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Another word for inspiration

Noun

  1. High spirits

    2. See also:

    happy

  2. Liveliness and vivacity of imagination

    3. See also:

    good

  3. Something that encourages

    4. See also:

    help

  4. A sudden exciting thought

    5. See also:

    thoughts

  5. Divine guidance and motivation imparted directly

    6. See also:

    religion

  6. The act of breathing in

    7. See also:

    breath

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for inspiration

Noun

  1. An idea

    2. See also:

    thought

    impulse

  2. A stimulant to creative activity

    3. See also:

    incentive

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Sentence Examples

  • It is the main inspiration of Japanese art, which, however, shows great originality in its treatment of borrowed themes.

  • Dean could barely wait for Cynthia to finish her conversation before he tossed out his inspiration concerning the skeleton.

  • These changes were mainly due to the inspiration of Lord Fisher, and of Sir Arthur Wilson, Lord Fisher's successor as First Sea Lord.

  • He distinguished between knowledge of actual objects and the divine inspiration by which we cognize the being and existence of God.

  • He distinguished between knowledge of actual objects and the divine inspiration by which we cognize the being and existence of God.

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