stimulant
Other forms: stimulants
A stimulant is a drug that speeds up your body or an event that spurs you to action. Both types of stimulant get you going.
You might drink coffee in the morning for a reason: the caffeine in coffee is a stimulant, which gives you energy and helps you wake up. Other stimulants are much more harmful, such as illegal drugs like cocaine, but all stimulants speed up your system. Also, a stimulant can be anything that arouses action. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, it was a stimulant that drove America into World War II.
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any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
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synonyms:
input, stimulation, stimulus
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elicitation, evocation, induction
stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
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kick
the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)
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turn-on
something causing excitement or stimulating interest
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negative stimulation, turnoff
something causing antagonism or loss of interest
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conditioned stimulus
the stimulus that is the occasion for a conditioned response
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reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus
(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
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cue, discriminative stimulus
a stimulus that provides information about what to do
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positive stimulus
a stimulus with desirable consequences
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negative stimulus
a stimulus with undesirable consequences
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positive reinforcer, positive reinforcing stimulus
a reinforcing stimulus that serves to increase the likelihood of the response that produces it
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negative reinforcer, negative reinforcing stimulus
a reinforcing stimulus whose removal serves to decrease the likelihood of the response that produced it
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bonus, fillip
anything that tends to arouse
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delight, joy, pleasure
something or someone that provides a source of happiness
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annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
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aversive stimulus
any negative stimulus to which an organism will learn to make a response that avoids it
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concern, headache, vexation, worry
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
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grief, sorrow
something that causes great unhappiness
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type of:
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information
knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
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a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process
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synonyms:
excitant, stimulant drug
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analeptic
a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system
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aphrodisiac
a drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire
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butyl nitrite, isobutyl nitrite
a colorless pungent liquid sometimes used as a stimulant drug by drug abusers
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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
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Ritalin, methylphenidate
central nervous system stimulant (trade name Ritalin) used in the treatment of narcolepsy in adults and attention deficit disorder in children
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popper
a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite)
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amphetamine sulfate, amphetamine sulphate
a sulfate derivative of amphetamine that is used as a stimulant for the central nervous system
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Benzedrine, bennie
a form of amphetamine
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Dexedrine, dextroamphetamine sulphate
an isomer of amphetamine (trade name Dexedrine) used as a central nervous system stimulant
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type of:
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drug
a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
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that stimulates“stimulant phenomena”
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synonyms:
stimulating
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stimulative
capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent
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stimulative
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Vocabulary lists containing stimulant
In this non-fiction book, Walter Lord provides a detailed account of the Titanic's fatal collision with an iceberg and the behavior of the passengers and crew in the aftermath.
This list covers The Best We Could Do, "Worship the Spirit of Criticism," and "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings."
Learn these words from Into Literature, Grade 8, Unit 5, Lesson 4.
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