to excite

Examples

• All

• You know there are three things that get most people excited.

  Savage Sisters (1974)

• You got to find what excites you, what drives you.

  Rich Roll

• You know you take people on this plane all the time and excite them.

  Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013)

• Before we began the project, I decided to get students excited about writing by sharing my story with them.

  Academic text (2015)

• We put our entire savings into this, this incredible town, so we hope that you will tell your friends and you will get excited about it as well.

  A Town Full of Ghosts (2022)

• The Anasazi story holds lessons for all of us and can excite our students' imaginations.

  Academic text (1996)

• Little Leaper kits are developed to excite children from birth to five years of age about science and math.

  Academic text (2015)

• They can still enthrall you and excite you and stimulate you.

  Lex Fridman

• The smell of asphalt excites me as much as the aroma of hay.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The teacher used a fun experiment to excite her students about learning science.

Synonyms

I

to inspire

vsto excite

837 3.2

Cause someone to feel excited and ready to act

is less about inspiration and more about raising activity or responsiveness

S

to stimulate

vsto excite

236 3.7

Make a person or thing more active, alert and responsive

also covers creating interest or enthusiasm, not only arousal of activity

T

to thrill

vsto excite

201 2.1

To give a sudden strong feeling of excitement and pleasure

is wider, covering gradual activation and sustained interest, not just sudden thrills

F

to fire up

vsto excite

• Informal

70 4.1

Make people feel excited and ready to act

is more neutral, covering simple activation and interest without strong heat

E

to energize

vsto excite

• US

65 3.7

To make someone feel more active and alert

also includes arousing interest or enthusiasm beyond just adding energy

S

to stoke

vsto excite

45 4.6

To encourage strong feelings or interest

can be broader, including simple stimulation without deep intensification

P

to pump up

vsto excite

• Informal

28 4.1

Make someone feel excited and full of energy

is similar but can be used in gentler, non-obvious increases

I

to invigorate

vsto excite

26 5.5

To give more energy and make someone or something feel lively

focuses more broadly on arousing interest or increasing responsiveness

E

to elate

vsto excite

19 6.4

To make someone feel very happy and proud

focuses more on raising activity and general responsiveness rather than pride

R

to rouse

vsto excite

16 5.1

To make people feel strong emotion and want to act

is less charged, covering calm increases in activity and interest too

E

to electrify

vsto excite

14 4.1

To make people feel very excited and want to act

is broader, applying to both sudden jolts and steady increases in activity

E

to exhilarate

vsto excite

12 6.9

To make someone feel very happy and full of energy

is broader, including increases in activity and mild enthusiasm as well

E

to enthuse

vsto excite

7 5.5

To make someone feel excited about something

is more general, also boosting activity or alertness beyond enthusiasm

E

to enliven

vsto excite

6 4.1

Make something more active and interesting

is similar but also emphasizes creating strong interest or enthusiasm

P

to pep

vsto excite

• Informal

4 4.9

To make someone or something more lively

adds that plus possibly creating curiosity or lasting enthusiasm

G

to get (one's) juices flowing

vsto excite

• Informal

1 7.9

To feel more energetic and creative and ready to work or think

is more general, applying to many kinds of energy or interest increases

V

to vivify

vsto excite

• Formal

1 8.2

To make something more lively or bright

is wider, applying to both activity increase and arousing enthusiasm

I

to ignite passion

vsto excite

1 5.0

Make someone feel very excited and interested in something

is broader, applying to general activation and milder enthusiasm too

A

to arouse interest

vsto excite

3.8

To make someone feel curious about something and want to know more

also covers raising energy or general responsiveness beyond curiosity alone

A

to arouse curiosity

vsto excite

3.4

To make someone want to know more

is broader, covering energy increase and general enthusiasm as well

J

to juice up

vsto excite

• Informal

6.7

Make an event like a party more lively and exciting

is less colloquial and covers formal activation or arousal too

P

to pim

vsto excite

• Informal

9.9

Make something more lively by adding music or bright pictures

is more neutral and fits both formal and informal activation

G

to get a crowd going

vsto excite

• Informal

4.8

Make an audience feel excited and cheer

is more general and applies beyond audiences to many situations

K

to kick up excitement

vsto excite

4.4

Make people more interested and eager about something

can be used for slower or smaller increases in activity or interest

Antonyms

C

to calm

962 1.0

Make a person or animal less upset

B

to bore

15 1.4

To make someone feel tired or not interested by being dull when you speak

How Stimulating

to galvanize

39 6.7

to energize

• US

65 3.7

to excite

64 2.7

to stimulate

236 3.7

to interest

206 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology