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stimulant

stimulant

3 5.0
Something that makes activity or interest increase
  • noun
  • /ˈstɪmjʊlənt/
: estímulo
  • For a writer, there is no more creativity-inspiring stimulant.
  • stimulant to action

And it is functions as a social stimulant and lubricant.

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Examples

  • Hopefully, it will act as a stimulant for meaningful action for individuals and groups to create a kinder, safer, better world.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Research findings can be helpful as food for thought, as stimulants to thinking, as suggestions of possibilities and alternatives.

    Academic text (1990)

  • With such a total impact of carnival, the social stimulant is apparently sufficient.

    Academic text (1991)

  • And I certainly am not a fan of stimulants for weight loss.

  • Most of us view alcohol as a stimulant; it makes us feel cheerful and relaxed.

    Blog text (11)

  • Meanwhile, Republican leaders argue that this passage would be the very stimulant that a sluggish economy needs.

    The Game (1997)

  • Even more important than the guillotine's visual reality was its evocative nature, its role as a stimulant of the imagination.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Sahlins's (1963) masterful formulation has proved a fruitful stimulant to discussions of leadership, power, and renown in Melanesia and Polynesia.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The new marketing campaign acted as a stimulant for increasing sales across the company.

  • Many believe that music can serve as a stimulant that enhances creativity and productivity.

Synonyms

stimulus
vsstimulant
330 4.5

Something that causes a person, animal, or plant to respond

is focused on causing increased activity or excitement from events or information
stimulation
vsstimulant
28 4.1

Something that makes someone more interested or active

is about a specific cause that raises activity rather than the general arousal process
energizer
vsstimulant
  • US
4 3.7

Something that gives people more energy or motivation

focuses on supplying energy or motivation to people rather than causing action broadly
exciter
vsstimulant
1 6.8

Someone or something that causes excitement in people and action in systems

is typically an event or information that raises activity rather than an agent

Antonyms

dullness
3 3.7

Something that is not interesting or exciting

Compounds

stimulant drug
  • Specialized
1 4.5

A drug that makes the body or mind more active for a short time

How Stimulating

provocation
57 7.2
stimulant
3 5.0
stimulus
330 4.5
cue
209 3.3

Surface Forms

stimulant singular
stimulants plural

Morphology

stimulant = stimulate (transparent) = stimulate + ant

The sense 'something that causes increased activity' is a direct nominalization from 'stimulate' with the usual meaning.

Etymology

Stimulant comes from the Latin stimulus ('goad' or 'prick'), an image of a small push that makes things start moving. So a stimulant can be any event or news that gives people a 'push' to act or speeds up activity.