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| Main Entry: | stimulated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aroused |
| Synonyms: | accelerated, excited, heated, impassioned, keyed up, turned on |
| Main Entry: | stimulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, provoke |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, arouse, elate, encourage, energize, enliven, exhilarate, fan, fire, foment, foster, galvanize, goad, grab, hook, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, jazz*, juice*, motivate, move, perk, pique, prod, prompt, quicken, rouse, send, set up, spark, spirit, spur, support, trigger, turn on*, urge, vivify, whet, work up*, build a fire under, commove, dynamize, fire up, get one going, get one started, innervate, innerve, key up, steam up*, stir up, vitalize, wake up |
| Antonyms: | calm, depress, discourage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | desirous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aspiring, hopeful |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, ambitious, amorous, anxious, avid, covetous, craving, desiring, eager, enthusiastic, grasping, greedy, hot*, itchy*, keen, longing, lustful, passionate, ready, stimulated, willing, wishful, wishing, yearning, prehensile, turned on |
| Antonyms: | reluctant, unenthusiastic, unambitious, unhopeful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | excited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspired; upset |
| Synonyms: | agitated, animated, annoyed, beside oneself*, charged, delighted, disconcerted, disturbed, eager, enthusiastic, feverish, frantic, high*, hot*, hot and bothered*, hyperactive, hysterical, inflamed, jumpy*, moved, nervous, on edge*, on fire, overwrought, passionate, provoked, stimulated, thrilled, tumultous/tumultuous, wild, wired*, aflame, aroused, awakened, discomposed, fired up, in a tizzy, juiced up, keyed up, piqued, roused, ruffled, steamed up, stirred, worked up, zipped up |
| Antonyms: | bored, calm, composed, laid-back, unenthusiastic, uninspired, easy-going, unenthused, unexcited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interested |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerned, curious |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, affected, attentive, biased, caught, drawn, engrossed, excited, fascinated, fired*, gone*, hooked*, implicated, impressed, inspired, intent, into*, involved, keen, moved, obsessed, occupied, open, partial, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced, responsive, sold, stimulated, struck, sympathetic, taken, touched, attracted, awakened, eat sleep and breathe, enticed, inspirited, lured, on the case, roused, stirred |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, disinterested, unconcerned, incurious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | psyched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited |
| Synonyms: | animated, beside oneself*, charged, delighted, eager, enthusiastic, feverish, high*, inspired, moved, on fire, passionate, pumped, stimulated, thrilled, wild, aroused, awakened, fired up, juiced up, keyed up, stirred, worked up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pumped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited |
| Synonyms: | animated, aroused, awakened, beside oneself*, charged, cranked up, delighted, eager, enthusiastic, feverish, fired up, geared up, high*, inspired, juiced up, keyed up, moved, on fire, passionate, psyched, rarin' to go, stimulated, stirred, thrilled, wild, worked up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deeply moved or hurt emotionally |
| Synonyms: | afflicted, altered, changed, compassionate, concerned, damaged, distressed, excited, impaired, impressed, influenced, injured, overwhelmed, overwrought, sorry, stimulated, sympathetic, tender, touched, troubled, upset, grieved, stirred |
| Antonyms: | calm, unmoved, unperturbed, unswayed, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | passionate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sensual, desirous |
| Synonyms: | amorous, ardent, concupiscent, desirous, erotic, heavy*, hot*, lascivious, libidinous, loving, lustful, prurient, romantic, sexy, steamy, stimulated, sultry, wanton, wistful, aroused, turned-on |
| Antonyms: | cold, cool, frigid, indifferent, uncaring, unpassionate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ablaze |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very excited |
| Synonyms: | afire, angry, enthusiastic, fervent, frenzied, furious, heated, impassioned, incensed, intense, on fire, passionate, raging, stimulated, vehement, aroused, fuming |
| Antonyms: | dull, unexcited |
| Main Entry: | intoxicated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extremely happy |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, affected, beside oneself, concerned, delirious, dizzy, drunk, ecstatic, elated, excited, exhilarated, high*, infatuated, interested, moved, sent, stimulated, captivated, enraptured, euphoric, galvanized, piqued, quickened, turned-on |
| Antonyms: | sad, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | passionate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited; enthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | affecting, animated, ardent, blazing, burning, deep, dramatic, eager, eloquent, emotional, expressive, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, flaming, forceful, frenzied, glowing, headlong, heartfelt, heated, high-powered, hot*, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, inspiring, intense, melodramatic, moving, poignant, precipitate, spirited, stimulated, stirring, strong, thrilling, vehement, violent, warm, wild, zealous, high-pressure, hotblooded, quickened, steamed up |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, dull, unenthusiastic, unexcited, unpassionate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective3 |
| Definition: | excited |
| Synonyms: | edgy, stimulated, jazzed*, pumped-up, stoked* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fresh |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | energetic, healthy |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, blooming, bright, chipper*, clear, fair, florid, glowing, good, hardy, keen, lively, relieved, rested, restored, revived, rosy, ruddy, sprightly, spry, stimulated, unused, verdant, vigorous, vital, wholesome, young, bouncing, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, dewy, invigorated, like new, refreshed, rehabilitated, relaxed, undimmed, unfaded, unwearied, unwithered |
| Antonyms: | exhausted, lifeless, tired, worn, unenergetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accelerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase speed, timing |
| Synonyms: | advance, drive, dust*, expedite, forward, further, gun*, hasten, hurry, impel, precipitate, quicken, railroad*, roll*, spur, step up, stimulate, tool*, fire up, hammer on, lay a patch, lay rubber, make tracks, nail it, open up, peel rubber, put on afterburners, put pedal to metal, rev, rev up, speed up, step on gas |
| Antonyms: | decelerate, defer, hinder, impede, postpone, retard, slow down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | activate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate something; start a function |
| Synonyms: | actuate, arouse, energize, impel, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, rouse, start, stimulate, stir, trigger, turn on, actify, call up, set in motion, switch on, take out of mothballs |
| Notes: | when something is activated, it is made active; when something is actuated, it is moved to take action (or produce a consequence) to actuate is a general word meaning 'to set working' and has more to do with mechanical action - while activate is used mainly in scientific expressions |
| Antonyms: | arrest, stop |
| Main Entry: | actuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start a function or action, motivate |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on*, energize, excite, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, turn on*, work up*, fire up, key up, put up to, work into lather |
| Antonyms: | impede, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | agitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disturb, trouble someone |
| Synonyms: | alarm, argue, arouse, bug*, confuse, craze*, debate, discompose, disconcert, discuss, dispute, disquiet, distract, disturb, egg on*, examine, excite, ferment, flurry, fluster, incite, inflame, move, perturb, rouse, ruffle, spook, stimulate, stir, trouble, turn on*, unhinge*, upset, ventilate*, work up*, worry, bug up, burn up*, get to*, make flip, psych, push buttons |
| Antonyms: | calm, quiet, soothe, not bother |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | animate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to life |
| Synonyms: | activate, arouse, cheer, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, exalt, excite, fire, gladden, hearten, impel, incite, inform, inspire, instigate, invigorate, kindle, move, quicken, revive, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, vivify, inspirit, liven, make alive, revivify, vitalize |
| Antonyms: | deaden, discourage, kill |
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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