Synonyms for rouse
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1. rouse

   Synonyms:
   agitate, arouse, excite, fan, kindle, provoke, stir, stir up

   Antonyms:
   allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, mollify, pacify, quiet, soothe, still, tranquilize

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1. rouse

   Synonyms:
   wake, excite, agitate, startle, surprise

   Antonyms:
   compose, allay, calm, soothe, quiet, repress

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1. bestir, rouseverb

   become active

   "He finally bestirred himself"

   Synonyms:
   charge, commove, wake, charge up, waken, excite, drive out, turn on, wake up, force out, bestir, rout out, arouse, awaken, agitate

2. rout out, drive out, force out, rouseverb

   force or drive out

   "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."

   Synonyms:
   excite, drive off, depose, bestir, arouse, expel, gouge, sack, give the axe, dismiss, rout out, agitate, give the sack, wake up, evict, fire, drive out, clear out, turn back, squeeze out, give notice, rout up, displace, drive away, send away, waken, turn on, charge, rout, can, commove, expectorate, squirt, chase away, awaken, crowd out, charge up, force out, dispel, eject, terminate, wake, run off

3. agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge upverb

   cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

   "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

   Synonyms:
   fight, trip out, crusade, excite, institutionalize, disturb, trip, level, shake up, shake, depend upon, get off, commove, commit, rout out, press, agitate, blame, appoint, wake up, stir, wake, load, shift, energise, point, stimulate, consign, hinge on, arouse, drive out, sex, buck, saddle, vex, accuse, institutionalise, tear, lodge, ride, depend on, bill, file, devolve on, budge, hinge upon, energize, bestir, waken, turn on, charge, bear down, wind up, shoot down, charge up, awaken, burden, shoot, force out, push, foment, campaign, send, stir up, raise up, switch on

4. awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouseverb

   cause to become awake or conscious

   "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."

   Synonyms:
   kindle, excite, bestir, put forward, awake, heat, energize, come alive, provoke, commove, inflame, rout out, perk up, agitate, energise, enkindle, wake up, stir, wake, elicit, conjure, brace, stimulate, fire, arouse, drive out, fire up, bring up, conjure up, raise, waken, turn on, call down, charge, wind up, call forth, invoke, charge up, awaken, ignite, evoke, sex, force out, stir up

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1. rouseverb

   Synonyms:
   awaken, wake, waken, arouse

2. rouseverb

   Synonyms:
   animate, kindle, enkindle, stimulate, excite, provoke, stir up

3. rouseverb

   Synonyms:
   rise

4. rouseverb

   Synonyms:
   awake, wake, get up, start up

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1. rouseverb

   Synonyms:
   arouse

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1. List of paraphrases for "rouse":

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1. Robert Costa:

   The Clinton-Sanders dynamic, and the sparks from it, will likely dominate, so 'winning' for the non-front-runners means finding a way into the conversation, that means understanding how to use your moment, however brief, to rouse those watching.

2. Author Unknown:

   A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner, neither do uninterrupted prosperity and success qualify for usefulness and happiness. The storms of adversity, like those of the ocean, rouse the faculties, and excite the invention, prudence, skill and fortitude or the voyager. The martyrs of ancient times, in bracing their minds to outward calamities, acquired a loftiness of purpose and a moral heroism worth a lifetime of softness and security.

3. Paulina Porizkova:

   I found him still asleep when bringing him his Sunday morning coffee, i touched his cheek to rouse him. It was then I realized that during the night he had peacefully passed on.

4. William Ellery Channing:

   Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

5. Shalanda Young:

   This is not something we should have to call out, this is something that should be pervasive in how the government does its business. So Cecilia Rouse may not see a line item, and I think that's more than appropriate with the way The President has asked The President government to address these long-pervasive issues.