Synonyms for stimulate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : stim-yuh-leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɪm yəˌleɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for stimulate Other synonyms for the word stimulate
- animate
- build a fire under
- commove
- dynamize
- elate
- energize
- enliven
- exhilarate
- fan
- fire
- fire up
- foment
- foster
- galvanize
- get one going
- get one started
- goad
- grab
- hook
- impel
- incite
- inflame
- innervate
- innerve
- instigate
- jazz
- juice
- key up
- motivate
- move
- perk
- pique
- prod
- rouse
- send
- set up
- spirit
- steam up
- stir up
- support
- turn on
- urge
- vivify
- wake up
- whet
- work up
Définition of stimulate
Origin :- 1610s, from Latin stimulatus, past participle of stimulare (see stimulation). Related: Stimulated; stimulating.
- verb excite, provoke
- May the bright example of Lydia stimulate us to a similar conduct!
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- The sense of proportion within a design is employed to stimulate and delight the eye.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- Nothing is too filthy to be used to stimulate the base sensuality of the public.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- And now that it came it did not come to stimulate, but to palsy.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- Every people have sought some article with which to stimulate the human system.
- Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
- Her depravity did but stimulate her woman's shrewdness and tact.
- Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
- A kettle of this was brewed, and it served to stimulate and warm them.
- Extract from : « The Gaunt Gray Wolf » by Dillon Wallace
- This was the second attempt he made to stimulate my curiosity.
- Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
- A wearisome beaten path, with nothing to interest, nothing to stimulate me.
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
- I have no occasion to stimulate your kindness and affection.
- Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II) » by Edmund Downey
Antonyms for stimulate
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