| VERB | change | stimulate, excite | act as a stimulant |
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| communication | stimulate, induce, cause, have, get, make | cause to do | |
| emotion | stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of | |
| body | stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up | cause to be alert and energetic | |
| creation | stimulate, induce, rush, hasten | cause to occur rapidly | |
| perception | stimulate, excite, stir | stir feelings in | |
| communication | stimulate, provoke | provide the needed stimulus for |
| Sounds | stih'myahley.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | act as a stimulant. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
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| Synonym | excite | |
| Narrower | innervate | stimulate to action |
| irritate | excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus | |
| quicken, invigorate | Give life or energy to | |
| Broader | affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch | Have an effect upon |
| Opposite | stifle, dampen | smother or suppress |
| Spanish | estimular, excitar | |
| Adjectives | stimulant | that stimulates |
| stimulative | capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent | |
| Nouns | stimulus, stimulant | any stimulating information or event |
| Meaning | Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Model | They stimulate him to write the letter | |
| Synonyms | induce, cause, have, get, make | |
| Narrower | bring | induce or persuade |
| compel, oblige, obligate | Force somebody to do something | |
| decide | Cause to decide | |
| encourage | spur on | |
| lead | Cause to undertake a certain action / action | |
| let | actively cause something to happen / happen / happen / happen | |
| persuade | Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action | |
| prompt, inspire, instigate | Serve as the inciting cause of | |
| solicit | incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination | |
| suborn | induce to commit perjury or give false testimony | |
| Spanish | causar, estimular, hacer, incentivar, inducir, ocasionar, producir, provocar | |
| Catalan | causar, estimular, fer, incentivar, induir, ocasionar, provocar | |
| Nouns | stimulation | the act of arousing an organism to action |
| stimulation, stimulus | any stimulating information or event | |
| Meaning | Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The performance is likely to stimulate Sue | |
| Synonyms | shake, shake up, excite, stir | |
| Narrower | arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up | stimulate sexually |
| elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate | Fill with high spirits | |
| frighten, fright, scare, affright | drive out by frightening | |
| fuel | stimulate | |
| inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt | heighten or intensify | |
| tempt, invite | give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting | |
| thrill, tickle, vibrate | Feel sudden intense sensation or emotion | |
| titillate | excite pleasurably or erotically | |
| Broader | arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
| Spanish | agitar, conmover, emocionar, estimular, excitar, incentivar | |
| Catalan | agitar, commoure, emocionar, estimular, excitar, incentivar | |
| Meaning | Cause to occur rapidly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | induce, rush, hasten | |
| Broader | effect, effectuate, set up | produce |
| Spanish | estimular, provocar | |
| Meaning | Provide the needed stimulus for. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Synonym | provoke | |
| Narrower | agitate, foment, stir up | try to stir up public opinion |
| entice, lure, tempt | Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion | |
| incite, instigate, set off, stir up | Provoke or stir ... / stir up | |
| jog | stimulate to remember | |
| rejuvenate | Cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land | |
| Broader | challenge | issue a challenge to |
| Spanish | estimular, incentivar, provocar | |
| Catalan | estimular, incentivar, provocar | |
| Adjectives | stimulant | that stimulates |
| Nouns | stimulus | any stimulating information or event |
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