100 Other Words for “Use”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	Activate	Make something work or operate.
2.	Administer	Manage or apply officially.
3.	Adopt	Take up for regular use.
4.	Apply	Put to practical purpose.
5.	Appropriate	Take for one’s own purpose.
6.	Arrange	Organize for a particular purpose.
7.	Assert	Employ as evidence or support.
8.	Assign	Allocate for a specific purpose.
9.	Attach	Fasten for functional connection.
10.	Avail oneself of	Take advantage of something.
11.	Benefit from	Gain advantage through something.
12.	Bring into play	Put into action or effect.
13.	Bring to bear	Apply force or influence.
14.	Call on	Invoke for help or service.
15.	Capitalize on	Exploit for advantage.
16.	Carry out	Perform or execute a task.
17.	Channel	Direct toward a purpose.
18.	Charge	Impose or load for operation.
19.	Claim	Invoke as one’s right.
20.	Commandeer	Take and employ forcibly.
21.	Consume	Use up by eating or spending.
22.	Deploy	Position and employ strategically.
23.	Derive	Obtain from a source.
24.	Designate	Specify for a particular role.
25.	Devote	Give over to a purpose.
26.	Dispense	Distribute or provide as needed.
27.	Distribute	Hand out for practical purposes.
28.	Draw on	Use a resource or supply.
29.	Drive	Power or propel operation.
30.	Eat	Consume as food.
31.	Employ	Put to work; utilize.
32.	Enact	Carry out as a measure.
33.	Enlist	Secure help or service.
34.	Exercise	Put into practice or action.
35.	Exert	Apply effort or force.
36.	Expend	Spend or use up.
37.	Exploit	Make full advantage of.
38.	Extend	Apply to additional cases.
39.	Extract	Remove and take for use.
40.	Fashion	Make into a useful form.
41.	Feed	Supply as input or fuel.
42.	Field	Deploy for operational use.
43.	Fill	Occupy with appropriate contents.
44.	Fire	Discharge a weapon.
45.	Fuel	Power or energize something.
46.	Furnish	Provide with what is needed.
47.	Get mileage from	Gain ongoing benefit from.
48.	Grasp	Take and hold for use.
49.	Handle	Deal with; operate.
50.	Harness	Control and apply effectively.
51.	Have recourse to	Turn to for help.
52.	Hire	Engage services for payment.
53.	Impose	Apply as a burden or rule.
54.	Incorporate	Include as a working part.
55.	Induce	Bring about by applying means.
56.	Initiate	Set in motion; start using.
57.	Install	Set up for operation.
58.	Invest	Commit resources for return.
59.	Invoke	Call upon for authority.
60.	Leverage	Use to maximum advantage.
61.	Load	Put into; prepare for operation.
62.	Make do with	Manage with limited resources.
63.	Make of	Employ or interpret as.
64.	Make out of	Create by using materials.
65.	Manipulate	Control or operate skillfully.
66.	Marshal	Gather and employ resources.
67.	Match	Apply suitably to a need.
68.	Milk	Exploit for repeated benefit.
69.	Mobilize	Prepare and put into action.
70.	Mount	Fit or attach for use.
71.	Navigate	Operate through a route or system.
72.	Operate	Control functioning of something.
73.	Order	Request and receive for use.
74.	Organize	Arrange for effective action.
75.	Overwork	Use too much; exhaust.
76.	Partake of	Consume or share in.
77.	Perform	Carry out an action.
78.	Play	Engage in for activity or effect.
79.	Plug in	Connect to power or system.
80.	Practice	Do repeatedly to improve.
81.	Press into service	Force into practical use.
82.	Process	Handle through a procedure.
83.	Put to use	Employ for a purpose.
84.	Put to work	Set to perform a task.
85.	Requisition	Demand and take for use.
86.	Resort to	Turn to when needed.
87.	Run	Operate or manage.
88.	Save	Store for later use.
89.	Secure	Obtain for a purpose.
90.	Serve	Function as; be used as.
91.	Set in motion	Start operating or acting.
92.	Set up	Arrange for operation.
93.	Spend	Use money or resources.
94.	Steer	Guide and control movement.
95.	Store	Keep for future use.
96.	Substitute	Use in place of another.
97.	Take advantage of	Exploit an opportunity.
98.	Take in	Consume or absorb.
99.	Tap	Draw from a source.
100.	Tap into	Access and draw upon.