Synonyms for intoxicate
- verb
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Excite — to excite to enthusiasm or madness
excite, awaken, electrify, galvanize, galvanise UK, thrill, animate, exhilarate, rouse, stimulate, inflame, quicken, whet, kindle
Adjective
1. Drunken — inebriated, intoxicated
2. Fever-pitched — overexcited, as with joy or grief
fever-pitched, highwrought dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol.
- v. 2
To excite to enthusiasm or madness.
- adj. 1
Inebriated, intoxicated.
- adj. 2
Overexcited, as with joy or grief.
Related words
- Word family
- intoxication intoxicant
Forms
- Past participle
- intoxicated
e.g. intoxicated → excited, awakened, electrified, galvanized…
Example sentences
- awaken The cock and the other birds awaken me in the morning.
- electrify Algeria needs to electrify its transportation sector.
- galvanize The news will definitely galvanize the public into protesting the matter.
- exhilarate A Christmas present like that will certainly exhilarate him.
- soak You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| intoxicate | rising | |
| awaken | rising | |
| electrify | steady | |
| galvanize | rising | |
| exhilarate | steady | |
| soak | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- soak1, whet1
- 5 letters
- flush1, rouse1, elate2
- 6 letters
- kindle2, thrill1, batter2, awaken3, excite2, uplift2, muddle2
- 7 letters
- drunken2, animate3, quicken2, inflame2
- 9 letters
- stimulate3, electrify4, galvanize3, galvanise, inebriate4
- 10 letters
- exhilarate4
- 11 letters
- highwrought
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (elate2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- intoxiquer
- Español
- intoxicar