Synonyms for action

Some common synonyms of action are: action [n.] 1. Activity, spontaneous process, exercise, motion, movement, play. 2. Deed (viewed as requiring a continued exertion of power), performance, feat, exploit, achievement, procedure, proceeding, acting, turn. 3. Agency, operation, force, energy, influence, instrumentality, process. 4. Battle, engagement, conflict, contest, combat, rencontre, encounter, skirmish, brush, affair. 5. Gesticulation, gesture. 6. Acting, performing, performance, enacting, representing, representation, putting on the boards, playing. 7. Subject, fable, plot, series of events. 8. (Law.) Suit, lawsuit, process, case, prosecution.