Thesaurus / excitant
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synonyms for excitant
- desire
- feeling
- inclination
- influence
- instinct
- motivation
- motive
- notion
- passion
- thought
- whim
- wish
- actuation
- appeal
- bent
- caprice
- catalyst
- disposition
- extemporization
- fancy
- flash
- goad
- hunch
- impulsion
- incitation
- incitement
- inspiration
- itch
- lash
- lust
- mind
- spontaneity
- spur
- urge
- vagary
- whimsy
- yen
- impellent
- urge
- motivation
- prick
- impetus
- needle
- goad
- incentive
- inducement
- trigger
- catalyst
- impulse
- motive
- incitation
- stimulant
- turn-on
- actuation
- activation
- goose
- stimulus
- impetus
- catalyst
- drug
- upper
- tonic
- incitement
- spur
- motivation
- incentive
- restorative
- pick-me-up
- motive
- impulse
- goad
- incitation
- bracer
- spark plug
- analeptic
- energizer
- reviver
- shot in the arm
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How to use excitant in a sentence
Their gestures were lost in the tumult and the darkness; what the crowd did see seemed to act only as an excitant.
THE NABOBALPHONSE DAUDETThe child's song had been an excitant to the memory in recalling those first years in Auvergne.
FLAMSTED QUARRIESMARY E. WALLERThere was a readiness and suggestibility to respond to rumor or to the least excitant.
CATASTROPHE AND SOCIAL CHANGESAMUEL HENRY PRINCEA smell of musk is also given off by several plants: it is a sexual excitant in the musk-deer, the musk-sheep, and the crocodile.
EVOLUTION IN MODERN THOUGHTERNST HAECKELThe influence of dreams as an excitant of muscular movement will be hereafter discussed.
INSOMNIA; AND OTHER DISORDERS OF SLEEPHENRY M. LYMANFirst it made me wide awake, and acted as an excitant to the nerves, similar to coffee, but much more powerful.
UNKNOWN MEXICO, VOLUME 1 (OF 2)CARL LUMHOLTZIn both of these batteries sulphuric acid solutions are used as the excitant between the elements.
THE SUBMARINE IN WAR AND PEACESIMON LAKEFor example, the exposure of a part of the body through a loss of the bed-clothes is a frequent excitant of distressing dreams.
ILLUSIONSJAMES SULLYBrillat Savarin says of coffee, "It is beyond doubt that coffee acts upon the functions of the brain as an excitant."
THE ART OF ENTERTAININGM. E. W. SHERWOODAs a sexual excitant, indeed, it comes far behind the stimuli received through the sense of sight.
STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX, VOLUME 4 (OF 6)HAVELOCK ELLISWORDS RELATED TO EXCITANT
- actuation
- appeal
- bent
- caprice
- catalyst
- desire
- disposition
- excitant
- extemporization
- fancy
- feeling
- flash
- goad
- hunch
- impellent
- impulsion
- incitation
- incitement
- inclination
- influence
- inspiration
- instinct
- itch
- lash
- lust
- mind
- motivation
- motive
- notion
- passion
- spontaneity
- spur
- thought
- urge
- vagary
- whim
- whimsy
- wish
- yen
- actuations
- appeals
- bents
- caprices
- catalysts
- desires
- dispositions
- excitants
- extemporizations
- fancies
- feelings
- flashes
- goads
- hunches
- impellents
- impulsions
- incitations
- incitements
- inclinations
- influences
- inspirations
- instincts
- itches
- lashes
- lust
- minds
- motivations
- motives
- notions
- passions
- spontaneity
- spurs
- thoughts
- urges
- vagaries
- whims
- whimsies
- wishes
- yen
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