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

Protesters who carried his image were invoking that inheritance specifically, not nonviolence twice over. — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 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

By invoking his constitutional right against self-incrimination, Fauci himself (and his lawyers) appeared to be worried to some degree about being cornered into perjuring himself. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 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

The bodycam video also sparked reaction online, with several conservative accounts criticizing Hostin for invoking her legal background during the encounter. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

He was arrested on charges of invoking the national flag in his performances, including in a photo published by state run newspaper Granma which depicted the artist brushing his teeth while draping the flag around his waist like a bath towel. — News Desk, Artforum, 21 July 2026