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Defenition of the word inspire

    • Defenition of the word inspire

      • To serve as the inciting cause of.
      • To spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts.
      • urge on or encourage esp. by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
      • supply the inspiration for; "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"
      • heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"
      • serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"
      • fill with revolutionary ideas
      • draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"
      • urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
      • draw in (air)
      • serve as the inciting cause of
      • spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
      • supply the inspiration for
      • heighten or intensify

    Synonyms for the word inspire

      • animate
      • barrack
      • cheer
      • enliven
      • exalt
      • exhort
      • infect
      • instigate
      • invigorate
      • pep up
      • prompt
      • revolutionize
      • urge
      • urge on

    Hyponyms for the word inspire

      • aspirate
      • cheerlead
      • drag
      • draw
      • encourage
      • huff
      • puff
      • sniff
      • sniffle
      • snivel
      • snort
      • snuff
      • snuffle

    Hypernyms for the word inspire

      • breathe
      • cause
      • encourage
      • excite
      • get
      • have
      • indoctrinate
      • induce
      • make
      • occasion
      • respire
      • shake
      • shake up
      • stimulate
      • stir
      • suspire
      • take a breath

    Antonyms for the word inspire

      • breathe out
      • exhale
      • expire

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