excite
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
arouse or elicit a feeling
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- excitement derivation
- excitation derivation
Sense 2 verb
act as a stimulant
The book stimulated her imagination
Types & categories
- affect hypernym
- invigorate hyponym
- innervate hyponym
- irritate hyponym
Related & opposite
- dampen antonym
- excitement derivation
- stimulant derivation
- stimulative derivation
- excitant derivation
- stimulant derivation
Sense 3 verb
stir feelings in
stimulate my appetite
Types & categories
- sensitise hypernym
- wank hyponym
- masturbate hyponym
- horripilate hyponym
- work hyponym
- fellate hyponym
- thrill hyponym
- whet hyponym
- disgust hyponym
Related & opposite
- stimulant derivation
- stir derivation
- excitation derivation
- stimulative derivation
- excitant derivation
- stimulant derivation
Sense 4 verb
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
stimulate sexually
This movie usually arouses the male audience
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- sexual activity derivation
- turn-on derivation
- sexual urge derivation
Sense 6 verb
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
These stories shook the community
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- foment also see
- stir derivation
- stirrer derivation
- excitation derivation
Sense 7 verb
raise to a higher energy level
excite the atoms
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
produce a magnetic field in
excite the neurons
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- innervation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | excitement |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | excitation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | arouse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enthuse |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | dampen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | excitement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stimulant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stimulative |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | excitant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stimulant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | affect |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | invigorate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | innervate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | irritate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stimulant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stir |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | excitation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stimulative |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | excitant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stimulant |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sensitise |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wank |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | masturbate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | horripilate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | work |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fellate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | thrill |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | whet |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | disgust |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | still |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | arousal |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | excitement |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | turn-on |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | thrill |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | agitative |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | excitant |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | trouble |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hype up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bother |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pother |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | electrify |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sexual activity |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | turn-on |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sexual urge |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | stimulate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tempt |
| 6 | also see | Related & opposite | foment |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | stir |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | stirrer |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | excitation |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | arouse |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | fuel |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | sex |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | fright |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | tickle |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | invite |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | uplift |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | inspire |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | titillate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | energizing |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | vim |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | vigor |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | energizer |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | energy |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | vim |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | excitant |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | innervation |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |