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

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

Datasets and model artifacts should be treated as potentially executable untrusted input wherever processing invokes loaders, templates or deserializers. — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

The term instead invokes a journey marked by swashbuckling adventure, romantic wanderlust and wide-eyed curiosity. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

The executive order signed July 20 invokes a different law, Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930. — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 21 July 2026

Exhibited for the first time outside of Sarajevo, the churning Socialist Realist homage invokes Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People in figuring partisans heroically overcoming their would-be Nazi aggressors. — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026