Synonyms for stimulant
ˈstɪm yə ləntstim·u·lant

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1. stimulantnoun

   Synonyms:
   psychostimulant

2. stimulantnoun

   Acting as a stimulant.

   Synonyms:
   psychostimulant

3. stimulantnoun

   Something that promotes activity, interest, or enthusiasm.

   Synonyms:
   psychostimulant

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1. stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, inputnoun

   any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

   Synonyms:
   comment, input signal, remark, foreplay, input, arousal, stimulation, stimulus, excitant, stimulant drug

   Antonyms:
   depressant

2. stimulant, stimulant drug, excitantadjective

   a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process

   Synonyms:
   stimulant drug, excitant, input, stimulation, stimulus

   Antonyms:
   depressant

3. stimulant, stimulatingadjective

   that stimulates

   "stimulant phenomena"

   Synonyms:
   stimulating, exhilarating

   Antonyms:
   depressant

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1. stimulantadjective

   Synonyms:
   stimulating, exciting, stimulative

2. stimulantnoun

   Synonyms:
   stimulating medicine

3. stimulantnoun

   Synonyms:
   incentive, STIMULUS

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1. stimulantnoun

   Synonyms:
   excitant, provocation, stimulus, spur, goad

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1. List of paraphrases for "stimulant":

   amphetamine-type, stimulatory, stimulus, stimulator

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1. Sean Esteban McCabe:

   Instead, we need to look very long and hard at school strategies that are more or less effective in curbing stimulant medication misuse, parents can make sure the schools their kids attend have safe storage for medication and strict dispensing policies. And ask about prevalence of misuse — that data is available for every school.

2. Pieter Cohen:

   This is extremely welcome news, rather than waiting until heart attacks, strokes or deaths are definitely linked to this new designer stimulant, The FDA has now made it extremely clear to manufacturers that there is no justification to sell DMBA in supplements.

3. Seema Kumar:

   It is important to know that in our study, stimulants had been used for only a fraction of a patient’s life, ranging between one and a half years to six years, it is not known if longer duration of stimulant treatment may alter the risk of obesity.

4. Kavya Pearlman:

   I think the time limit really depends on the amount of stimulant the experience gives to the child, which we can't really calculate on the fly.

5. Rainer Maria Rilke:

   Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation with which a fine fruit fills the tongue; it is a great unending experience, which is given us, a knowing of the world, the fullness and the glory of all knowing. And not our acceptance of it is bad; the bad thing is that most people misuse and squander this experience and apply it as a stimulant at the tired spots of their lives and as distraction instead of a rallying toward exalted moments.