All stimulus synonyms

noun stimulus

• force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
• actuation — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
• carrot — Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground.
• influence — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
• melodrama — a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.
• actuations — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
• energizer — A person who, or a thing which energizes.
• excitement — A feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness.
• dynamism — The quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress.
• wildness — living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
• invigoration — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
• catalyst — You can describe a person or thing that causes a change or event to happen as a catalyst.
• inspiration — an inspiring or animating action or influence: I cannot write poetry without inspiration.
• determinant — A determinant of something causes it to be of a particular kind or to happen in a particular way.
• encouragement — The action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.
• goad — a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
• analeptic — (of a drug, etc) stimulating the central nervous system
• activation — to make active; cause to function or act.
• inducement — the act of inducing.
• horsepower — a foot-pound-second unit of power, equivalent to 550 foot-pounds per second, or 745.7 watts.
• incitation — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
• mainspring — the principal spring in a mechanism, as in a watch.
• dare — If you do not dare to do something, you do not have enough courage to do it, or you do not want to do it because you fear the consequences. If you dare to do something, you do something which requires a lot of courage.
• fillip — to strike with the nail of a finger snapped from the end of the thumb.
• impetus — a moving force; impulse; stimulus: The grant for building the opera house gave impetus to the city's cultural life.
• motivator — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
• inspiritment — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
• druthers — one's own way, choice, or preference: If I had my druthers, I'd dance all night.
• inflatus — A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
• incentive — something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
• geese — a plural of goose.
• incitement — the act of inciting.
• impulsion — the act of impelling, driving onward, or pushing.
• goose — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
• mnemonic — assisting or intended to assist the memory.
• motivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
• mnemonics — something intended to assist the memory, as a verse or formula.
• grabber — a person or thing that grabs.
• impulse — the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.: to act under a generous impulse; to strike out at someone from an angry impulse.
• arousal — Arousal is the state of being sexually excited.
• motive — something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.
• appetition — a desire or craving directed towards a specific object, goal, or purpose
• afflatus — an impulse of creative power or inspiration, esp in poetry, considered to be of divine origin (esp in the phrase divine afflatus)