Synonyms for arouse
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Excite — to stimulate or induce (feelings); pique
excite, stimulate, provoke, inflame, evoke, fire, energize, energise UK, kindle, incite, elicit, inspire, invigorate, animate, instigate, enliven, perk up, whet, quicken, exalt, revive, spur, liven
2. Rouse — to wake from sleep or stupor; to rouse
rouse, awaken, stir, wake, raise, waken, stir up, awake, bring up, bring around, summon up, summon, conjure, alarm, conjure up, knock up UK, invoke, set on, come alive, call down, call forth, put forward
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To stimulate or induce (feelings); pique.
Those insults aroused me to anger.
- v. 2
To wake from sleep or stupor; to rouse.
- v. 3
To sexually stimulate.
Forms
- Past participle
- aroused
e.g. aroused → excited, stimulated, provoked, inflamed…
Example sentences
- evoke Black and white films evoke a sense of nostalgia.
- incite The speaker tried to incite the people to rebellion.
- elicit Everyone knows that luck and wealth elicit envy.
- energize We need a campaign slogan that'll really energize the base.
- awaken The cock and the other birds awaken me in the morning.
- waken I didn't expect you to be waken up so early in the morning.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| arouse | falling | |
| evoke | rising | |
| incite | steady | |
| elicit | rising | |
| energize | rising | |
| awaken | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sex1
- 4 letters
- fire2, wake1, warm1, stir1, spur1, whet1
- 5 letters
- raise1, alarm2, awake2, evoke2, rouse1, exalt2, liven2, waken2
- 6 letters
- kindle2, revive2, summon2, awaken3, excite2, invoke2, incite2, elicit3
- 7 letters
- inspire2, provoke2, animate3, conjure2, quicken2, inflame2, enliven3
- 8 letters
- energize3, energise
- 9 letters
- stimulate3, instigate3
- 10 letters
- invigorate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- aguicher
- Italiano
- stuzzicare
- Deutsch
- reizen