Just as the body needs exercise, so the mind needs stimulation to stay healthy.
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Stimulation
//stɪm.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "stimulation" (140 found)
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Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
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Noun(3 words)
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More general
11 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriescapable of
1 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
48 entriesShowing 16 of 48 words.
has context
2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
13 entriesused for
3 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- стимулиране noun (pushing or goading toward action)
Catalan
3 entries- estimulació noun (pushing or goading toward action)
- estimulació noun (activity causing excitement or pleasure)
- estimulació noun (biology: action or condition that creates a response)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 刺激 noun (pushing or goading toward action)
Dutch
3 entries- stimulatie noun (pushing or goading toward action)
- stimulatie noun (activity causing excitement or pleasure)
- stimulatie noun (biology: action or condition that creates a response)
Esperanto
3 entries- stimulado noun (pushing or goading toward action)
- stimulado noun (activity causing excitement or pleasure)
- stimulado noun (biology: action or condition that creates a response)
French
2 entries- stimulation noun (pushing or goading toward action)
- stimulation noun (biology: action or condition that creates a response)
Galician
3 entries- estimulación noun (pushing or goading toward action)
- estimulación noun (activity causing excitement or pleasure)
- estimulación noun (biology: action or condition that creates a response)
German
2 entries- Anregung noun (pushing or goading toward action)
- Stimulation noun (pushing or goading toward action)
Irish
1 entries- spreagthacht noun (pushing or goading toward action)
Italian
1 entries- stimolazione noun (biology: action or condition that creates a response)
Japanese
1 entries- 刺激 noun (pushing or goading toward action)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- stimulering noun (pushing or goading toward action)
- stimulering noun (activity causing excitement or pleasure)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- stimulering noun (pushing or goading toward action)
- stimulering noun (activity causing excitement or pleasure)
Occitan
1 entries- estimulacion noun (pushing or goading toward action)
Portuguese
3 entries- estimulação noun (pushing or goading toward action)
- estimulação noun (activity causing excitement or pleasure)
- estímulo noun (biology: action or condition that creates a response)
Romanian
1 entries- stimulare noun (pushing or goading toward action)
Russian
4 entries- стимули́рование noun (pushing or goading toward action)
- стимули́рование noun (activity causing excitement or pleasure)
- стимули́рование noun (biology: action or condition that creates a response)
- стимуля́ция noun (pushing or goading toward action)
Spanish
3 entries- estimulación noun (pushing or goading toward action)
- estimulación noun (activity causing excitement or pleasure)
- estimulación noun (biology: action or condition that creates a response)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Technically, drugs that cause miosis can relieve the PNS effects of those causing mydriasis since sympathetic and parasympathetic stimulation tend to negate each others' effects.
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I need some mental stimulation.
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There's a big difference between reading for pleasure and stimulation and reading for knowledge and education.
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