Asian religions inspire him to create splendid sculptures.
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Inspire
//ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "inspire" (184 found)
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Related words (92)
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17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
9 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
113 translations across 33 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ոգեշնչել verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Bulgarian
3 entries- вдишвам verb (to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing)
- вдъхновявам verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
- внушавам verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
Catalan
2 entries- inspirar verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- inspirar verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 吸入 verb (to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing)
- 吹入 verb (archaic: to breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate)
- 吹奏 verb (archaic: to breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate)
- 影响 verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Czech
1 entries- inspirovat verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
Danish
2 entries- inspirere verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- inspirere verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Dutch
3 entries- beademen verb (to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing)
- beademen verb (archaic: to breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate)
- inspireren verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
Esperanto
2 entries- inspiri verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- inspiri verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Finnish
4 entries- elähdyttää verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- innoittaa verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- innostaa verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
- inspiroida verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
French
3 entries- inspirer verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- inspirer verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
- inspirer verb (to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing)
Galician
2 entries- inspirar verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- inspirar verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Georgian
1 entries- შთააგონებს verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
German
4 entries- beatmen verb (to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing)
- einhauchen verb (to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing)
- inspirieren verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- inspirieren verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Greek
2 entries- εμπνέω verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- πνέω verb (to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing)
Hebrew
2 entries- השרה verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- השרה verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Hungarian
4 entries- eltölt verb (to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing)
- elönt verb (to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing)
- ihletet ad verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- inspirál verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
Icelandic
1 entries- hvetja verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
Italian
3 entries- ispirare verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- ispirare verb (to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing)
- ispirare verb (archaic: to breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate)
Ladino
2 entries- inspirar verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- meter en korasón verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
Latin
4 entries- afflō verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
- afflō verb (to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing)
- iniciō verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
- īnspīrō verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Latvian
4 entries- iedvesmot verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- iedvesmot verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
- iedvest verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- iedvest verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Māori
4 entries- toitoi manawa verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
- whakahihiko verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
- whakakipakipa verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
- whakamanawa verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Old English
2 entries- onbryrdan verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- onbryrdan verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Polish
2 entries- inspirować verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- zainspirować verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
Portuguese
1 entries- inspirar verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
Romanian
2 entries- inspira verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- inspira verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Russian
4 entries- вдохнови́ть verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- вдохнови́ть verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
- вдохновля́ть verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- вдохновля́ть verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Spanish
2 entries- infundir verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
- inspirar verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Swedish
2 entries- inspirera verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- inspirera verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Turkish
2 entries- esinlemek verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- ilham vermek verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вдиха́ти verb (to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing)
- вдихну́ти verb (to infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing)
- всели́ти verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- вселя́ти verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
Welsh
2 entries- ysbrydoli verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- ysbrydoli verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Zazaki
2 entries- pısk gıroten verb (to infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit)
- pısk siyen verb (to infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
We may give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.
Source: tatoeba (277564)
How can video games inspire us to make better applications for e-learning?
Source: tatoeba (337215)
Women inspire us to do great things - and then stop us from doing them.
Source: tatoeba (1435924)
Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.