Synonyms for Stimulation
stim·u·la·tion

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1. stimulationnoun

   the act of arousing an organism to action

   Synonyms:
   foreplay, input, stimulant, arousal, stimulus

2. stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, inputnoun

   any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

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

3. stimulationnoun

   (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)

   Synonyms:
   foreplay, input, stimulant, arousal, stimulus

4. foreplay, arousal, stimulationnoun

   mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse

   Synonyms:
   arousal, rousing, stimulant, foreplay, input, stimulation, stimulus

Matched Categories

1. • Arousal
   • Natural Process
   • Physiology
   • Sexual Activity

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1. List of paraphrases for "stimulation":

   pacing, stimulus, stimulating, stimulatory, stimulate, encouragement, incentive, boost

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1. Yehia Rashed:

   We are not doing new things what we are doing is stimulation programs. Taking from the current funding and putting it into where our bread and butter is, we don't have the figures of the total cost of this. We are currently working on the costing.

2. Ohio State Carpenter:

   If you have what we refer to as a treatment-resistant depression, we may use things like TMS — transcranial magnetic stimulation — and we still use ECT, or electroconvulsive therapy. So there really is a large compendium of therapies available, the key is getting care. The vast majority of people will have their symptoms remit with proper treatment through psychotherapy and/or medication.

3. Reggie Edgerton:

   There are some conditions [for which] we expect starting out with transcutaneous stimulation may facilitate enough recovery to be on their own with continued rehabilitation.

4. Elaine Taylor-Klaus:

   For some people (with ADHD), there's a need for constant stimulation, what a fidget allows some people -- not all people -- with ADHD to do is to focus their attention on what they want to focus on, because there's sort of a background motion that's occupying that need.

5. Andre Machado:

   The expectation is that by applying stimulation, it will augment or boost the effects of physical rehabilitation, we have no expectation that it will cure stroke.