of weight, the rear seats and acoustic insulation have been removed, and the deletion of drive modes and assistance systems reduced the number of controls on the steering wheel.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 10 Sep. 2026
For readers who understood music better than theoretical physics, Sessions simplified Einstein’s thinking without oversimplifying it.

— Liz Guthridge, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of simplified

Verb

Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies and Citrus Heights police assisted as officers tried for more than a half-hour to stop the driver on the freeway and surface streets.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026
That day in Verona, Kvaratskhelia scored and assisted against Hellas Verona.

— Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of assisted

Verb

Once the surfaces were smoothed, these strong readings vanished, revealing that regions long believed to be fast lanes for ion transport were actually just microscopic valleys on the material’s surface.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
This treatment has noticeably brightened and smoothed my bags, however, thanks to its ingredient roster of retinol and other skin care superstars like the PDRN- and peptide-packed picks above.

— Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of smoothed

Browse Nearby Words

facilitate

facilitated

facilitates

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Facilitated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facilitated. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of facilitated

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

facsimile

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

The Exceptions of '-s' and '-es' Plurals

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Popular in Wordplay

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

Words from the 'Odyssey'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World

Popular

Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

Games & Quizzes