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| Main Entry: |
stir
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, excitement |
| Synonyms: | activity, ado, agitation, backwash, bustle, din, disorder, disquiet, disturbance, ferment, flap, flurry, furor, fuss, movement, pandemonium, pother, racket, row, scene, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl, whirlwind |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, moderation, peace |
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| Main Entry: | stir |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | incite, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | abet, actuate, add fuel to fire, adjy, affect, agitate, animate, arouse, awaken, bestir, challenge, craze, drive, electrify, energize, excite, feed the fire, foment, galvanize, impel, inflame, inspire, kindle, make waves, motivate, move, prompt, provoke, psych, quicken, raise, rally, rile, rouse, roust, rout, set, spark, spook, spur, stir embers, stir up, switch on, thrill, touch, trigger, urge, vitalize, wake, waken, whet, whip up, work up |
| Antonyms: | calm, discourage |
| Main Entry: | stir |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get up and going |
| Synonyms: | awake, awaken, be up and about, bestir, budge, exert, get a move on, get moving, hasten, look alive, make an effort, mill about, move, rouse, shake a leg, wake, waken |
| Antonyms: | laze, rest, wait |
Example Sentences
- Several other questions about endowments also continue to stir debate.
- Pour in the tomatillo mixture and stir constantly for about five minutes, until thick and dark.
- When those big beasts walk, their feet stir up insects and other small animals on the ground.
| Main Entry: | action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something done |
| Synonyms: | activity, agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, bag*, ballgame, big idea, bit*, business, bustle, commotion, dash, deal, energy, enterprise, flurry, force, functioning, game, going, happening, haste, hoopla*, hopper, in the works, industry, life, liveliness, motion, movement, occupation, operation, plan, power, process, proposition, racket, reaction, response, rush, scene, spirit, stir, stunt, trip, turmoil, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity |
| Antonyms: | cessation, idleness, inaction, inactivity, inertia, repose, rest, stoppage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | activate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate something; start a function |
| Synonyms: | actify, actuate, arouse, call up, energize, impel, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, rouse, set in motion, start, stimulate, stir, switch on, take out of mothballs, trigger, turn on |
| Notes: | when something is activated, it is made active; when something is actuated, it is moved to take action (or produce a consequence) to actuate is a general word meaning 'to set working' and has more to do with mechanical action - while activate is used mainly in scientific expressions |
| Antonyms: | arrest, stop |
| Main Entry: | affect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence, affect emotionally |
| Synonyms: | act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset |
| Main Entry: | agitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shake physically |
| Synonyms: | beat, churn, concuss, convulse, disturb, rock, rouse, stir, toss |
| Antonyms: | calm, lull, quiet, soothe, tranquilize |
| Main Entry: | agitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disturb, trouble someone |
| Synonyms: | alarm, argue, arouse, bug up, bug*, burn up, confuse, craze*, debate, discompose, disconcert, discuss, dispute, disquiet, distract, disturb, egg on, examine, excite, ferment, flurry, fluster, get to, incite, inflame, make flip, move, perturb, psych, push buttons, rouse, ruffle, spook, stimulate, stir, trouble, turn on, unhinge, upset, ventilate, work up, worry |
| Antonyms: | calm, not bother, quiet, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | animate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to life |
| Synonyms: | activate, arouse, cheer, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, exalt, excite, fire, gladden, hearten, impel, incite, inform, inspire, inspirit, instigate, invigorate, kindle, liven, make alive, move, quicken, revive, revivify, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, vitalize, vivify |
| Antonyms: | deaden, discourage, kill |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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