act on

1. 1.

   carry further or advance

   “Can you act on this matter soon?”

   Synonymspursuefollow up on

   Broaderreact

   Narrowerrun down
2. 2.

   regulate one's behavior in accordance with certain information, ideas, or advice

   “The Founding Fathers acted on certain moral principles”

   Broaderact

Questions about act on

What does act on mean?

act on means "carry further or advance". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for act on?

Close synonyms include pursue, follow up on. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is act on a common word?

act on is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.