Synonyms for stimulate
ˈstɪm yəˌleɪtstim·u·late

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1. stimulateverb

   To encourage into action.

   Synonyms:
   induce, encourage, provoke

2. stimulateverb

   To arouse an organism to functional activity.

   Synonyms:
   excite, energise, perk up, animate, arouse, energize

   Antonyms:
   de-energize, sedate, stifle

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1. 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, rush

   Antonyms:
   dampen, stifle, tranquillise, sedate, tranquillize, calm, tranquilize

2. induce, 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, commence

   Antonyms:
   tranquillize, stifle, sedate, calm, tranquillise, tranquilize, dampen

3. stimulate, 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 up

   Antonyms:
   dampen, tranquilize, calm, tranquillize, tranquillise, stifle, sedate

4. stimulate, 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, steady

   Antonyms:
   tranquillize, stifle, calm, tranquilize, tranquillise, dampen, sedate

5. induce, 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, rush

   Antonyms:
   stifle, dampen, sedate, tranquillise, calm, tranquillize, tranquilize

6. stimulate, 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 up

   Antonyms:
   dampen, calm, tranquillise, tranquilize, sedate, tranquillize, stifle

7. provoke, 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, hassle

   Antonyms:
   sedate, tranquillize, tranquilize, tranquillise, stifle, calm, dampen

Matched Categories

1. • Affect
   • Arouse
   • Challenge
   • Effect
   • Sensitize

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1. stimulateverb

   Synonyms:
   incite, excite, instigate, animate, awaken, provoke, pique, encourage, inspirit, urge, prompt, goad, rouse, arouse, whet, foment, spur, impel, inflame, fire, kindle, stir up, set on, work up

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1. stimulateverb

   Synonyms:
   excite, incite, instigate, arouse, provoke, goad, spur

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1. List of paraphrases for "stimulate":

   stimulating, encourage, boost, spur, foster, promote, boosting, incentivise, stimulation, fostering, energize, motivate, inspire

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1. Nina Kraus:

   Our results support the importance of active experience and meaningful engagement with sound to stimulate changes in the brain.

2. Lloyd Chan:

   Recovery momentum should gather pace from the second quarter onwards, led by strong export prospects as global growth and 5G deployment pick up speed, a vaccine rollout around February should also stimulate domestic demand, as it would reduce the need for stringent containment measures.

3. Fan Xiaochong:

   It would stimulate demand for housing. But these are not temporary measures to run down inventory, they are part of a long-term urbanization.

4. Anna Lembke:

   Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, we can verifiably show that human connections stimulate dopamine release, which is how they are reinforcing, and anything that stimulates dopamine in the brain's reward pathway has the potential to be addictive.

5. Randy Gerardes:

   But it's difficult to ascertain exactly how much activity that will stimulate or how much revenue.