Light is the stimulus that causes a flower to open.
Source: tatoeba (240380)
Stimulus
//ˈstɪm.jə.ləs//
Synonyms for "stimulus" (108 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (54)
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1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
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2 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 24 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- nxitje noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
Armenian
2 entries- ազդակ noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- ազդակ noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
Bulgarian
3 entries- подбуда noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- подтик noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- стимул noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
Catalan
2 entries- estímul noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- estímul noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 刺激物 noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
Czech
1 entries- podnět noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
Danish
2 entries- stimulans noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- stimulans noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
Dutch
4 entries- incentief noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- incentief noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
- prikkel noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- prikkel noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
Finnish
4 entries- heräte noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- kannuste noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- kiihoke noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- stimulus noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
French
1 entries- stimulus noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
Galician
1 entries- estímulo noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
German
2 entries- Auslöseimpuls noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- Stimulus noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
Greek
2 entries- ερέθισμα noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- ερέθισμα noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
Hungarian
1 entries- inger noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
Italian
1 entries- stimolo noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
Japanese
1 entries- 刺激 noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
Latin
1 entries- stimulus noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
Persian
1 entries- مُحَرِّک noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
Polish
2 entries- bodziec noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- bodziec noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
Portuguese
2 entries- estímulo noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- estímulo noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
Romanian
2 entries- stimul noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- stimul noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
Russian
4 entries- побуди́тель noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- сти́мул noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- сти́мул noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
- стимуля́тор noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
Spanish
4 entries- apetite noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- apetite noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
- estímulo noun (anything that may have an impact or influence on a system)
- estímulo noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
Tagalog
1 entries- ganyak noun (something external that elicits or influences a physiological or psychological activity or response)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The doctor says stimulus is needed for appetite.
Source: tatoeba (268795)
A nerve cell responds to a slight stimulus.
Source: tatoeba (269678)
The stimulus package was heavily criticised.
Source: tatoeba (702846)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.