Nearby Words
Related Questions
psyched
Ads
Psych on USA www.usanetwork.com/ The Delicious Season Finale Airs Wednesday, 5/29 at 10/9c!
Thesaurus.com's Mobile Apps www.thesaurus.com/mobile Ad-Free, Offline Content, Synonyms, Antonyms and More! Take Millions of Words With You Everywhere. Download Now!
| Main Entry: |
psyched
|
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited |
| Synonyms: | animated, aroused, awakened, beside oneself, charged, delighted, eager, enthusiastic, feverish, fired up, high*, inspired, juiced up, keyed up, moved, on fire, passionate, pumped, stimulated, stirred, thrilled, wild, worked up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pumped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited |
| Synonyms: | animated, aroused, awakened, beside oneself, charged, cranked up, delighted, eager, enthusiastic, feverish, fired up, geared up, high*, inspired, juiced up, keyed up, moved, on fire, passionate, psyched, rarin' to go, stimulated, stirred, thrilled, wild, worked up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | boast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brag |
| Synonyms: | advertise, aggrandize, attract attention, blow, blow one's own horn, blow smoke, bluster, bully, cock-a-doodle-doo, con, congratulate oneself, crow, exaggerate, exult, fake, flatter oneself, flaunt, flourish, gasconade, give a good account of oneself, gloat, glory, grandstand, hug oneself, jive, lay on thick, prate, preen, psych, puff, shoot*, shovel, show off, showboat, shuck, sling, sound off, strut, swagger, talk big, triumph, vapor |
| Antonyms: | be modest, deprecate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fluster |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, perturb |
| Synonyms: | addle, agitate, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, craze*, discombobulate, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, excite, flip*, flurry, frustrate, fuddle, get to, hassle, heat*, hurry, make nervous, make waves, muddle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, psych, puzzle, rattle, ruffle, spook, stir up, throw off balance, unhinge, work up |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, settle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foretell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | predict, warn |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, announce, anticipate, apprehend, augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, call, call it, call the shot, crystal ball it, declare, disclose, divine, divulge, dope out, dope*, figure, figure out*, forebode, forecast, foreknow, foreshadow, forewarn, make book, portend, prefigure, presage, proclaim, prognosticate, prophesy, psych, read, reveal, see something coming, signify, soothsay, tell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, provoke |
| Synonyms: | abet, activate, actuate, agitate, animate, arouse, coax, craze, drive, egg on, encourage, excite, exhort, fan the fire, foment, force, forward, further, get to, goad, impel, induce, inflame, influence, inspire, inspirit, instigate, juice*, key up, motivate, persuade, prick, promote, prompt, provoke, psych, push, put up to, raise, rouse, set, set off, solicit, spur, stimulate, stir up, talk into, taunt, trigger, urge, whip up, work up |
| Notes: | incite means to provoke or stir up while insight means clear or deep perception of a situation |
| Antonyms: | delay, deter, discourage, prohibit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | trouble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, worry |
| Synonyms: | afflict, agitate, ail, annoy, bug*, burden, burn up, concern, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disoblige, disquiet, distress, disturb, drive up the wall, flip out, fret, get to, give a bad time, give a hard time, grieve, harass, harry, impose on, inconvenience, irk, irritate, make a fuss, make a scene, make waves, pain, perplex, perturb, pester, plague, psych, put out, sadden, spook, stir up, strain, stress, torment, try, upset, vex |
| Antonyms: | be content, be happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
