Synonyms for action

noun

• a military engagement
• a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
• the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
• the state of being active
• a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
• an act by a government body or supranational organization
• something done (usually as opposed to something said)
• the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
• the series of events that form a plot
• the trait of being active and energetic and forceful

verb

• institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
• put in effect