stimulant

n any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

Synonyms:: input, stimulation, stimulus

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stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; kick
the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs); turn-on
something causing excitement or stimulating interest; negative stimulation, turnoff
something causing antagonism or loss of interest; conditioned stimulus
the stimulus that is the occasion for a conditioned response; reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus
(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it; cue, discriminative stimulus
a stimulus that provides information about what to do; positive stimulus
a stimulus with desirable consequences; negative stimulus
a stimulus with undesirable consequences; positive reinforcer, positive reinforcing stimulus
a reinforcing stimulus that serves to increase the likelihood of the response that produces it; negative reinforcer, negative reinforcing stimulus
a reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it; bonus, fillip
anything that tends to arouse; delight, joy, pleasure
something or someone that provides a source of happiness; annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; aversive stimulus
any negative stimulus to which an organism will learn to make a response that avoids it; concern, headache, vexation, worry
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; grief, sorrow
something that causes great unhappiness

Type of:: information
knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

n a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process

Synonyms:: excitant, stimulant drug

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a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression; analeptic
a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system; aphrodisiac
a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire; butyl nitrite, isobutyl nitrite
a colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant drug by drug abusers; African tea, Arabian tea, cat, kat, khat, qat, quat
the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; Ritalin, methylphenidate
central nervous system stimulant (trade name Ritalin) used in the treatment of narcolepsy in adults and attention deficit disorder in children; popper
a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite); amphetamine sulfate, amphetamine sulphate
a sulfate derivative of amphetamine that is used as a stimulant for the central nervous system; Benzedrine, bennie
a form of amphetamine; Dexedrine, dextroamphetamine sulphate
an isomer of amphetamine (trade name Dexedrine) used as a central nervous system stimulant; Methedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, shabu, trash
an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

Type of:: drug
a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic

adj that stimulates

“stimulant phenomena”

Synonyms:: stimulating

: stimulative
capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent

DEFINITIONS OF: stimulant

n any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

n a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process

adj that stimulates