Stir

/stɜː/

Synonyms for "stir" (512 found)

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Closest matches (103)

Noun(16 words)

fuss adoaffected studentsagitating arouse awakening awakenings backlash beats blend blending bustle buzz churning churns commotion

action activate activeness activism activity actuate actuation ado advance affect agitate agitation amalgamate animate annoy arise arouse ascend awake awaken

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backback upbe turbulentbeatbeat upbestirbig houseblendblow the coalsblow upbluster bobbery boil boiling bother botheration brawl breath brig broil brouhaha bubble budge burst business bustle calaboosecall forthcall upcan challenge changechange placechokey churnchurn upcircle climb clink collegecome alivecome home tocommingle commotion confusion conturbation

Verb(18 words)

affects agitate agitates arouse aroused arouses awakens awoken bestirsbring upbudgecall downcall forthcombined commove concocts conjureconjure up

Adjective(3 words)

agitatedchaotic atmospherechemical lab mixing

Strong matches (153)

convince convulse cooler coop cultivate descend din disarrange discombobulate discompose discomposure disconcert disorder disquiet disquietude disturb disturbance doings donnybrookdonnybrook fair

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drive dustup dynamics ebb ebullience ebullition eddy effervescence electrify embroilment encourage energize engender enkindle enrage excite excitement fanfan the firefan the flamefanfarefeed the firefeery-fary ferment fermentation fever feverishness fidgetiness fidgets fire fit flame flap flow flurry flush fluster flutter flutteration flutteriness foam foment foofaraw fortify fracasfree-for-allfrenzy fret fume furore fuss fussiness galvanize getget movingget overget upglasshouse gogo aroundgo deepgo roundgo sidewaysgo through onegoinggoings ongoings-on gyrate hassle hearten heathelter skelterhelter-skelter hoosegow hubbub hullabaloohurly burlyhurly-burly hurryhurry scurryhurry-scurry impassion impel impress incense incite induce inflame infuriate inquietude inspire instigate intermingle invigorate jail jar jitters jolt jug jumpiness keepkey upkindle kinematics

Noun(19 words)

dispersing emotionalizing exciteexcitement buildsflurries flurryfrench mouvoirfusses fussinggame movesheats hubbubs hullabaloo humming hustle hyping incite jail kerfuffle

Verb(9 words)

eddied emotionalized evoke excite frothed homogenise ignites inspirit invoke

Adjective(1 words)

impassioned

Related words (256)

kinesipathy kinesis kinesitherapy kineticslather uplight the fuselight uplook livelymadden maelstrommake sensitivemalaise melee meltmelt the heartmerge militancy millmill aroundmingle

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mix upmobilization moil motion motivate motivation mount movemove overmovement moving nerviness nervosity nervousness overexcite paddle pandemoniumpell mellpell-mell pen penetrate penitentiary persuade perturb perturbate perturbation pierce pique plunge poke pokeypolitical activismpother prison proceedings prod progress prompt provoke quicken quod racket raiseraise uprally rampage rattle reach recall recollect refine reformatory regress restlessness restore resuscitate retrogress revive rile riot ripple rise rock roil rotaterough-and-tumbleroughen roughhouse rouse rout row ruckus ruction ruffle rumple rumpus run running scramble seethe seething send sensation sensibilize sensitizeset astirset fire toset onset on fireshakeshake a legshake upsharpen shift shindy shock simmer sink slammer smart smolder soar soften spasm spin spur spurt staggersteam upstep livelystew stimulate stingstir aboutstir the bloodstir the embersstir the feelingsstir upstirring storm stream subsidesummon upsweat swirl swirling thrillto doto-do touchtouch a chordtravel trepidation trepidity trouble tumult tumultuation turbidity turbulence turmoilturn ontwitter unease unquiet unrest unsettle uproar upset urge velocity vitalize vortex wakewake upwaken wane warmwarm the bloodwhet whipwhip upwhirl whirlpool whirlwind whiskwork intowork upyeastiness

Verb(24 words)

make a stirmix solutionsmove blocksmoveste polarising provokesput forwardraise riffled roiled roils roused rouses shakeshake upshift stimulate touch twinged waked

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wakened wakens whisked woken

Noun(40 words)

mixmixed solutionsmixes mixingmixing conceptmixing timemotion mouvoirs movemove to changemovement inspiredmoves paddles provoke provoking roiling rousing ruffling scrambles scrambling

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shakessolution mixsound triggersplashstate of tumultstirring swizzle swizzles swizzling touches tugs twinges twinging uproaruproar among studentswakening wakes waking whisks woke

Adjective(4 words)

mixedspanish movertearjerking thrilling

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

40 entries

action affect agitation arousecall upcommotion condition din displace disruption disturbance elicit enkindle evoke fire flutter

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More specific

10 entries

arouse curiositybuzz disturbance fuss hullabaloo mixingspark intereststir frystirring uproar

Collocations

9 entries

classroom stirgentle stirmild stirringpublic stirquick stirstir frystirring motionstirring spoonstrong stir

Inflections

3 entries

stirred stirring stirs

Derivations

2 entries

stirrer stirring

similar

5 entries

call forthevokegeek outkick upprovoke

Translations

63 translations across 33 languages.

Bashkir

2 entries

болғау verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
бутау verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Bulgarian

3 entries

бъ́ркам verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
ме́шам verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
разбъ́ркам verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Catalan

3 entries

regirar verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
remenar verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
remoure verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Chechen

1 entries

кег ян verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

攪 /搅 verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
攪拌 /搅拌 verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Dutch

1 entries

roeren verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Finnish

2 entries

hämmentää verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
sekoittaa verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

French

1 entries

remuer verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

German

2 entries

rüere verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
rühren verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

摝 verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Hungarian

4 entries

felkever verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
kavar verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
kever verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
megkever verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Icelandic

1 entries

hræra verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Irish

1 entries

corraigh verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Italian

1 entries

mescolare verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Japanese

2 entries

掻き混ぜる verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
攪拌する verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Korean

1 entries

휘젓다 verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Latvian

1 entries

maisīt verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Māori

3 entries

kōrori verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
kōrorirori verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
tairangi verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Norman

1 entries

rêmouer verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

røre verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

røre verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Occitan

3 entries

chambotar verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
mesclar verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
remòure verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Old Turkic

1 entries

𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀 verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

بولامق verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Polish

4 entries

bełtać verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
mieszać verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
wymieszać verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
zbełtać verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Portuguese

1 entries

mexer verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Romanian

1 entries

amesteca verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Russian

3 entries

меша́ть verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
разме́шивать verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
размеша́ть verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Spanish

4 entries

bullir verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
escrucar verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
mecer verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
mejer verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Swedish

1 entries

röra verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Turkish

1 entries

karıştırmak verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Ukrainian

3 entries

міша́ти verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
розмі́шувати verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
розмішат́и verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Vietnamese

3 entries

khuấy verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
quấy verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)
quậy verb (to disturb the relative position of the particles of)

Sample sentences

36 total sentences available.

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There's no telling what kind of trouble this proposal might stir up. The result is certainly going to be something to see.

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I like pea pods in my stir fry.

Source: tatoeba (32484)

Stir the mixture until it foams, then set it aside.

Source: tatoeba (47823)

The news is creating a stir.

Source: tatoeba (50124)

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