INSPIRE Synonyms

• heighten or intensify

• give life or energy to

• make lively

• impart vigor, strength, or vitality to

• a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)

• (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command

• according to schedule or without delay; on time

• ready and willing or quick to act

• performed with little or no delay

• give an incentive for action

• serve as the inciting cause of

• assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

• an instinctive motive

• a strong restless desire

• force or impel in an indicated direction

• push for something

• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• stop sleeping

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

• cause to be alert and energetic

• cause to become awake or conscious

• to begin moving

• to evoke sexual feelings

• cause to become awake or conscious

• stop sleeping

• make aware

• give encouragement to

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

• spur on

• 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

• the event of something burning (often destructive)

• the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy

• the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

• a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning

• once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile

• feelings of great warmth and intensity

• fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking

• a severe trial

• intense adverse criticism

• start firing a weapon

• cause to go off

• bake in a kiln so as to harden

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

• go off or discharge

• drive out or away by or as if by fire

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• destroy by fire

• provide with fuel

• generate an electrical impulse

• become ignited

• start or maintain a fire in

• to stimulate to action

• cover with zinc

• stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock

• cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat

• start to burn or burst into flames

• arouse or excite feelings and passions

• start or maintain a fire in

• give an incentive for action

• provoke or stir up

• urge on; cause to act

• catch fire

• cause to start burning

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• give an incentive for action

• 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

• a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

• any sharply pointed projection

• tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers

• a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward

• a railway line connected to a trunk line

• incite or stimulate

• give heart or courage to

• strike with a spur

• goad with spurs

• equip with spurs

• 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

• 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