Synonyms for stimulate
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Provoke — to encourage into action
provoke, encourage, induce, incite, stir, stir up, promote, spur, inflame, rouse, foment, goad, instigate, urge, impel, motivate, engender, pique, evoke, push, activate, prompt
2. Arouse — to arouse an organism to functional activity
arouse, excite, invigorate, energize, energise UK, awaken, quicken, inspire, enliven, de-energize, de-energise UK, deenergise UK, animate, perk up, galvanize, galvanise UK, liven, kindle, exalt, spice, inspirit, exhilarate, brace, hearten, electrify, intoxicate
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To encourage into action.
- v. 2
To arouse an organism to functional activity.
He was sexually stimulated by the dancer's moves.
Related words
- Word family
- stimulant stimulation stimulus
Forms
- Past participle
- stimulated
e.g. stimulated → provoked, encouraged, induced, incited…
Example sentences
- encourage You often encourage me to be good and hardworking.
- induce Moderate exercise in the evening helps induce sleep.
- incite The speaker tried to incite the people to rebellion.
- arouse Events of that type generally arouse suspicion.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1
- 4 letters
- have1, make1, push1, rush1, urge1, stir1, spur1, goad1
- 5 letters
- cause1, spice1, brace1, evoke2, rouse1, pique1, liven2, exalt2, impel2
- 6 letters
- prompt1, kindle2, induce2, awaken3, excite2, incite2, arouse2, hasten2, foment2
- 7 letters
- promote2, inspire2, provoke2, animate3, quicken2, inflame2, enliven3, hearten2
- 8 letters
- activate3, motivate3, energize3, engender3, energise, inspirit
- 9 letters
- encourage3, instigate3, electrify4, galvanize3, galvanise
- 10 letters
- invigorate4, intoxicate4, exhilarate4, deenergise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evoke2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- stimuler
- Italiano
- stimolare
- Español
- estimular
- Deutsch
- stimulieren
- Català
- estimular