Synonyms for stimulant
- noun
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Stimulus
stimulus, stimulation, incentive, spur, goad, provocation, provocative, input, incitement
Adjective
stimulating, exciting, stimulative dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A substance that acts to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body.
- adj. 1
Acting as a stimulant.
Related words
- Word family
- stim
Forms
- Plural
- stimulants → stimuluses, stimulations, incentives, spurs…
Example sentences
- input I need your input on something extremely important.
- stimulus Light is the stimulus that causes a flower to open.
- stimulation Our brains are constantly looking for stimulation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| stimulant | steady | |
| input | steady | |
| stimulus | falling | |
| stimulation | falling | |
| psychostimulant | rising | |
| excitant | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- spur1, goad1, stim
- 5 letters
- input2
- 8 letters
- exciting3, stimulus3, excitant
- 9 letters
- incentive3
- 10 letters
- incitement3
- 11 letters
- stimulation4, stimulating4, provocative4, provocation4, stimulative4
- 15 letters
- psychostimulant
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (input2 = 2 syllables).