All act upon synonyms

verb act upon

• do — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
• rush — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
• force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
• inspire — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
• propel — to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
• make — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
• motivate — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
• send — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
• herd — a herdsman (usually used in combination): a cowherd; a goatherd; a shepherd.
• push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
• prompt — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
• spur — a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
• stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
• chase — If you chase someone, or chase after them, you run after them or follow them quickly in order to catch or reach them.
• bias — Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.
• impress — to press or force into public service, as sailors.
• guide — to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
• shape — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe.
• persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
• prejudice — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
• manipulate — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
• determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
• affect — If something affects a person or thing, it influences them or causes them to change in some way.
• regulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
• sway — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
• alter — If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.
• change — If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
• accept — If you accept something that you have been offered, you say yes to it or agree to take it.
• observe — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
• heed — to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning.
• surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
• carry out — If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
• comply — If someone or something complies with an order or set of rules, they are in accordance with what is required or expected.
• pursue — to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
• bulldoze — If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
• pound — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
• actuate — If a person is actuated by an emotion, that emotion makes them act in a certain way. If something actuates a device, the device starts working.
• overwork — to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively): Don't overwork yourself on that new job.
• coerce — If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to.
• arouse — If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
• animate — Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
• provoke — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
• worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
• hound — Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
• nag — to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
• rouse — to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.
• compel — If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
• goad — a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
• prod — to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
• instigate — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.