100 Other Words for “Uses”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	Administers	manages and applies in practice
2.	Adopts	takes up for a purpose
3.	Applies	puts to practical use
4.	Appropriates	takes for one’s own use
5.	Avails oneself of	makes use of
6.	Brings into play	puts into action
7.	Calls on	requests or employs assistance
8.	Calls upon	invokes or employs
9.	Capitalizes on	exploits for advantage
10.	Channels	directs toward a purpose
11.	Commands	employs with authority
12.	Consumes	uses up by consuming
13.	Deploys	positions or employs strategically
14.	Draws on	uses a resource or skill
15.	Employs	uses for a task
16.	Enacts	puts into effect
17.	Engages	uses or occupies actively
18.	Exercises	puts into practice
19.	Exerts	applies force or influence
20.	Exhausts	uses up completely
21.	Expends	spends or uses up
22.	Exploits	uses for benefit or gain
23.	Extends	applies or offers for use
24.	Fashioned for	made to serve a purpose
25.	Feeds on	subsists by using as food
26.	Fires	operates by triggering or shooting
27.	Follows	adopts as a guide
28.	Functions as	serves in a role
29.	Handles	manages or operates
30.	Harnesses	controls and uses power
31.	Implements	carries out in practice
32.	Imposes	applies as a burden
33.	Improvises with	uses creatively with available means
34.	Incorporates	includes for use
35.	Installs	sets up for operation
36.	Invokes	calls upon as authority
37.	Leans on	relies on for support
38.	Leverages	uses to gain advantage
39.	Lives off	depends on for livelihood
40.	Lodges	places for use or keeping
41.	Maintains	keeps in working use
42.	Makes use of	employs for a purpose
43.	Manages	controls and uses effectively
44.	Manipulates	handles skillfully to achieve ends
45.	Manoeuvres	uses tactics to achieve
46.	Marshals	gathers and uses resources
47.	Matches	uses appropriately with something
48.	Maximizes	uses to the fullest
49.	Metes out	dispenses as needed
50.	Milks	extracts benefit from
51.	Mobilizes	brings into readiness for use
52.	Navigates	uses routes to travel
53.	Operates	runs or controls a system
54.	Orchestrates	coordinates and uses elements
55.	Ploys	uses as a tactic
56.	Pours	uses by directing a flow
57.	Practices	uses regularly to improve
58.	Presses	uses by applying pressure
59.	Presses into service	forces into use
60.	Processes	handles through a procedure
61.	Puts to use	applies for a purpose
62.	Puts to work	employs for labor
63.	Quarries	extracts for use
64.	Rations	uses sparingly in portions
65.	Recruits	enlists for use or service
66.	Recycles	uses again after processing
67.	Reforms	uses by reshaping
68.	Reinforces	uses to strengthen
69.	Relies on	depends on for support
70.	Renders	provides or applies
71.	Resorts to	turns to as a means
72.	Runs	operates or manages
73.	Salvages	recovers for further use
74.	Seizes on	takes advantage of
75.	Serves	functions to meet a need
76.	Sets in motion	starts and uses activity
77.	Shoots	uses a firearm or camera
78.	Spends	uses money or resources
79.	Squeezes	extracts by pressure
80.	Steers	controls direction in use
81.	Subscribes to	adopts as a belief
82.	Supplies	provides for use
83.	Takes advantage of	uses for benefit
84.	Takes up	adopts or begins using
85.	Taps	draws from a source
86.	Taps into	accesses and uses a resource
87.	Tends	uses in caring management
88.	Tires out	uses until exhausted
89.	Tolls	uses by imposing a cost
90.	Trades on	exploits for advantage
91.	Transforms	changes for a new use
92.	Transmits	sends for communication use
93.	Treats	handles in a certain way
94.	Triggers	causes to operate or start
95.	Turns to	uses as an alternative
96.	Utilizes	makes practical use of
97.	Wields	uses with power or skill
98.	Works	operates or functions
99.	Works with	uses alongside or collaboratively
100.	Wrings	extracts by force