Provokes Synonyms and Antonyms

To behave so as to bring on (danger, for example)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tempts
  2. invites
  3. courts
Annoy continually or chronically
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stimulates
  2. spurs
  3. prompts
  4. piques
  5. causes
  6. stirs
  7. instigates
  8. kindles
  9. rouses
  10. inspires
  11. prods
  12. incites
  13. moves
  14. motivates
  15. evokes
  16. harasses
  17. galvanizes
  18. inflames
  19. arouses
  20. raises
  21. triggers
  22. vexes
  23. molests
  24. upsets
  25. foments
  26. teases
  27. starts
  28. ruffles
  29. fires
  30. propels
  31. plagues
  32. excites
  33. riles
  34. quickens
  35. goads
  36. perturbs
  37. outrages
  38. pricks
  39. offends
  40. maddens
  41. besets
  42. irritates
  43. insults
  44. infuriates
  45. incenses
  46. harries
  47. generates
  48. enkindles
  49. exasperates
  50. exacerbates
  51. displeases
  52. impels
  53. challenges
  54. hassles
  55. chafes
  56. elicits
  57. bugs
  58. bothers
  59. baits
  60. annoys
  61. angers
  62. aggravates
Antonyms:
  1. stops
  2. prevents
  3. halts
  4. ends
Evoke or provoke to appear or occur
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. produces
  2. maddens
  3. stimulates
  4. evokes
  5. infuriates
  6. incenses
  7. burns
  8. angers
  9. makes
Antonyms:
  1. allays

Words Related to Provokes

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Provokes Sentence Examples

  • Her own account of her escape is, as usual, so florid that it provokes the question whether she was really in any danger.

  • In the one case as in the other, on both sides the struggle provokes passion and stifles truth.

  • But, even within the pale of the Roman Church, this identification provokes emphatic dissent, and is repudiated by all who are shocked by the effects of a onesided accentuation of political Catholicism on the inner life of the church, and are reluctant to see the priest playing the part of a political agitator.

  • In epic poetry Hephaestus is rather a comic figure, and his limping gait provokes "Homeric laughter" among the gods.

  • This significant action provokes a challenge of His authority, which is answered by a mysterious saying, not understood at the time, but interpreted afterwards as referring to the Resurrection.

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