mobilizing

VERB

ready for action, movement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assemble marshal organize prepare

STRONG

activate actuate animate catalyze circulate drive gather impel muster propel rally ready

WEAK

call to arms call up get ready make ready put in motion set in motion set off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disorganize

STRONG

discourage disperse dissuade divide repress retard scatter separate slow stop

WEAK

check demobilize end halt hold back

Example Sentences

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Mobilizing such feelings rather than suppressing them seems to be the path to power in much of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Mobilizing the 58 million voters who backed him last year will not be an easy task for the former army captain, according to political analysts.

From Reuters • Mar. 30, 2023

Mobilizing African comunities for support forced colonial regimes to deal with resentments associated with rising prices, increased taxes, inflation, and control of the economies.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Mobilizing more troops would take many months — and it would be exceedingly difficult to train, equip or supply them.

From Washington Post • May 9, 2022

Mobilizing a nation’s armed forces has been compared to drawing a gun.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman