1. action

noun. (ˈækʃən) Something done (usually as opposed to something said).
Synonyms
act inhibition interaction playing consultation deed application civility jumpstart destabilization achievement benignity swordplay jump-start carrying out reverence bruxism accomplishment performance human action beatification transfusion transgression kindness play employment prohibition hostility saving arrival accentuation economy resistance opposition alienation forbiddance stupefaction option vampirism reference aggression fetch taking emphasizing accenting course engagement selection pickings thing choice change carrying into action destabilisation res gestae execution politeness pick course of action human activity
Antonyms
stabilisation stabilization repel deglycerolize disarrange
Etymology
action (English)
accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
actio (Latin)
-tio (Latin)
actum (Latin)
ago (Latin)
actus (Latin)

2. action

noun. (ˈækʃən) A military engagement.
Synonyms
defensive measure fight military action saber rattling sortie warfare conflict group action amphibious landing blockade resistance battle sabre rattling war encirclement engagement defense sally EW police action electronic warfare defence
Antonyms
depressurize pressurize pressurise desynchronise blur
Etymology
action (English)
accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
actio (Latin)
-tio (Latin)
actum (Latin)
ago (Latin)
actus (Latin)

3. action

noun. (ˈækʃən) The state of being active.
Synonyms
activity eructation state operation overdrive behavior active activeness behaviour swing agency play busyness extravasation hum eruption
Antonyms
inactiveness dormant inaction inactivity increment
Etymology
action (English)
accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
actio (Latin)
-tio (Latin)
actum (Latin)
ago (Latin)
actus (Latin)

4. action

noun. (ˈækʃən) A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
Synonyms
state change vitrification sorption saltation capture rigidifying succession transduction effervescence synergy natural action oxygenation convection set opacification clotting feedback soak distillation physical process diffusion drift geological process absorption scattering extinction pair production solidification filtration flow soakage magnetization activity disintegration curing chromatography rigidification transpiration nuclear reaction phase transition extraction precession of the equinoxes distillment stimulation survival magnetisation geologic process sericulture cataphoresis acidification oscillation hardening decay ecological succession release survival of the fittest synergism antiredeposition chemical action formation concretion radiation curdling sink chemical process desorption physical change materialisation fossilization adiabatic process phase change dielectrolysis stiffening magnetic induction solidifying electrophoresis ecesis aeration soaking fossilisation materialization demagnetisation ionisation temperature change softening pair creation leaching dissolution ion exchange chemical change demagnetization leach flocculation natural selection coagulation pair formation inactivation natural process selection establishment source condensation centrifugation ionization process ionophoresis
Antonyms
activation sink source increase devolution
Etymology
action (English)
accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
actio (Latin)
-tio (Latin)
actum (Latin)
ago (Latin)
actus (Latin)

5. scene

noun. (ˈsiːn) An incident (real or imaginary).
Synonyms
incident
Antonyms
absence day
Etymology
scene (English)
scene (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
scaena (Latin)
σκηνή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

6. scene

noun. (ˈsiːn) The place where some action occurs.
Synonyms
stage darkness country area shadow dark locus light field of honor locale venue
Antonyms
blond enlightened active unconcealed dark
Etymology
scene (English)
scene (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
scaena (Latin)
σκηνή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

7. scene

noun. (ˈsiːn) The visual percept of a region.
Synonyms
visual image middle distance coast aspect glimpse tableau vista view exposure prospect side view panorama visual percept ground background foreground
Antonyms
figure foreground play up play down background
Etymology
scene (English)
scene (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
scaena (Latin)
σκηνή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

8. scene

noun. (ˈsiːn) A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film.
Synonyms
photograph movie moving picture moving-picture show photo outtake motion picture flick exposure film picture show shot motion-picture show picture pic
Antonyms
pull stand still colorless light enlightenment
Etymology
scene (English)
scene (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
scaena (Latin)
σκηνή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

9. scene

noun. (ˈsiːn) A subdivision of an act of a play.
Synonyms
act dramatic work dramatic composition
Antonyms
lightness urban area brighten precede
Etymology
scene (English)
scene (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
scaena (Latin)
σκηνή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

10. scene

noun. (ˈsiːn) A situation treated as an observable object.
Synonyms
state of affairs situation picture
Antonyms
dull bright dullness extinguish
Etymology
scene (English)
scene (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
scaena (Latin)
σκηνή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
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