arouse
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
arouse pity
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- arousal derivation
- elicitation derivation
- incitation derivation
- provocative derivation
- redolent derivation
Sense 2 verb
stop sleeping
She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
Types & categories
- change state hypernym
Related & opposite
- fall asleep antonym
- awakening derivation
- arousal derivation
- waker derivation
- kip entails
Sense 3 verb
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
raise the specter of unemployment
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- conjuring derivation
- summoning derivation
- conjuration derivation
- invocation derivation
- conjurer derivation
- call forth verb group
Sense 4 verb
cause to be alert and energetic
Coffee and tea stimulate me
Types & categories
- affect hypernym
- cathect hyponym
- recreate hyponym
- reinvigorate hyponym
- liven hyponym
Related & opposite
- sedate antonym
- de-energize antonym
- energizing derivation
- bracer derivation
- stimulant drug derivation
- get-up-and-go derivation
- vigor derivation
- energizer derivation
- energy derivation
- vim derivation
- stimulative derivation
Sense 5 verb
cause to become awake or conscious
He was roused by the drunken men in the street
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- cause to sleep antonym
- awakening derivation
- arousal derivation
- waker derivation
Sense 6 verb
to begin moving,
As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Sense 7 verb
stimulate sexually
This movie usually arouses the male audience
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- sexual activity derivation
- turn-on derivation
- sexual urge derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | arousal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | elicitation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | incitation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | provocative |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | redolent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | touch a chord |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | invite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rekindle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | infatuate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prick |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fire up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stimulate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | excite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | untune |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shame |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | overwhelm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | interest |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | fall asleep |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | awakening |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | arousal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waker |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | kip |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change state |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjuring |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | summoning |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjuration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | invocation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjurer |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | call forth |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | create |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | damn |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bless |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | sedate |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | de-energize |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | energizing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bracer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stimulant drug |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | get-up-and-go |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | vigor |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | energizer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | energy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | vim |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stimulative |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | affect |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cathect |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | recreate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | reinvigorate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | liven |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | cause to sleep |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | awakening |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | arousal |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | waker |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | reawaken |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bring to |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | call |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | sexual activity |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | turn-on |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | sexual urge |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | stimulate |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | tempt |