'Facilitate' definitions:
Definition of 'facilitate'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Facilitate'
From: GCIDE
- Facilitate \Fa*cil"i*tate\ (f[.a]*s[i^]l"[i^]*t[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Facilitated (f[.a]*s[i^]l"[i^]*t[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Facilitating (f[.a]*s[i^]l"[i^]*t[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. faciliter. See Facility.] To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task. [1913 Webster]
- To invite and facilitate that line of proceeding which the times call for. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'facilitate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act for,
- advance,
- advantage,
- aid,
- assist,
- be instrumental,
- boost,
- clear the way,
- conduce to,
- contribute to,
- ease,
- encourage,
- expedite,
- explain,
- favor,
- forward,
- further,
- go between,
- grease,
- grease the ways,
- grease the wheels,
- hasten,
- help,
- help along,
- lend wings to,
- loose,
- lubricate,
- make clear,
- make for,
- make way for,
- mediate,
- minister to,
- oil,
- open the way,
- open up,
- pave the way,
- prepare the way,
- promote,
- push forward,
- put forward,
- quicken,
- remove friction,
- run interference for,
- serve,
- set forward,
- simplify,
- smooth,
- smooth the way,
- soap the ways,
- speed,
- subserve,
- unbar,
- unblock,
- unclog,
- unjam