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Synonyms for stimulate
ˈstɪm yəˌleɪtstim·u·late
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stimulate, exciteverb
act as a stimulant
"The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
Synonyms:
get, have, commove, turn on, shake up, provoke, agitate, shake, rouse, charge up, stir, energize, hasten, wind up, arouse, induce, charge, cause, brace, sex, perk up, excite, energise, make, rushAntonyms:
dampen, stifle, tranquillise, sedate, tranquillize, calm, tranquilizeinduce, stimulate, cause, have, get, makeverb
cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
"The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
Synonyms:
pee-pee, take, hit, bring in, make, construct, mystify, experience, provoke, draw, stool, stupefy, have, lay down, piddle, hold, become, sustain, ready, pose, piss, receive, constitute, crap, scram, pass water, do, consume, go, sire, drive, engender, get to, hasten, shit, fix, pay back, suffer, spend a penny, stick, seduce, make water, set about, bring forth, get down, arrive, name, pretend, cook, incur, deliver, wee-wee, gain, make up, contract, excite, grow, induct, attain, dumbfound, beat, start, set out, birth, micturate, realize, create, arrest, accept, develop, shake, give, bring, bewilder, pull in, perk up, induce, form, reach, buzz off, catch, defecate, pee, let, feature, obtain, beget, rush, flummox, wee, ca-ca, arouse, get, generate, prepare, capture, have got, find, amaze, mother, baffle, take a shit, score, start out, convey, build, vex, give birth, aim, throw, perplex, arrive at, bring on, make believe, gravel, begin, relieve oneself, fetch, stir, father, bear, get under one's skin, energise, energize, puddle, take a crap, puzzle, clear, produce, earn, establish, own, nominate, acquire, come, progress to, take a leak, pay off, brace, possess, bugger off, cause, urinate, ingest, take in, work, shake up, realise, nonplus, commenceAntonyms:
tranquillize, stifle, sedate, calm, tranquillise, tranquilize, dampenstimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stirverb
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
"These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
Synonyms:
touch, shake up, charge, excite, didder, succuss, have, raise up, get, rock, provoke, commove, energize, perk up, agitate, hasten, stir, call down, shift, conjure, make, reorganise, energise, turn on, arouse, shake, wind up, reorganize, vex, conjure up, cause, sway, escape from, induce, budge, judder, raise, jar, shake off, throw off, bump around, call forth, invoke, charge up, rouse, brace, bring up, evoke, sex, fluff up, rush, put forward, stir up, disturb, plump upAntonyms:
dampen, tranquilize, calm, tranquillize, tranquillise, stifle, sedatestimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk upverb
cause to be alert and energetic
"Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
Synonyms:
gain vigor, shake up, excite, arouse, put forward, awake, get, shake, come alive, energize, perk up, pick up, enkindle, hasten, wake up, stir, wake, call down, energise, make, fire, elicit, bring up, stabilize, conjure up, cause, perk, induce, raise, waken, turn on, provoke, have, wind up, call forth, kindle, invoke, rouse, percolate, awaken, brace, poise, evoke, sex, rush, stabilise, conjure, steadyAntonyms:
tranquillize, stifle, calm, tranquilize, tranquillise, dampen, sedateinduce, stimulate, rush, hastenverb
cause to occur rapidly
"the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"
Synonyms:
shake up, cannonball along, excite, look sharp, belt along, get, shake, energize, perk up, hurry, hasten, stir, induct, expedite, make, energise, arouse, bucket along, speed, step on it, pelt along, cause, bring on, race, induce, hie, provoke, have, festinate, hotfoot, brace, rush along, rushAntonyms:
stifle, dampen, sedate, tranquillise, calm, tranquillize, tranquilizestimulate, excite, stirverb
stir feelings in
"stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
Synonyms:
touch, shake up, excite, put forward, get, shake, provoke, commove, energize, perk up, agitate, hasten, stir, call down, conjure, make, energise, arouse, bring up, conjure up, cause, induce, budge, raise, turn on, charge, have, wind up, call forth, invoke, shift, rouse, brace, evoke, sex, rush, charge upAntonyms:
dampen, calm, tranquillise, tranquilize, sedate, tranquillize, stifleprovoke, stimulateverb
provide the needed stimulus for
Synonyms:
beset, kindle, excite, shake up, get, shake, chevvy, energize, perk up, harass, enkindle, hasten, stir, elicit, energise, chivy, make, fire, arouse, call forth, plague, cause, kick up, induce, raise, provoke, have, harry, chivvy, brace, evoke, molest, chevy, rush, hassleAntonyms:
sedate, tranquillize, tranquilize, tranquillise, stifle, calm, dampen
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List of paraphrases for "stimulate":
stimulating, encourage, boost, spur, foster, promote, boosting, incentivise, stimulation, fostering, energize, motivate, inspire
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How to use stimulate in a sentence?
How we stimulate the immune system is the same whether we’re using an mRNA vaccine for Covid-19, or an influenza, hepatitis, typhoid or pneumococcal vaccine, it’s a prototypical antibody or vaccine response, and that’s why we believe we can generalize to Covid.
If the purpose of( a payroll tax cut) or a check is to stimulate the economy and help people in need, I think when a person has a check in his hand... I think that's going to do more economic good than if we dribble out $ 30 every paycheck, because people are going to notice it and maybe take some action as a result.
By immediately lowering the corporate tax rate to 20 percent, this bill will stimulate investment, job creation and economic growth in the United States.
There will be agreements to stimulate development, create jobs, many of the problems that we have (in Mexico) have originated because there wasn't growth in the economy.
From the demand side - the rate cut will not stimulate demand sufficiently for cities that face oversupply.
Translations for stimulate
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- حفزArabic
- podnítitCzech
- stimulierenGerman
- διεγείρουνGreek
- stimuliEsperanto
- estimularSpanish
- تحریکPersian
- kiihottaa, ärsyttää, yllyttää, stimuloidaFinnish
- stimulerFrench
- प्रोत्साहित करनाHindi
- elősegítHungarian
- stimulareItalian
- לעוררHebrew
- 刺激Japanese
- commoveōLatin
- stimuleren, aansporen, prikkelenDutch
- estimular, incentivarPortuguese
- stimulaRomanian
- стимулироватьRussian
- stimulojAlbanian
- pigga upp, sporra, reta, stimulera, ge näring åt, egga, väckaSwedish
- ఉద్దీపనTelugu
- canlandırmakTurkish
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