| Main Entry: | waken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wake |
Synonyms: |
arise, arouse, awake, awaken, be roused, bestir, bring to life, call*, come to, get out of bed, get up, nudge, open one's eyes, prod, rise, rise and shine, roll out, rouse, shake, stir*, stretch, tumble out, turn out, wake up |
| Main Entry: | arouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, entice |
Synonyms: |
agitate, alert, animate, awaken, call, challenge, electrify, enliven, fire up, foment, foster, goad, heat up, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, move, provoke, rally, rouse, send, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, thrill, turn on, wake up, waken, warm, whet, whip up, work up |
Antonyms: |
bore, calm, lull, quiet |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yell declaration |
Synonyms: |
announce, arouse, awaken, bawl, bellow, cry, cry out, exclaim, hail, holler*, hoot, howl, proclaim, roar, rouse, scream, screech, shout, shriek, vociferate, waken, whoop, yawp, yoo hoo, yowl |
Antonyms: |
conceal, listen, refrain |
| 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: | 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: | kindle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, incite |
Synonyms: |
agitate, animate, arouse, awaken, bestir, burn up, challenge, egg on, enkindle, exasperate, fire up, foment, get smoking, induce, inflame, inspire, key up, provoke, rally, rouse, sharpen, stimulate, stir, thrill, turn on, wake, waken, whet, work up |
Antonyms: |
disenchant, turn off |
| 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: | rally |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reorganize, unite |
Synonyms: |
arouse, assemble, awaken, bestir, bond together, bring to order, bring together, call to arms, challenge, charge, collect, come about, come to order, come together, convene, counterattack, encourage, fire, gather, get together, inspirit, kindle, marshal, mobilize, muster, organize, reassemble, redouble, reform, refresh, regroup, rejuvenate, renew, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive, round up, rouse, summon, surge, urge, wake, waken, whet, wreak havoc |
Antonyms: |
disperse, divide, scatter |
| Main Entry: | recall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remember |
Synonyms: |
arouse, awaken, bethink, bring to mind, call to mind, call up, cite, come to one, educe, elicit, evoke, extract, flash, flash on, look back, mind, nail it down, recollect, reestablish, reinstate, reintroduce, remind, reminisce, renew, retain, retrospect, revive, ring a bell, rouse, stir, strike a note, summon, think back, think of, waken |
Antonyms: |
forget |
| Main Entry: | recollect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remember |
Synonyms: |
arouse, awaken, bethink, bring to mind, call to mind, cite, come to one, flash, flash on, look back on, mind, place, recall, recognize, remind, reminisce, retain, retrospect, revive, rouse, stir, summon, waken |
Antonyms: |
forget |