trigger

/tɹˈɪɡɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. put in motion or move to act
   “trigger a reaction”
2. release or pull the trigger on
   “Trigger a gun”

noun

1. lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
2. a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen
3. an act that sets in motion some course of events

Synonyms for trigger

• trip
• actuate
• activate
• set off
• spark off
• spark
• trigger off
• touch off
• gun trigger
• induction
• initiation

Words that rhyme with trigger

• rigor
• vigor
• digger
• bigger
• outrigger
• biggar
• crigger
• nigger
• sigur
• sligar
• wigger