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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“Loneliness and meaning and purpose is something more people are mobilizing around and focusing on, but it needs a much more broad and comprehensive approach,” Weissbourd said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 19, 2026

"Some sectors have taken radical positions, but others are mobilizing out of frustration following the expectations they had for Paz," said analyst and political science professor Daniel Valverde.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

That is why Oceanwide Expeditions, the Hondius’s operator, plus health authorities around the world and airlines, are mobilizing to trace the paths of the ship’s travelers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

That’s not nothing: The threat of LIV kicked the PGA Tour in its behind, mobilizing overdue change, and underlining what fans truly care about, which are the biggest events, contested by the best players.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Her quiet defiance inspired the 381-day Montgomery bus boycott, mobilizing Montgomery’s black community and resulting in a Supreme Court decision that Alabama laws requiring segregation on city buses were unconstitutional.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman