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| Main Entry: |
aphrodisiac
 [af-ruh-dee-ze-ak, -diz-ee-ak] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | seductive; inducing sex |
| Synonyms: | Spanish fly, amative, amatory, amorous, erotic, love drug, popper, turn-on, wampole |
| Main Entry: | pleasure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delight, happiness |
| Synonyms: | amusement, bliss, buzz*, comfort, contentment, delectation, diversion, ease, enjoyment, entertainment, felicity, flash*, fruition, game, gladness, gluttony, gratification, gusto, hobby, indulgence, joie de vivre, joy, joyride, kick*, kicks, luxury, primrose path, recreation, relish, revelry, satisfaction, seasoning, self-indulgence, solace, spice, thrill, titillation, turn-on, velvet*, zest |
| Antonyms: | gloom, melancholy, pain, sadness, sorrow, trouble, unhappiness, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incitement, stimulus |
| Synonyms: | activation, actuation, catalyst, excitant, goad, goose, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitation, inducement, motivation, motive, needle, prick, stimulant, trigger, turn-on, urge |
| Antonyms: | curb, hindrance |
| Main Entry: | stimulus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provocation |
| Synonyms: | bang*, boost, catalyst, cause, charge, encouragement, eye-opener, fillip, fireworks*, flash*, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitation, incitement, inducement, instigation, invitation, kick*, motivation, motive, piquing, propellant, push, shot in the arm, spur, stimulant, stimulation, sting*, turn-on, urging |
| Notes: | a stimulant is a drug; a stimulus is anything encouraging an action (but rarely is it a drug) |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, hindrance, tranquilizer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thrill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden excitement |
| Synonyms: | adventure, bang*, blast, charge*, circus, fireworks, flash*, flush*, fun, good feeling, inspiration, kicks, lift*, pleasure, refreshment, response, sensation, stimulation, tingle*, titillation, turn-on, twitter*, upper, wallop |
| Antonyms: | calm, depression |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allurement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lure |
| Synonyms: | bait, come-on, enticement, inducement, invitation, seduction, temptation, turn-on |
| Main Entry: | incitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stimulus |
| Synonyms: | bang*, boost, catalyst, cause, charge, encouragement, eye-opener, fillip, fireworks*, flash*, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitement, inducement, instigation, invitation, kick*, motivation, motive, piquing, propellant, provocation, push*, shot in the arm, spur, stimulant, stimulation, sting*, trigger, turn-on, urging |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stimulator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stimulus |
| Synonyms: | bang*, boost, catalyst, cause, charge, encouragement, eye-opener, fillip, fireworks*, flash*, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitation, incitement, inducement, instigation, invitation, kick*, motivation, motive, piquing, prod, propellant, push*, shot in the arm, spur, stimulant, stimulation, sting*, turn-on, urging |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | pleasure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
pleasure, taking, queme, raptured, rapturous, ravished, ravishing, refreshing, resigned, satisfactory, satisfied, saturnian, seducing, sensual, seraphic, serene, suant, suboptimal, sweet, sybaritic, thrice happy, thrilling, to one's liking, to one's mind, to one's taste, tolerable, transported, unafflicted, unalloyed, unmolested, unplagued, unrepining, unvexed, voluptuous, welcome, welcome as the roses in May, welcomed, wilcweme, winning, winsome, with a joyful face, with sparkling eyes, without alloy
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