English

Detailed Synonyms for stimulate in English

stimulate:

to stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)

  1. to stimulate
    to stimulate; to encourage; to incite; to aggravate; to inspire; to motivate; encourage someone; motivate someone
  2. to stimulate
    to incite; to stimulate; to excite; to drive
    • incite verb (incites, incited, inciting)
    • stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
    • excite verb (excites, excited, exciting)
    • drive verb (drives, drove, driving)
  3. to stimulate
    to motivate; to encourage; to stimulate
    • motivate verb (motivates, motivated, motivating)
    • encourage verb (encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
    • stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
  4. to stimulate
    to encourage; to arouse; to activate; to stimulate; to excite; to support; to awake
    • encourage verb (encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
    • arouse verb (arouses, aroused, arousing)
    • activate verb (activates, activated, activating)
    • stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
    • excite verb (excites, excited, exciting)
    • support verb (supports, supported, supporting)
    • awake verb (awakes, awoke, awaking)
  5. to stimulate
    to arouse; to excite; to stir up; to stimulate
    • arouse verb (arouses, aroused, arousing)
    • excite verb (excites, excited, exciting)
    • stir up verb (stirs up, stirred up, stirring up)
    • stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
  6. to stimulate
    to encourage; to stimulate; to activate; to urge
    • encourage verb (encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
    • stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
    • activate verb (activates, activated, activating)
    • urge verb (urges, urged, urging)
  7. to stimulate
    to goad; to stimulate; to whip up; to drive; nettle; to irritate
    • goad verb (goads, goaded, goading)
    • stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
    • whip up verb (whips up, whipped up, whipping up)
    • drive verb (drives, drove, driving)
    • nettle verb
    • irritate verb (irritates, irritated, irritating)
  8. to stimulate
    to provoke; to urge; to arouse; to stimulate; put someone on to something
  9. to stimulate
    – cause to be alert and energetic 1
    to arouse; to brace; to stimulate; to energize; perk up; energise
    – cause to be alert and energetic 1
    • arouse verb (arouses, aroused, arousing)
    • brace verb (braces, braced, bracing)
    • stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
      • Coffee and tea stimulate me1
      • This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate1
    • energize verb, American (energizes, energized, energizing)
    • perk up verb
    • energise verb, British
  10. to stimulate
    – act as a stimulant 1
    to excite; to stimulate
    – act as a stimulant 1
    • excite verb (excites, excited, exciting)
    • stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
      • The book stimulated her imagination1
      • This play stimulates1
  11. to stimulate
    – cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner 1
    to induce; to cause; to get; to have; to make; to stimulate
    – cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner 1
    • induce verb (induces, induced, inducing)
      • The ads induced me to buy a VCR1
    • cause verb (causes, caused, causing)
    • get verb (gets, got, getting)
      • My children finally got me to buy a computer1
    • have verb (has, had, having)
    • make verb (makes, made, making)
      • My wife made me buy a new sofa1
    • stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
  12. to stimulate
    – provide the needed stimulus for 1
    to provoke; to stimulate
    – provide the needed stimulus for 1
    • provoke verb (provokes, provoked, provoking)
    • stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
  13. to stimulate
    – cause to occur rapidly 1
    to induce; to rush; to stimulate; to hasten
    – cause to occur rapidly 1
    • induce verb (induces, induced, inducing)
    • rush verb (rushs, rushed, rushing)
    • stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
    • hasten verb (hastens, hastened, hastening)
  14. to stimulate
    – stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of 1
    to stir; to excite; to shake; to stimulate; to shake up
    – stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of 1
    • stir verb (stirs, stirred, stirring)
    • excite verb (excites, excited, exciting)
    • shake verb (shakes, shook, shaking)
      • These stories shook the community1
      • the civil war shook the country1
    • stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
    • shake up verb (shakes up, shook up, shaking up)
  15. to stimulate
    – stir feelings in 1
    to stir; to excite; to stimulate
    – stir feelings in 1
    • stir verb (stirs, stirred, stirring)
      • stir emotions1
    • excite verb (excites, excited, exciting)
      • excite the audience1
    • stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
      • stimulate my appetite1

Conjugations for stimulate:

present
  1. stimulate
  2. stimulate
  3. stimulates
  4. stimulate
  5. stimulate
  6. stimulate
simple past
  1. stimulated
  2. stimulated
  3. stimulated
  4. stimulated
  5. stimulated
  6. stimulated
present perfect
  1. have stimulated
  2. have stimulated
  3. has stimulated
  4. have stimulated
  5. have stimulated
  6. have stimulated
past continuous
  1. was stimulating
  2. were stimulating
  3. was stimulating
  4. were stimulating
  5. were stimulating
  6. were stimulating
future
  1. shall stimulate
  2. will stimulate
  3. will stimulate
  4. shall stimulate
  5. will stimulate
  6. will stimulate
continuous present
  1. am stimulating
  2. are stimulating
  3. is stimulating
  4. are stimulating
  5. are stimulating
  6. are stimulating
subjunctive
  1. be stimulated
  2. be stimulated
  3. be stimulated
  4. be stimulated
  5. be stimulated
  6. be stimulated
diverse
  1. stimulate!
  2. let's stimulate!
  3. stimulated
  4. stimulating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "stimulate":

  1. cause to be alert and energetic1
    • Coffee and tea stimulate me1
    • This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate1
  2. act as a stimulant1
    • The book stimulated her imagination1
    • This play stimulates1
  3. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner1
  4. provide the needed stimulus for1
  5. cause to occur rapidly1
  6. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of1
  7. stir feelings in1
    • stimulate my appetite1