100 Other Words for “Use”

100 Other Words for

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.