Synonyms of invoking

invoking

verb

present participle of invoke

as in creating

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

• creating
• causing
• bringing
• generating
• prompting
• doing
• spawning
• producing
• working
• inducing
• yielding
• effecting
• making
• effectuating
• bringing about
• catalyzing
• introducing
• resulting (in)
• translating (into)
• engendering
• giving rise to
• drawing on
• begetting
• occasioning
• promoting
• breeding
• initiating
• encouraging
• bringing on
• bringing forth
• establishing
• inaugurating
• determining
• launching
• contributing (to)
• instituting
• enacting
• developing
• founding
• pioneering
• beginning
• deciding
• starting
• rendering
• fostering
• cultivating
• furthering
• forwarding
• setting
• conducing (to)
• nurturing
• advancing
• setting up
• fathering
• innovating
• turning out
• nourishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• limiting
• restricting
• impeding
• suppressing
• controlling
• crushing
• checking
• quashing
• subduing
• repressing
• stifling
• restraining
• quelling
• inhibiting
• smothering
• arresting
• curbing
• dampening
• killing
• putting down
• retarding
• destroying
• squelching
• squashing
• abolishing
• extinguishing
• cracking down (on)
• quenching
• demolishing
• clamping down (on)
• liquidating
• canning
• reining (in)
• stilling
• snuffing (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of invoking

Rodgers’ answer to McAfee’s was in reference to Fauci invoking the Fifth Amendment in response to all questions during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee last week. — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Fauci did not answer questions, instead invoking his right against self-incrimination. — Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026

That is the record Dawson is now invoking on behalf of a drink. — Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

And invoking the Fifth Amendment doesn’t necessarily mean that that person is guilty of a crime. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 30 July 2026

By invoking it, witnesses are not acknowledging any criminal liability at all, and many people who profess their absolute innocence choose to exercise their right to remain silent. — ABC News, 29 July 2026

Paul has argued that Fauci’s sweeping pardon precludes him from invoking his Fifth Amendment right. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

People invoking the meme often rely on the characters to express their frustrations with their own limitations. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026

His family has sharply challenged that, calling it a rush to judgment and invoking the state’s fraught racial history. — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026