Synonyms for trigger
ˈtrɪg ərtrig·ger

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1. gun trigger, triggernoun

   lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun

   Synonyms:
   induction, gun trigger, initiation

2. triggernoun

   a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen

   Synonyms:
   induction, gun trigger, initiation

3. trigger, induction, initiationverb

   an act that sets in motion some course of events

   Synonyms:
   elicitation, foundation, induction, evocation, introduction, generalization, creation, installation, generalisation, inductive reasoning, knowledgeability, institution, inductance, founding, gun trigger, initiation, instauration, knowledgeableness, origination, innovation

4. trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch offverb

   put in motion or move to act

   "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

   Synonyms:
   jaunt, trip out, start, incite, detonate, offset, get off, motivate, spark, trip up, propel, take off, explode, instigate, trigger off, move, part, trip, depart, set off, stumble, prompt, turn on, activate, spark off, touch off, blow up, bring out, travel, start out, sparkle, set forth, actuate, stir up, cancel, aerate, set out

5. triggerverb

   release or pull the trigger on

   "Trigger a gun"

   Synonyms:
   set off, touch off, actuate, trigger off, spark, trip, spark off, activate

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1. List of paraphrases for "trigger":

   activation, triggers, détente, unleash, detonator, elicitation, enabler, activate, spark, provoke, relaxation, cause, initiate, outbreak, stressor, ignite, threshold, elicit, induce, thresholds

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1. Tyler Cameron:

   I tried kissing her the second date and she rejected me, i could have gotten butthurt, but I was like, ‘I like this girl, I’m gonna keep going and going and going.' By then I got trigger shy, I was scared to kiss her.

2. Ken Cheung:

   The PBOC has not yet signaled its bottom line for the yuan, and given the United States is holding its presidential election next year, the situation is unlikely to deteriorate too much as that could trigger a backfire.

3. Gaurang Shah:

   Some consolidation is the need of the hour given the kind of run-up we had already seen, next week trigger will be in the form of a rate cut, if it comes through.

4. Helen Fisher:

   Men are so visual, they see a woman who appeals to them physically, and it will trigger the romantic love system faster.

5. Philip Marey:

   It is the (low) inflation picture that will deter them from pulling the trigger on interest rates early.