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Synonyms for elicit
ɪˈlɪs ɪtelic·it

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. elicit

    Synonyms:
    draw, evoke, educe, eliminate, enucleate, express, extract, worm, evolve

    Antonyms:
    insert, implant, introduce, inoculate, insinuate, infuse, instil, incorporate, suggest, extort

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provokeverb

    call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

    "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

    Synonyms:
    elevate, resurrect, force out, provoke, beset, send away, awake, levy, call forth, chivy, kick upstairs, give the sack, suggest, stimulate, lift, heighten, harry, upgrade, educe, dismiss, kick up, fire, leaven, chivvy, bring up, rouse, invoke, raise, wind up, recruit, inflame, chevvy, farm, extract, excite, grow, conjure, upraise, give the axe, prove, awaken, chevy, conjure up, conflagrate, molest, go off, displace, plague, wake, waken, turn on, enhance, give notice, terminate, fuel, arouse, wake up, can, sack, advance, perk up, stir, burn, burn down, put forward, sex, enkindle, evoke, rear, harass, draw out, set up, nurture, parent, energize, produce, erect, discharge, kindle, put up, promote, hassle, open fire, brace, energise, paint a picture, get up, call down, come alive

  2. educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw outverb

    deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

    "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

    Synonyms:
    kindle, express, evoke, arouse, put forward, distill, provoke, enkindle, suggest, paint a picture, stir, suck out, aspirate, conjure, extend, fire, distil, draw out, pull, take out, press out, conjure up, educe, kick up, protract, raise, call down, pull up, call forth, invoke, derive, pull out, bring up, excerpt, prolong, extract

  3. elicitverb

    derive by reason

    "elicit a solution"

    Synonyms:
    kindle, enkindle, arouse, educe, fire, raise, evoke, extract, draw out, provoke

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. elicitverb

    Synonyms:
    draw out, bring out, succeed in obtaining

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "elicit":

    obtain, trigger, seek

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How to use elicit in a sentence?

  1. Eng Eong Ooi:

    Showing that the vaccine is safe and would elicit potentially useful immune response against SARS-CoV-2 is very welcomed.

  2. Ryan Morris:

    Whoever is doing this is just trying to elicit a fear or disrupt something.

  3. Grabien Media founder Tom Elliott:

    If CNN’s collapsing ratings weren’t enough to elicit an agonizing reappraisal of their entire situation, the planned rollout of CNN+ surely is.

  4. Harvey Fineberg:

    That's the brilliance of Kelvin Droegemeier, to elicit this kind of input and turn to the academics in the first place, they're genuinely trying to widen their aperture for advice, and I think so far it's working.

  5. John Paul Wilson:

    We found that men with darker skin and more stereotypically black facial features tended to be most likely to elicit biased size perceptions, even though they were actually no larger than men with lighter skin and less stereotypical facial features.


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  • يستنبطArabic
  • извличамBulgarian
  • entlocken, auslösen, hervorrufen, hervorlocken, schlussfolgern, elizitieren, locken, herauslocken, schließen, eruierenGerman
  • εκμαιεύωGreek
  • ellogiEsperanto
  • deducir, obtener, sonsacar, suscitar, provocar, inferirSpanish
  • استخراجPersian
  • raisonner, déduire, réaliser, causerFrench
  • elicitIrish
  • kicsalHungarian
  • բացահայտArmenian
  • memperolehIndonesian
  • suscitareItalian
  • לעוררHebrew
  • 引き出すJapanese
  • 이끌어 내다Korean
  • ELICIOLatin
  • påkalle, vekke, fremkalle, avstedkomme, resonnere, slutteNorwegian
  • redeneren, oproepen, veroorzaken, teweegbrengen, ontlokken, afleidenDutch
  • lokke fremNorwegian
  • provocarPortuguese
  • obțineRomanian
  • вызыва́ть, вы́явить, вы́звать, вызывать, устана́вливать, выявля́ть, де́лать вы́вод, извле́чь, установи́ть, сде́лать вы́вод, извлека́тьRussian
  • evocirati, izazvati, polučiti, izvućiSerbo-Croatian
  • framkalla, få fram, väcka, locka framSwedish
  • aydınlığa çıkarmak, temin etmek, yol açmak, neden olmak, tepkiye neden olmak, ortaya çıkarmak, almak, sağlamak, aydınlatmak, edinmek, çıkarmak, tepki göstermek, öğrenmek, meydana çıkarmak, elde etmekTurkish
  • elicitUrdu
  • 引出Chinese

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