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stimulating - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: stimulating
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: exciting
Synonyms: appealing, bracing, breathtaking, exhilarating, hair-raising*, hectic, inspiring, interesting, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, rousing, spine-tingling*, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, adrenalizing, arousing, challenging, electrifying, energizing, gripping, titillating
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
Main Entry: bracing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: brisk; exhilarating
Synonyms: chilly, cool, crisp, fresh, invigorating, lively, refreshing, restorative, rousing, stimulating, tonic, vigorous, animating, energizing, exhilarative, fortifying, quickening, reviving, stimulative
Antonyms: tiring, debilitating, exhausting
Main Entry: creative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: artistic, imaginative
Synonyms: clever, cool*, fertile, formative, gifted, hip*, ingenious, innovative, inspired, inventive, original, productive, prolific, stimulating, visionary, way out, demiurgic, deviceful, innovational, innovatory, leading-edge, originative
Antonyms: unimaginative, uninspired, unproductive, uncreative, ungifted, untalented
Main Entry: cultural
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: educational, enlightening
Synonyms: artistic, beneficial, broadening, constructive, corrective, helpful, humane, humanizing, influential, instructive, learned, liberal, nurturing, refined, refining, stimulating, uplifting, adorning, advancing, beautifying, civilizing, developmental, dignifying, disciplining, edifying, educative, elevating, ennobling, enriching, expanding, glorifying, inspirational, liberalizing, ornamenting, polishing, promoting, raising, regenerative, socializing, widening
Main Entry: electric/electrical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: charged; energetic
Synonyms: dynamic, exciting, magnetic, rousing, stimulating, stirring, tense, thrilling, AC, DC, electrifying, juiced, motor-driven, power-driven, voltaic
Antonyms: boring, unexciting, uncharged, unenergetic
Main Entry: engrossing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very interesting
Synonyms: absorbing, compelling, consuming, controlling, exciting, fascinating, intriguing, provoking, riveting, stimulating, all-consuming, captivating, enthralling, gripping, monopolizing, obsessing, preoccupying
Antonyms: boring, repellent, repulsive, uninteresting
Main Entry: entertaining
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: amusing, pleasing
Synonyms: absorbing, affecting, charming, cheerful, cheering, clever, compelling, delightful, droll, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enjoyable, entrancing, exciting, fascinating, fun, funny, gas*, gay, humorous, impressive, inspiring, interesting, lively, moving, piquant, pleasant, pleasurable, poignant, priceless, provocative, restorative, riot, rousing, scream, stimulating, stirring, striking, thrilling, witty, be a ball, captivating, diverting, enthralling, enticing, recreative, relaxing, side-splitting
Antonyms: boring, dull, laborious, sad, tiring, unpleasant, unamusing, unfunny
Main Entry: erotic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: sexy
Synonyms: amative, amatory, amorous, aphrodisiac, bawdy, blue*, carnal, concupiscent, earthy, fervid, filthy, fleshly, hot*, impassioned, kinky*, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, obscene, off-color*, prurient, purple*, raunchy, raw, romantic, rousing, salacious, seductive, sensual, sexual, spicy, steamy, stimulating, suggestive, voluptuous, erogenous, titillating, venereal
Notes: erotic means giving sexual pleasure or sexually arousing, while exotic means being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world or strikingly strange or unusual
Antonyms: bland, cold, dull, frigid, unerotic
Main Entry: exciting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: inspiring, exhilarating
Synonyms: appealing, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, dangerous, dramatic, eye-popping*, far-out*, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising*, heady*, hectic, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling*, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, wild, agitative, animating, arousing, arresting, commoving, electrifying, exhilarant, impelling, rip-roaring, titillating, zestful
Antonyms: boring, moderate, unenthusiastic, unexciting, unenthused, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating
Main Entry: heady
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: thrilling, intoxicating
Synonyms: exciting, exhilarating, overwhelming, potent, powerful, provocative, stimulating, strong, inebriating, spirituous
Antonyms: dull, unenthused, unexcited
Main Entry: intoxicating
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: causing great happiness
Synonyms: exciting, exhilarating, eye-popping, heady, inspiring, provocative, rousing, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, exhilarant, exhilarative
Antonyms: saddening, sobering
Main Entry: intriguing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: interesting
Synonyms: absorbing, alluring, appealing, attractive, compelling, curious, enchanting, exciting, fascinating, provocative, puzzling, riveting, stimulating, stirring, thought-provoking, arousing, beguiling, captivating, enthralling, gripping
Main Entry: lively
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: energetic, active, busy
Synonyms: agile, alert, animate, animated, astir, blithe, bright, brisk, buoyant, cheerful, chipper*, complex, dashing, driving, effervescent, enjoyable, enterprising, entertaining, festive, frisky, frolicsome, gay, happy, industrious, involved, jocund, jumping, keen, merry, nimble, peppy*, perky, pert, provocative, quick, refreshing, rousing, snappy, sparkling, spirited, sprightly, spry, stimulating, stirring, vigorous, vivacious, zippy*, blithesome, bouncy, bustling, buzzing, chirpy, full of pep, go-go, hyper
Antonyms: apathetic, dispirited, inactive, lethargic, lifeless, sleepy
Main Entry: persuasive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: effective, influential
Synonyms: alluring, cogent, compelling, conclusive, convincing, credible, effectual, efficacious, efficient, eloquent, energetic, forceful, forcible, impressive, inspiring, logical, moving, plausible, pointed, potent, powerful, seductive, slick, smooth, sound, stimulating, stringent, strong, telling, touching, unctuous, valid, weighty, winning, actuating, convictive, enticing, impelling, inducing, inveigling, luring, swaying, wheedling
Antonyms: discouraging, ineffective, ineffectual, dampening, disheartening, dissuasive
Main Entry: piquant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: flavorful, biting
Synonyms: interesting, lively, peppery, poignant, provocative, pungent, racy, savory, sharp, snappy, sparkling, spicy, spirited, stimulating, stinging, tangy, tart, highly-seasoned, well-flavored, with a kick, zestful, zesty
Antonyms: bland, dull
Main Entry: refreshing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: new; rejuvenating
Synonyms: bracing, different, exhilarating, fresh, invigorating, novel, original, restorative, stimulating, unique, cooling, energizing, restoring, revitalizing, revivifying, thirst-quenching
Main Entry: rousing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: stirring
Synonyms: active, alert, animated, astir, bright, brisk, buoyant, busy, dashing, energetic, enthusiastic, frisky, industrious, jumping, lively, peppy*, perky, refreshing, snappy, spirited, spry, stimulating, vigorous, zippy*, bouncy, bustling, buzzing, chirpy, full of pep, hyper
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