Synonyms for elicit
ɪˈlɪs ɪtelic·it

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1. elicit

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

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

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Construe
   • Deduce
   • Logic

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1. elicitverb

   Synonyms:
   draw out, bring out, succeed in obtaining

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1. List of paraphrases for "elicit":

   obtain, trigger, seek

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1. Cedar Rapids Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell:

   Cedar Rapids is a city with a diverse population and many viewpoints. Today’s Supreme Court decision is likely to elicit strong opinions. What we must do as a city is come together, especially in times like these. The Cedar Rapids Police Department is conducting a thorough investigation into tonight’s incident. We all have a right to our opinions, but we must act in a peaceful and respectful manner.

2. Ryan Morris:

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

3. Eng Eong Ooi:

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

4. Bill Clinton:

   I was, frankly, posing as a white parent, even though I was a very young lawyer, who was going to be in the area in order to elicit information about what the real intentions were so we could put together a big dossier and submit it to the administration and the IRS to deny charitable exemptions for these segregated academies.

5. Genevieve Piche:

   Until now, our hypotheses were that maternal depression has a greater influence on girls since it provides them with a model of depressive, cognitive and interpersonal functioning and also may elicit more caretaking behavior in girls, which subsequently could lead them to develop depressive symptoms.