AROUSES Synonyms

• cause to become awake or conscious

• stop sleeping

• make aware

• arouse or elicit a feeling

• act as a stimulant

• stir feelings in

• cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

• to evoke sexual feelings

• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

• raise to a higher energy level

• produce a magnetic field in

• to stimulate to action

• cover with zinc

• stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock

• give an incentive for action

• provoke or stir up

• urge on; cause to act

• heighten or intensify

• supply the inspiration for

• serve as the inciting cause of

• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

• fill with revolutionary ideas

• draw in (air)

• provoke or stir up

• serve as the inciting cause of

• catch fire

• cause to start burning

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• evoke or provoke to appear or occur

• provide the needed stimulus for

• annoy continually or chronically

• become active

• force or drive out

• cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

• cause to become awake or conscious

• act as a stimulant

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

• cause to be alert and energetic

• cause to occur rapidly

• stir feelings in

• provide the needed stimulus for

• a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event

• emotional agitation and excitement

• a rapid active commotion

• move an implement through

• move very slightly

• stir feelings in

• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

• affect emotionally

• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

• to begin moving

• mix or add by stirring

• lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun

• a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen

• an act that sets in motion some course of events

• put in motion or move to act

• release or pull the trigger on

• make keen or more acute

• sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone

• cause to become awake or conscious

• stop sleeping

• cause to become awake or conscious

• stop sleeping

• make aware

• cause to be alert and energetic

• raise to a higher energy level

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• evoke or provoke to appear or occur

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

• call to mind

• the amount a salary is increased

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

• increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)

• the act of raising something

• raise the level or amount of something

• raise from a lower to a higher position

• cause to be heard or known; express or utter

• collect funds for a specific purpose

• cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques

• look after a child until it is an adult

• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

• move upwards

• construct, build, or erect

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise

• raise in rank or condition

• increase the level of

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• cause to puff up with a leaven

• bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level

• bet more than the previous player

• cause to assemble or enlist in military

• put forward for consideration or discussion

• pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth

• activate or stir up

• establish radio communications with

• multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3

• bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project

• invigorate or heighten

• put an end to

• cause to become alive again

• register formally as a participant or member

• become active

• force or drive out

• cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

• cause to become awake or conscious