Synonyms and Antonyms of stimulating
1
causing great emotional or mental stimulation
- enjoys the good food and stimulating conversation at his best friend's house
breathtaking, charged, electric, electrifying, exciting, exhilarating, exhilarative, galvanic, galvanizing, hair-raising, heart-stopping, inspiring, intoxicating, kicky, mind-bending, mind-blowing, mind-boggling, rip-roaring, rousing, stirring, thrilling
arresting, interesting, intriguing, provocative, tantalizing, titillating
absorbing, engrossing, gripping, riveting
moving, poignant, touching
enchanting, enthralling, fascinating, spellbinding
dynamic, energetic, high-voltage, kinetic, lively, lusty
2
having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind
- a brisk, stimulating walk on a bright, clear wintry day
bracing, cordial, invigorating, refreshing, rejuvenating, restorative, reviving, stimulative, tonic, vital, vitalizing
life-giving
conditioning, strengthening
animating, exhilarating, exhilarative, quickening, sharp
corrective, curative, curing, medicinal, rectifying, recuperative, reformative, reformatory, rehabilitative, remedial, remedying, reparative, therapeutic
beneficial, healthful, healthy, helpful, salubrious, salutary, wholesome
deadening, debilitating, draining, enervating, enfeebling, exhausting, numbing, sapping, weakening, wearying
deleterious, injurious, pernicious
insalubrious, noxious, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome
3
serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction
- an article containing a stimulating argument for raising, not lowering, the tax on gasoline
explosive, fiery, incendiary, inflammatory, triggering
inducing, inspirational, inspiring, motivating, motivational, motivative
jeering, taunting, teasing
activating, energizing, galvanizing, quickening, vitalizing
angering, enraging, maddening, upsetting
aggravating, annoying, bothersome, exasperating, galling, irksome, irritating, pesky, vexatious, vexing
