Synonyms for provocative
- adjective
Most common
exciting intriguing stimulating provoking sexy juicy inflammatory
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Provoking
provoking, intriguing, stimulating, exciting, challenging, rousing, agitating, agitative
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
- adj. 2
Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest; sexy.
Related words
- Word family
- provocatively provoke provocation provocator provocateur
Example sentences
- exciting Nothing exciting ever seems to happen around here.
- intriguing What's the most intriguing local legend you've heard?
- stimulating Cities are stimulating, but also stressful places.
- provoking He deliberately kept on provoking a confrontation.
- sexy Would you rather be fat and ugly or thin and sexy?
- juicy I ate lots of delicious, juicy ham last Christmas.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| provocative | steady | |
| exciting | steady | |
| intriguing | rising | |
| stimulating | falling | |
| provoking | rising | |
| sexy | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- sexy2
- 5 letters
- juicy2
- 7 letters
- charged1, rousing2
- 8 letters
- exciting3
- 9 letters
- provoking3, agitating4, toothsome, agitative
- 10 letters
- intriguing3
- 11 letters
- challenging3, stimulating4
- 12 letters
- inflammatory5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sexy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- provocant
- Italiano
- provocante
- Deutsch
- provokant