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| Main Entry: | awaken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make conscious or alert |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, arouse, awake, call, enliven, excite, fan, incite, kindle, provoke, rally, revive, rise and shine*, rouse, stimulate, turn out*, vivify, wake, pile out*, roll out*, show a leg, stir up |
| Antonyms: | deaden, hypnotize, go to sleep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, entice |
| Synonyms: | agitate, alert, animate, awaken, call, challenge, electrify, enliven, foment, foster, goad, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, move, provoke, rally, rouse, send, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, thrill, turn on, warm, whet, whip up, work up, fire up, heat up, wake up, waken |
| Antonyms: | bore, calm, lull, quiet |
| Main Entry: | awake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become alert or cause to rise from sleep |
| Synonyms: | arise, awaken, call, get up, rouse, stir, wake, gain consciousness, roll out*, wake up |
| Antonyms: | sleep, go to sleep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become or make aware |
| Synonyms: | activate, alert, animate, arouse, awaken, enliven, excite, incite, kindle, provoke, revive, stimulate, vivify, call forth, stir up |
| Antonyms: | deaden, lull |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yell declaration |
| Synonyms: | announce, arouse, awaken, bawl, bellow, cry, exclaim, hail, holler*, hoot, howl, proclaim, roar, rouse, scream, screech, shout, shriek, vociferate, whoop, yawp*, yowl, cry out, waken, yoo hoo |
| Antonyms: | conceal, listen, refrain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | induce, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awaken, call, conjure, educe, elicit, evince, evolve, excite, extort, extract, invoke, milk*, provoke, raise, rally, recall, rouse, summon, call forth, give rise to, stir up, waken |
| Notes: | invoke is to call upon or appeal to something or someone for help or inspiration, while evoke is to bring or call something to the conscious mind; evoke is from Latin evocare 'to call out' while invoke is from invocare 'to call on' provoke means to stir up or arouse - or to incite to anger or resentment; evoke means to call forth or call to mind emotions, feelings, and responses |
| Antonyms: | halt, quell, repress, silence, stifle, stop, suppress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire; upset |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, agitate, amaze, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, astound, awaken, bother, chafe, delight, discompose, disturb, electrify, elicit, energize, evoke, fire, fluster, foment, galvanize, goad, incite, induce, inflame, infuriate, instigate, intensify, irritate, jar, jolt, kindle, madden, mock, move, offend, precipitate, provoke, quicken, rouse, start, stimulate, taunt, tease, thrill, titillate, vex, warm, whet, work up, worry, feed the fire, stir up, touch off, wake up, waken |
| Antonyms: | bore, calm, compose, deaden, lull, moderate, pacify, quiet, repress, tranquilize |
| Main Entry: | galvanize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, astonish, awaken, electrify, energize, excite, fire*, frighten, invigorate, jolt, motivate, move, pique, prime, provoke, quicken, shock, spur, startle, stir, stun, thrill, wake, zap*, commove, innervate, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | depress, deter, discourage, disparage, dissuade, retard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mount; get out of bed |
| Synonyms: | arise, ascend, awake, awaken, climb, increase, rise, rise and shine*, scale, stand, turn out, move up, pile out*, roll out, spring out, uprise, upspring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kindle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, incite |
| Synonyms: | agitate, animate, arouse, awaken, challenge, egg on*, exasperate, foment, induce, inflame, inspire, provoke, rally, rouse, sharpen, stimulate, stir, thrill, turn on*, wake, whet, work up*, bestir, burn up*, enkindle, fire up, get smoking, key up, waken |
| Antonyms: | turn off, disenchant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push at; thrust |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awaken, bulge, butt*, crowd, dig, elbow*, hit, jab, jostle, jut, nudge*, overhang, prod, project, protrude, provoke, punch, ram, rouse, shoulder*, shove, stab, stand out, stick, stick out, stimulate, stir, goose* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | provoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start, evoke; stimulate |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, awaken, begin, bestir, bring about, bring down, bring on, bring to one's feet, build up, call forth, cause, challenge, draw forth, electrify, elicit, enthuse, excite, fire, fire up, galvanize, generate, give rise to, incite, induce, inflame, innervate, innerve, inspire, instigate, kindle, lead to, make, motivate, move, occasion, pique, precipitate, prime, produce, promote, prompt, quicken, rally, rouse, roust, stir, suscitate, thrill, titillate, titivate, waken, whet |
| Antonyms: | end, halt, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | quicken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make faster; invigorate |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, activate, actuate, animate, arouse, awaken, dispatch, energize, excite, expedite, galvanize, goad, grow, hasten, hurry, impel, incite, increase, inspire, kindle, motivate, move, pique, precipitate, promote, refresh, revive, rouse, shake up, speed, spring, spur, step up, stimulate, stir, strengthen, urge, vivify, innervate, innerve, liven, make haste, revitalize, vitalize, vivificate |
| Antonyms: | dull, retard, slow, weaken |
| Main Entry: | raise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start up, motivate; introduce |
| Synonyms: | abet, activate, advance, arouse, awaken, bring up, broach, cause, evoke, excite, foment, foster, incite, instigate, kindle, moot, motivate, provoke, set, suggest, whip up, put forward, resurrect, set on, stir up |
| Antonyms: | conclude, finish, stop |
| Main Entry: | rally |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reorganize, unite |
| Synonyms: | arouse, assemble, awaken, call to arms*, challenge, charge, collect, come about, convene, encourage, fire, gather, get together, kindle, marshal, mobilize, muster, organize, redouble, reform, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, restore, resuscitate, revive, round up, rouse, summon, surge, urge, wake, whet, wreak havoc*, bestir, bond together, bring to order, bring together, come to order, come together, counterattack, inspirit, reassemble, regroup, resurrect, waken |
| Antonyms: | disperse, divide, scatter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remember |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awaken, bethink, call to mind, cite, educe, elicit, evoke, extract, flash, mind, recollect, reestablish, reinstate, reintroduce, remind, reminisce, renew, retain, retrospect, revive, rouse, stir, summon, think back, bring to mind, call up, come to one, flash on, look back, nail it down, ring a bell, strike a note, think of, waken |
| Antonyms: | forget |
| Main Entry: | recollect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remember |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awaken, bethink, call to mind, cite, flash, mind, place, recall, recognize, remind, reminisce, retain, retrospect, revive, rouse, stir, summon, bring to mind, come to one, flash on, look back on, waken |
| Antonyms: | forget |
| Main Entry: | resuscitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revive |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awaken, energize, enliven, invigorate, rejuvenate, renovate, restore, save, breathe new life into, bring back to life, bring to, come to life, enkindle, give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, perform CPR, resurrect, revitalize, wake up |
| Main Entry: | revive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start again; bring back to life |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, awaken, bounce back*, brighten, bring around*, cheer, comfort, console, encourage, energize, enliven, exhilarate, gladden, invigorate, overcome, please, quicken, rally, recover, refresh, rejuvenate, rekindle, relieve, renew, renovate, repair, restore, resuscitate, rouse, solace, strengthen, touch up*, breathe new life into, bring to, come around*, come to life, enkindle, inspirit, make whole, reanimate, recondition, resurrect, revitalize, snap out of it, spring up, wake up |
| Antonyms: | destroy, kill, suppress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wake |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awake, awaken, call, get up, raise, rise, stir, wake up |
| Antonyms: | nap, sleep |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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