Synonyms for spark off

Most common

trip · touch off · trigger · spark

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To initiate something by providing the necessary conditions.

   My letter to the newspaper sparked off an investigation into government corruption.

Example sentences

• trip The purpose of our trip is to visit a new factory.
• trigger The man plucked up courage and pulled the trigger.
• spark The science is there, what's missing is the spark.

By length

4 letters

trip¹

5 letters

spark¹, rouse¹

6 letters

induce², incite²

7 letters

trigger², provoke², quicken², actuate³

8 letters

activate³

9 letters

stimulate³, instigate³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (induce² = 2 syllables).