Synonyms for Stimulus
ˈstɪm yə ləs; -ˌlaɪstim·u·lus

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1. stimulusnoun

   Anything that may have an impact or influence on a system

   an economic stimulus

   Synonyms:
   influence

2. stimulusnoun

   Anything that induces a person to take action

   Synonyms:
   impetus, impulse, spur

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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, stimulant, excitant, stimulant drug

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1. stimulusnoun

   Synonyms:
   incentive, spur, goad, incitement, stimulant, provocative, provocation, motive, encouragement

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1. stimulusnoun

   Synonyms:
   incentive

2. stimulusnoun

   Synonyms:
   stimuli

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1. List of paraphrases for "stimulus":

   incentive, stimulation, impetus, encouragement, boost, fillip, impulse, momentum, stimulant, spur, recovery, incitement

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1. Lou Brien:

   The reaction in bonds is greater than you would think from the stimulus of oil and the stock market, part of it is, maybe people started leaning the wrong way last week if they thought we’d seen the bottom in crude and stocks.

2. Amanda Rizza:

   Career counselors compare the dynamic to the 2008 recession but say there is hope for today's graduates to succeed in the job market, even if it takes time for the economy to rebound. ( Elina Shirazi) While Kmitt also shares concerns entering the workforce, she says one of the worst feelings are of being robbed of her senior experience. CHARLIE KIRK : CORONAVIRUS STIMULUS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS DO THESE 3 THINGS TO HELP THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES NOW Penny Kmitt poses alongside Penny Kmitt Alpha Chi Omega sorority sisters during a soccer kickoff charity event at American University. ( Elina Shirazi) Coronavirus disrupted my year both socially, academically and emotionally. Elina Shirazi -RRB- Coronavirus really hit me as a student on so many different fronts. I feel like I did not get to say goodbye to people, to my college experience, to kind of still being a kid in a way. Now, Im just applying everywhere and I am just going to take the time to think about it and figure my life out. Amanda Rizza, a senior at the University of Connecticut majoring in Communication and minoring in Psychological Sciences, says Amanda Rizza is also feeling the anxiety of finding a job, but is trying to focus on the big picture. Amanda Rizza is a senior at the University of Connecticut majoring in Communication and minoring in Psychological Sciences. Amanda Rizza says Amanda Rizza is also feeling the anxiety of finding a job, but is trying to focus on the big picture. It is one thing to be a senior stressed about finding a job, but it is a whole other situation trying to begin a post-graduate career during a pandemic to this magnitude, dealing with this while also balancing online academics and a part-time student job that I was able to continue remotely, is a daily challenge. I am grateful to be able to continue my academics and current job through the University of Connecticut, but the future is quite unknown for students who are in the same boat as me. It is stressful and anxiety-provoking, but all we can do is take one day at a time.

3. Donald Trump:

   China is adding great stimulus to its economy while at the same time keeping interest rates low. Our Federal Reserve has incessantly lifted interest rates, even though inflation is very low, and instituted a very big dose of quantitative tightening. We have the potential to go up like a rocket if we did some lowering of rates, like one point, and some quantitative easing, yes, we are doing very well at 3.2% GDP, but with our wonderfully low inflation, we could be setting major records (and) at the same time, make our National Debt start to look small!

4. Mark Zandi:

   You can not simply remove major wheat production, major food oil production, major fertilizer production, major oil production, major natural gas production, major production of [ semiconductor ] chips used in automobiles and think you're not going to get inflation, when it gets presented in the American news, you get this idea that if our stimulus checks had been lower, and if our wages had gone lower, that we wouldn't have this inflation. Nobody in the world accepts that as the viewpoint.

5. Stephen Huang:

   Optimism toward the trade talks turned into pessimism overnight, the government needs to roll out more stimulus to stabilize the market.