Dictionary entry details
• STIMULATE (verb)
Meaning:
Act as a stimulant
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
stimulate; excite
Context examples:
The book stimulated her imagination / This play stimulates
Hypernyms (to "stimulate" is one way to...):
affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on (have an effect upon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stimulate"):
irritate (excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus)
innervate (stimulate to action)
invigorate; quicken (give life or energy to)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Antonym:
stifle (smother or suppress)
Meaning:
Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
cause; induce; stimulate; make; get; have
Context examples:
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
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stimulate"):
compel; obligate; oblige (force or compel somebody to do something)
suborn (induce to commit perjury or give false testimony)
inspire; instigate; prompt (serve as the inciting cause of)
lead (cause to undertake a certain action)
let (actively cause something to happen)
encourage (spur on)
solicit (incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination)
bring (induce or persuade)
persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)
decide (cause to decide)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They stimulate him to write the letter
Meaning:
Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
stimulate; stir; shake up; shake; excite
Context examples:
These stories shook the community / the civil war shook the country
Hypernyms (to "stimulate" is one way to...):
arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stimulate"):
titillate (excite pleasurably or erotically)
animate; enliven; exalt; inspire; invigorate (heighten or intensify)
elate; intoxicate; lift up; pick up; uplift (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism)
invite; tempt (give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting)
thrill; tickle; vibrate (feel sudden intense sensation or emotion)
affright; fright; frighten; scare (cause fear in)
arouse; excite; sex; turn on; wind up (stimulate sexually)
fuel (stimulate)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The performance is likely to stimulate Sue
Meaning:
Cause to be alert and energetic
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
energize; energise; perk up; arouse; brace; stimulate
Context examples:
Coffee and tea stimulate me / This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate
Hypernyms (to "stimulate" is one way to...):
affect (act physically on; have an effect upon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stimulate"):
cathect (inject with libidinal energy)
animate; quicken; reanimate; recreate; renovate; repair; revive; revivify; vivify (give new life or energy to)
invigorate; reinvigorate (impart vigor, strength, or vitality to)
animate; enliven; invigorate; liven; liven up (make lively)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Antonym:
sedate (cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to)
Meaning:
Cause to occur rapidly
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
induce; hasten; stimulate; rush
Context example:
the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions
Hypernyms (to "stimulate" is one way to...):
effect; effectuate; set up (produce)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Stir feelings in
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
stir; excite; stimulate
Context examples:
stimulate my appetite / excite the audience / stir emotions
Hypernyms (to "stimulate" is one way to...):
sensitise; sensitize (cause to sense; make sensitive)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stimulate"):
quicken; whet (make keen or more acute)
thrill (cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input)
blow; fellate; go down on (provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation)
work (provoke or excite)
horripilate (cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps)
masturbate (stimulate sexually)
fuck off; jack off; jerk off; masturbate; she-bop; wank (get sexual gratification through self-stimulation)
disgust; gross out; repel; revolt (fill with distaste)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Provide the needed stimulus for
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
provoke; stimulate
Hypernyms (to "stimulate" is one way to...):
challenge (issue a challenge to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stimulate"):
agitate; foment; stir up (try to stir up public opinion)
incite; instigate; set off; stir up (provoke or stir up)
jog (stimulate to remember)
rejuvenate (cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land)
entice; lure; tempt (provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
