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Defenition of the word stimulate

    • Defenition of the word stimulate

      • To arouse or stir up emotions or feelings.
      • To encourage into action; to cause to act in a specified manner.
      • To act as a stimulant.
      • cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner: "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
      • of bodily processes such as fever, illness, etc.
      • provide the needed stimulus for
      • cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"
      • act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"
      • stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"
      • as of senses or emotions; "These stories shook the community"
      • cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn''t stimulate"
      • act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
      • cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
      • cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"
      • stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
      • stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
      • cause to be alert and energetic
      • act as a stimulant
      • cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
      • cause to occur rapidly
      • stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
      • stir feelings in

    Synonyms for the word stimulate

      • arouse
      • brace
      • cause
      • energise
      • energize
      • excite
      • get
      • hasten
      • have
      • induce
      • make
      • perk up
      • provoke
      • rush
      • shake
      • shake up
      • stir

    Similar words in the stimulate

      • agitate
      • foment
      • stir up

    Hyponyms for the word stimulate

      • affright
      • agitate
      • animate
      • arouse
      • blow
      • bring
      • cathect
      • compel
      • decide
      • disgust
      • elate
      • encourage
      • enliven
      • entice
      • exalt
      • excite
      • fellate
      • foment
      • fright
      • frighten
      • fuck off
      • fuel
      • go down on
      • gross out
      • horripilate
      • incite
      • innervate
      • inspire
      • instigate
      • intoxicate
      • invigorate
      • invite
      • irritate
      • jack off
      • jerk off
      • jog
      • lead
      • let
      • lift up
      • liven
      • liven up
      • lure
      • masturbate
      • obligate
      • oblige
      • persuade
      • pick up
      • prompt
      • quicken
      • reanimate
      • recreate
      • reinvigorate
      • rejuvenate
      • renovate
      • repair
      • repel
      • revive
      • revivify
      • revolt
      • scare
      • set off
      • sex
      • she-bop
      • solicit
      • stir up
      • suborn
      • suck
      • tempt
      • thrill
      • tickle
      • titillate
      • turn on
      • uplift
      • vibrate
      • vivify
      • wank
      • whet
      • wind up
      • work

    Hypernyms for the word stimulate

      • affect
      • arouse
      • bear on
      • bear upon
      • bring about
      • challenge
      • effect
      • effectuate
      • elicit
      • enkindle
      • evoke
      • fire
      • impact
      • kindle
      • provoke
      • raise
      • sensitise
      • sensitize
      • set up
      • touch
      • touch on

    Antonyms for the word stimulate

      • calm
      • dampen
      • de-energise
      • de-energize
      • sedate
      • stifle
      • tranquilize
      • tranquillise
      • tranquillize

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