ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsFfacilitate
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facilitate
Meaning: to make a process easier or help it happen
facilitate in a sentence
How facilitate is used in real sentences:
Clear directions can facilitate a smooth group project.
The librarian arranged the sources to facilitate student research.
“To facilitate quick production, Thomas divided work among compositors, pressmen, inkers, and boys who carried fresh sheets to drying lines.”
— from the passage Ink Before Dawn
Synonyms for facilitate
Other words for facilitate — help, aid and assist — carry the same meaning.
- help
- aid
- assist
Antonyms of facilitate
Words that mean the opposite of facilitate:
- hinder
- block
- obstruct
Where it comes from
From Latin facilis 'easy', from facere 'to do'.
Memory hook
Facilitate is related to facile, meaning easy.
Practice facilitate in the app