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Stimulative

🔄 Synonyms of "Stimulative"

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stimulatingHaving a manner that stimulates; serving to stimulate.
stimulantnounSomething that promotes activity, interest, or enthusiasm.
irritatingCausing irritation, annoyance or pain.
excitantnounexciting; stimulating
irritativenoun(medicine) serving to excite or irritate
analepticnounThat restores or stimulates health.
excitatoryStimulating, exciting or causing excitation; excitative.
adrenocorticotropicThat stimulates the adrenal cortex.
excitativeThat causes excitation
adrenocorticotrophicAlternative form of adrenocorticotropic. [That stimulates the adrenal cortex.]

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depressantnoun(pharmacology) A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.

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excitatorynounStimulating, exciting or causing excitation; excitative.
excitativeThat causes excitation
excitantnounexciting; stimulating
irritatingCausing irritation, annoyance or pain.
irritative(medicine) serving to excite or irritate
analepticThat restores or stimulates health.
adrenocorticotropicThat stimulates the adrenal cortex.
adrenocorticotrophicAlternative form of adrenocorticotropic. [That stimulates the adrenal cortex.]
stimulant(pharmacology) Acting as a stimulant.
excitingCreating or producing excitement.
incentiveInciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
challengingDifficult, hard to do.
provocativeServing or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
expansionaryThat promotes or exhibits expansion; expansionist.
expansionist(politics) Of or pertaining to expansionism.
briskFull of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.
incitantnounThat which incites; an inciting agent or cause; a stimulant.
intoxicatingnoun(figurative) Very exciting and stimulating, like alcohol or some other stimulant.
sensific(archaic) Exciting sensation; causing something to be felt.
excitivenoun(archaic) That which excites; an excitant.

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