VERB | social | agitate, foment, stir up | try to stir up public opinion |
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emotion | agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | |
social | agitate, crusade, fight, press, campaign, push | exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person | |
motion | agitate, stir, shift, budge | move very slightly | |
motion | agitate, shake | move or cause to move back and forth | |
contact | agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up | change the arrangement or position of |
Sounds | ae'jhahtey.t | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | try to stir up public opinion. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | foment, stir up | |
Narrower | rumpus | Cause a disturbance |
Broader | provoke, stimulate | Provide the needed stimulus for |
Spanish | agitar, combatir, fomentar, provocar | |
Catalan | agitar, fomentar, revoltar | |
Nouns | agitator | one who agitates |
Meaning | Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The bad news will agitate him; The good news will agitate her | |
Synonyms | rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up | |
Narrower | bother | make nervous or agitated |
electrify | excite suddenly and intensely | |
hype up, psych up | Get excited or stimulated | |
pother | make upset or troubled | |
Broader | disturb, upset, trouble | Move deeply |
Opposite | calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still | make calm or still |
Spanish | agitar, emocionar, excitar, revolver | |
Catalan | emocionar, excitar, regirar | |
Adjectives | agitative | causing or tending to cause anger / anger or resentment |
Meaning | Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | crusade, fight, press, campaign, push | |
Broader | advertise, advertize, promote, push | make publicity for |
Similar to | advertise, advertize, promote, push | make publicity for |
Spanish | agitar, cruzar, hacer campaña, pulsar |
Meaning | Move very slightly. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Model | The crowds agitate in the streets | |
Synonyms | stir, shift, budge | |
Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
Spanish | agitarse, agitar, moverse | |
Catalan | girar, moure's |
Meaning | Move or cause to move back and forth. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | shake | |
Narrower | concuss | shake violently |
convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate | Move or stir about violently | |
convulse | shake uncontrollably | |
fan | agitate the air | |
fluff up, plump up, shake up | make fuller by shaking | |
jiggle, joggle, wiggle | Move to and fro | |
palpitate | Cause to throb / throb or beat rapidly | |
rattle | shake and cause to make a rattling noise | |
sparge | agitate by introducing air or compressed gas | |
succuss, shake up | shake | |
tremble | Move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways | |
tremor, quake | shake with seismic vibrations | |
Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
Spanish | agitar, batir, sacudirse, sacudir, temblar | |
Catalan | agitar, remenar, sacsejar, tremolar |
Meaning | change the arrangement or position of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up | |
Narrower | beat, scramble | Stir vigorously |
poke | Stir by poking | |
roil, rile | make turbid by stirring up the sediments of | |
toss | agitate | |
Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
Spanish | agitar, excitar, molestar, remover | |
Catalan | agitar, excitar, molestar, remoure |
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