| Main Entry: | evoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | induce, stimulate |
Synonyms: |
arouse, awaken, call, call forth, conjure, educe, elicit, evince, evolve, excite, extort, extract, give rise to, invoke, milk, provoke, raise, rally, recall, rouse, stir up, summon, 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 |
| Main Entry: | cause |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into being; bring about |
Synonyms: |
be at the bottom of, begin, brainstorm*, break in, break the ice, breed, bring to pass, come out with, compel, cook up, create, dream up, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, fire up, generate, get things rolling, give rise to, hatch, incite, induce, introduce, kickoff, kindle, lead to, let, make, make up, motivate, muster, occasion, open, originate, precipitate, produce, provoke, result in, revert, secure, sow the seeds, start the ball rolling, think up, work up |
| Main Entry: | conjure up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to mind |
Synonyms: |
call, contrive, create, evoke, materialize, produce as by magic, recall, recollect, remember, review, summon, urge |
Antonyms: |
forget, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | draw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move something by pulling |
Synonyms: |
attract, bring, carry, convey, cull, draft, drag, drain, educe, elicit, evoke, extract, fetch, gather, haul, hook, jerk, lug, magnetize, pick, pluck, pump, rake, siphon, tap, tow, trail, trawl, tug, wind in, wrench, yank |
Antonyms: |
exhale, propel, push, repel, repulse |
| Main Entry: | draw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allure, influence |
Synonyms: |
argue into, attract, bewitch, bring around, bring forth, call forth, captivate, charm, convince, elicit, enchant, engage, entice, evoke, fascinate, get, induce, invite, lure, magnetize, persuade, prompt, take, wile, win over |
Antonyms: |
alienate, estrange, push away, rebuff, reject, repel, repulse, turn off |
| Main Entry: | educe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring out, elicit |
Synonyms: |
come out, conclude, deduce, derive, develop, distill, drag, draw, draw out, evince, evoke, evolve, excogitate, extort, extract, gain, get, infer, milk, obtain, procure, pull, reason, secure, think out, wrest, wring |
| Main Entry: | elicit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw out |
Synonyms: |
arm-twist, badger, bite*, bring, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, cause, derive, educe, evince, evoke, evolve, exact, extort, extract, fetch, give rise to, milk, obtain, put muscle on, put the arm on, rattle, shake, shake down, squeeze, wrest, wring |
| Notes: | elicit means to call forth emotions, feelings, and responses or to bring out or draw out, while illicit means contrary to or forbidden by law - unlawful |
Antonyms: |
cover, hide, keep, repress, supress |
| Main Entry: | entail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | require; result in |
Synonyms: |
bring about, call for, cause, demand, encompass, entangle, evoke, give rise to, impose, involve, lead to, necessitate, occasion, require, tangle |
| 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, feed the fire, 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, stir up, taunt, tease, thrill, titillate, touch off, vex, wake up, waken, warm, whet, work up, worry |
Antonyms: |
bore, calm, compose, deaden, lull, moderate, pacify, quiet, repress, tranquilize |
| Main Entry: | extract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically remove, draw out |
Synonyms: |
avulse, bring out, catheterize, cull, derive, distill, eke out, elicit, eradicate, evoke, evulse, exact, express, extirpate, extort, extricate, garner, gather, get, glean, obtain, pick up, pluck, press out, pry, pull, reap, secure, select, separate, siphon, squeeze, take, tear, uproot, weed out, withdraw, wrest, wring, yank |
Antonyms: |
add, insert, put in |