evoking

VERB

induce, stimulate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arouse conjure elicit invoke provoke recall

STRONG

awaken call educe evince evolve excite extort extract milk raise rally rouse summon waken

WEAK

call forth give rise to stir up

Antonyms

STRONG

calm deaden decrease ignore repress stop

WEAK

halt quell silence stifle suppress

Example Sentences

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Evoking a rich setting has never been a weakness of Abbott’s stories.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

Evoking this feeling over and over again can in itself strengthen the networks in the brain needed to develop greater grit over time.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024

Evoking that moment, he said many Russians now felt “the same tugs of conscience as their predecessors did in 1968.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 19, 2023

Evoking the importance of being in a theater, however, were the strong musical performances.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2023

Outside the dusk, but in the little room All is alive with light, which brightly glints On curving cup or the stiff folds of chintz, Evoking its own whiteness.

From The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems by Huxley, Aldous