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1. potential
noun. ['pəˈtɛnʃəl'] the inherent capacity for coming into being.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- potentialis (Latin)
- potentia (Latin)
Rhymes with Action Potential
- vice-presidential
- jurisprudential
- inconsequential
- nonresidential
- quintessential
- consequential
- providential
- presidential
- exponential
- existential
- confidential
- residential
- preferential
- nonessential
- influential
- tangential
- sequential
- reverential
- prudential
- differential
- deferential
- credential
- torrential
- essential
- hentschel
2. potential
adjective. ['pəˈtɛnʃəl'] existing in possibility.
Etymology
- potentialis (Latin)
- potentia (Latin)
3. potential
adjective. ['pəˈtɛnʃəl'] expected to become or be; in prospect.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- potentialis (Latin)
- potentia (Latin)
4. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] something done (usually as opposed to something said).
Synonyms
- choice
- civility
- taking
- prohibition
- reference
- vampirism
- selection
- achievement
- transgression
- pickings
- thing
- carrying into action
- accenting
- application
- bruxism
- human action
- stupefaction
- accomplishment
- alienation
- engagement
- act
- destabilisation
- saving
- destabilization
- execution
- change
- course
- fetch
- consultation
- swordplay
- aggression
- option
- arrival
- play
- pick
- reverence
- jump-start
- hostility
- course of action
- economy
- transfusion
- forbiddance
- interaction
- benignity
- playing
- politeness
- inhibition
- human activity
- resistance
- opposition
- accentuation
- kindness
- jumpstart
- deed
- performance
- carrying out
- res gestae
- employment
- beatification
Antonyms
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
5. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] a military engagement.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
6. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] the state of being active.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
7. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
Synonyms
- materialization
- sorption
- rigidifying
- pair creation
- natural action
- selection
- oxygenation
- extinction
- curing
- opacification
- dielectrolysis
- release
- softening
- magnetisation
- chemical change
- process
- pair production
- fossilization
- coagulation
- desorption
- distillation
- filtration
- materialisation
- magnetic induction
- natural selection
- stiffening
- chemical process
- stimulation
- antiredeposition
- concretion
- physical process
- diffusion
- set
- rigidification
- acidification
- geologic process
- inactivation
- chromatography
- drift
- demagnetization
- geological process
- curdling
- ion exchange
- synergy
- phase change
- leach
- phase transition
- natural process
- ecesis
- precession of the equinoxes
- decay
- centrifugation
- succession
- ionisation
- leaching
- transpiration
- state change
- survival of the fittest
- vitrification
- oscillation
- solidification
- soak
- soaking
- ionophoresis
- aeration
- effervescence
- condensation
- sericulture
- electrophoresis
- disintegration
- cataphoresis
- physical change
- scattering
- synergism
- nuclear reaction
- survival
- absorption
- soakage
- ecological succession
- fossilisation
- clotting
- source
- activity
- distillment
- magnetization
- hardening
- flocculation
- radiation
- formation
- chemical action
- temperature change
- establishment
- sink
- solidifying
- ionization
- transduction
- demagnetisation
- pair formation
- dissolution
- capture
- saltation
- flow
- feedback
- adiabatic process
- extraction
Antonyms
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
8. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism.
Synonyms
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
9. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong.
Synonyms
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
