rouse
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
become active
He finally bestirred himself
Types & categories
- be active hypernym
Sense 2 verb
force or drive out
The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- drive out verb group
Sense 3 verb
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 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
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | be active |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | drive out |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hunt |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | smoke out |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | still |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | arousal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | excitement |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | turn-on |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | thrill |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | agitative |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | excitant |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | trouble |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hype up |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bother |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pother |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | electrify |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | cause to sleep |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | awakening |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | arousal |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | waker |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | reawaken |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bring to |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | call |