Synonyms of invokes

invokes

verb

present tense third-person singular of invoke

as in creates

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

we should be prepared for the possibility that any solution may invoke another set of problems

Synonyms & Similar Words

• creates
• generates
• brings
• causes
• prompts
• does
• produces
• spawns
• induces
• works
• yields
• engenders
• makes
• catalyzes
• begets
• effectuates
• brings about
• gives rise to
• translates (into)
• occasions
• introduces
• effects
• draws on
• encourages
• results (in)
• promotes
• brings forth
• initiates
• brings on
• breeds
• establishes
• determines
• inaugurates
• contributes (to)
• begins
• launches
• founds
• enacts
• decides
• starts
• develops
• renders
• fosters
• cultivates
• conduces (to)
• furthers
• fathers
• nourishes
• institutes
• sets
• sets up
• nurtures
• turns out
• innovates
• advances
• pioneers
• forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restricts
• limits
• impedes
• suppresses
• inhibits
• represses
• subdues
• dampens
• controls
• stifles
• smothers
• crushes
• restrains
• checks
• reins (in)
• arrests
• squashes
• curbs
• kills
• puts down
• destroys
• quells
• retards
• quashes
• squelches
• abolishes
• extinguishes
• demolishes
• cracks down (on)
• clamps down (on)
• liquidates
• quenches
• cans
• stills
• snuffs (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of invokes

Urging the younger man to be more romantically proactive, at one point Arthur invokes Lancelot and Guinevere. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

Disney’s lawsuit invokes language that makes the stakes seem much higher than one company. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026

The headpiece features a combination of diamonds and baroque pearls and invokes the designer’s signature Sovereign motif. — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026

Designed by architect Andrew Skurman, the villa is positioned on the southwestern shores of Belvedere Island and invokes Italy’s Portofino coastline. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026

The show acknowledges the two histories aren’t equivalent yet invokes the comparison anyway, congratulating itself for recognizing the distinction while still harvesting the emotional weight of the analogy. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026

By driving Etna’s drifting itinerary with the quest to return home, Yoon invokes the pastoral nostalgia that has characterized the canine tradition’s man-dog battles against the brutal wilderness. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

Pritam invokes the 18th-century Punjabi Sufi poet Waris Shah, whose version of the Punjabi folktale Heer retells the tragic love story of Heer and Ranjha. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

Great Again movement, whose slogan invokes a return to a specific vision of the country’s founding principles. — Kali Bomeli, ProPublica, 28 July 2026