Antonyms for inspire
ɪnˈspaɪərin·spire

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. inspireverb

   To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.

   Antonyms:
   expire

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 3 votes

1. inspire

   Antonyms:
   depress, dispirit, discourage, deter

   Synonyms:
   animate, inspirit, inflame, imbue, impel, encourage, inhale, enliven, cheer, breathe in, infuse, exhilarate

Matched Categories

1. • Encourage
   • Indoctrinate
   • Induce
   • Occasion
   • Stimulate

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exaltverb

   heighten or intensify

   "These paintings exalt the imagination"

   Synonyms:
   revivify, tickle pink, animate, quicken, glorify, laud, extol, enliven, beatify, cheer, vivify, animize, urge on, instigate, root on, liven up, renovate, invigorate, exhilarate, urge, exalt, proclaim, thrill, prompt, revolutionize, recreate, reinvigorate, animise, barrack, repair, exhort, inhale, reanimate, pep up, breathe in, liven, revolutionise, revive, inebriate

2. inspireverb

   supply the inspiration for

   "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"

   Synonyms:
   enliven, invigorate, urge on, breathe in, root on, instigate, inhale, prompt, urge, exhort, barrack, exalt, revolutionize, pep up, revolutionise, animate, cheer

3. prompt, inspire, instigateverb

   serve as the inciting cause of

   "She prompted me to call my relatives"

   Synonyms:
   enliven, actuate, cue, invigorate, instigate, inhale, prompt, urge, move, exhort, propel, motivate, barrack, remind, exalt, stir up, breathe in, revolutionise, revolutionize, pep up, urge on, animate, incite, root on, set off, cheer

4. cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep upverb

   spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

   "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"

   Synonyms:
   jeer, juice up, animate, pep up, press, scoff, root on, enliven, cheer, urge on, instigate, flout, advocate, invigorate, urge, exalt, ginger up, exhort, hearten, jolly along, prompt, revolutionize, jazz up, recreate, cheer up, barrack, recommend, inhale, chirk up, embolden, breathe in, revolutionise, jolly up, gibe

5. revolutionize, revolutionise, inspireverb

   fill with revolutionary ideas

   Synonyms:
   enliven, cheer, invigorate, urge on, breathe in, root on, instigate, inhale, prompt, overturn, exhort, barrack, exalt, revolutionize, pep up, revolutionise, animate, urge

6. inhale, inspire, breathe inverb

   draw in (air)

   "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"

   Synonyms:
   enliven, invigorate, urge on, root on, instigate, inhale, prompt, urge, exhort, barrack, animate, exalt, revolutionize, pep up, revolutionise, breathe in, cheer

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inspire

   Synonyms:
   Inhale
   

How to use inspire in a sentence?

1. Steve Warren:

   We will continue to hunt ISIL leaders who are working to recruit, plan and inspire attacks against the United States of America and our allies.

2. Robert Bringle:

   Envy can be a positive motivator. Let it inspire you to work harder for what you want.

3. Michael Lang:

   We've lined up artists who won't just entertain but will remind the world that music has the power to bring people together, to heal, to move us to action and to tell the stories of a generation, our hope is that today, just as in 1969, music will be the constant that can inspire positive change.

4. David Inserra:

   So long as terror groups are able to conduct notable attacks and control territory, they will continue to inspire additional radicals around the world, while the U.S. and its allies must continue to try to stop terror attacks with all the tools at their disposal, the West must also defeat ISIS, Al Qaeda, and other terrorist groups to prevent the spread of their violent ideology.

5. Rebecca Givan:

   Amazon Fresh workers around the country will now have a belief that Amazon Fresh's possible to organize and win an election -- but it will still be difficult, the odds are always, always stacked against workers organizing in a situation like this, but this is proof that it can be done and it will likely inspire workers elsewhere.

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