Synonyms for galvanize

Most common

1. Motivate — to shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock

2. Zinc — to coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means. To coat with a layer of zinc (for rust resistance) by…

3. Electricize — to electrify, as by galvanism

v. 1
To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means. To coat with a layer of zinc (for rust resistance) by electrochemical means.
We then galvanize the steel so that the zinc coating will sacrificially take the corrosion for many years.
v. 2
To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock.
Republicans are hoping a proposed gas-tax repeal will galvanize their voters.
v. 3
To electrify, as by galvanism.
The agitations resembled the grinnings and writhings of a galvanized corpse, not the struggles of an athletic man.

Past participle: galvanized
e.g. galvanized → motivated, roused, promoted, provoked…

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

4 letters: fire², urge¹, stir¹, zinc¹
5 letters: rouse¹, impel²
6 letters: kindle², thrill¹, excite², foment²
7 letters: promote², provoke², sharpen², animate³, quicken², startle², inflame², actuate³
8 letters: motivate³
9 letters: stimulate³, electrify⁴, electrize, electrise
10 letters: intoxicate⁴, exhilarate⁴
11 letters: electricize
12 letters: electroplate⁴
13 letters: electricalize

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire² = 2 syllables).