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Synonyms for roust
verb stimulateprovoke
verb. start, evoke; stimulate
- animate
- arouse
- awaken
- begin
- bestir
- bring about
- bring down
- bring on
- bring to one's feet
- build up
- call forth
- cause
- challenge
- draw forth
- electrify
- elicit
- enthuse
- excite
- fire
- fire up
- galvanize
- generate
- give rise to
- incite
- induce
- inflame
- innervate
- innerve
- inspire
- instigate
- kindle
- lead to
- make
- motivate
- move
- occasion
- pique
- precipitate
- prime
- produce
- promote
- prompt
- quicken
- rally
- rouse
- roust
- stir
- suscitate
- thrill
- titillate
- titivate
- waken
- whet
provokes
verb. start, evoke; stimulate
- animate
- arouse
- awaken
- begin
- bestir
- bring about
- bring down
- bring on
- bring to one's feet
- build up
- call forth
- cause
- challenge
- draw forth
- electrify
- elicit
- enthuse
- excite
- fire
- fire up
- galvanize
- generate
- give rise to
- incite
- induce
- inflame
- innervate
- innerve
- inspire
- instigate
- kindle
- lead to
- make
- motivate
- move
- occasion
- pique
- precipitate
- prime
- produce
- promote
- prompt
- quicken
- rally
- rouse
- roust
- stir
- suscitate
- thrill
- titillate
- titivate
- waken
- whet
rid
verb. do away with; free
ridding
verb. do away with; free
stir
verb. incite, stimulate
- 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
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