Synonyms of invoke

invoke

verb

in-ˈvōk 

as in to create

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

• create
• cause
• bring
• generate
• prompt
• do
• produce
• induce
• spawn
• work
• yield
• effectuate
• make
• effect
• bring about
• draw on
• catalyze
• give rise to
• translate (into)
• result (in)
• engender
• introduce
• beget
• encourage
• promote
• found
• initiate
• bring on
• bring forth
• occasion
• establish
• contribute (to)
• determine
• inaugurate
• begin
• breed
• decide
• enact
• develop
• launch
• render
• start
• cultivate
• pioneer
• foster
• set up
• institute
• set
• forward
• conduce (to)
• further
• nurture
• innovate
• turn out
• advance
• nourish
• father

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restrict
• limit
• impede
• suppress
• quash
• subdue
• quell
• repress
• stifle
• dampen
• restrain
• control
• inhibit
• smother
• check
• crush
• put down
• curb
• kill
• arrest
• retard
• can
• squelch
• destroy
• rein (in)
• abolish
• extinguish
• crack down (on)
• squash
• clamp down (on)
• still
• liquidate
• demolish
• quench
• snuff (out)

Examples of invoke in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the segment, Maher invoked a host of Islamophobic tropes, made a joke about exploding pagers in Lebanon, and threw in an anti-trans barb for good measure. —Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 15 Oct. 2024

Going Multi-Modal With Generative AI Currently, generative AI tends to invoke a single mode of communication, often text-based. —Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024

The former president said the nation is under siege by people from foreign countries during his trip to Prescott Valley, repeating campaign promises to invoke an 18th-century law to target members of a Venezuelan gang and seek the death penalty for migrants who kill American citizens. —Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 13 Oct. 2024

Now applied to adversaries like Russia and China, the doctrine was invoked symbolically in 1962 when the Soviet Union began to build missile-launching sites in Cuba. —Morgan Phillips, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2024