Stimulate Synonyms and Antonyms

stĭmyə-lāt
To give or impart vitality and energy to (someone or something)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. excite
  2. incite
  3. provoke
  4. arouse
  5. energize
  6. exhilarate
  7. spur
  8. invigorate
  9. vitalize
Antonyms:
  1. stifle
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. induce
  2. cause
  3. have
  4. rush
  5. get
  6. make
  7. hasten
To rouse to action or increased activity; excite:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. provoke

Words Related to Stimulate

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.

Stimulate Sentence Examples

  • Maybe a good walk would stimulate her mind.

  • Without determining the French style, Italian intercourse helped to stimulate its formation and development.

  • Macdonald entered upon his active career at a critical period in the history of Canada, and the circumstances of the time were calculated to stimulate political thought.

  • Marshal Oyama sent his principal staff officers to stimulate Nogi to fresh efforts, and some exhausted units of the besieging army were replaced by fresh troops from Japan.

  • The great losses arising from spoilt hay crops served to stimulate experimental inquiry into the method of preserving green fodder known as ensilage, with the result that the system eventually became successfully incorporated in the ordinary routine of agricultural practice.

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