Stimulation

Noun

 * 1) A pushing or goading toward action.
 * 2) An activity causing excitement or pleasure.
 * : Any action or condition that creates a response; sensory input.

Adjectives for Stimulation
sensory; self-satisfying; unnatural; psychological; sexual; useless; painful; gentle.

Verbs for Stimulation
acquire—; afford—; convey—; derive—; furnish—; impart—; indulge in—; offer—; provide—; resist—; supply—; yield to—; —accelerates; —overexerts; —quickens; — subsides.

Thesaurus
a high, actuation, aggravation, agitation, alpha decay, animation, arousal, arousing, atom-chipping, atom-smashing, atomic disintegration, atomic reaction, atomization, bait, beta decay, bombardment, bracer, bracing, breeding, bribe, bullet, carrot, chain reaction, cleavage, cordial, direction, disintegration series, dissociation, electrification, emotion, encouragement, energizing, enlivenment, exacerbation, exasperation, exchange reaction, excitation, excitedness, excitement, exhilaration, fillip, firing, fission, fission reaction, fomentation, galvanization, gamma decay, incentive, incitation, incitement, inducement, inflammation, influence, infuriation, inner-direction, instigation, interest, invigoration, invitation, ionization, irritation, lathering up, lure, manic state, motivation, moving, neutron reaction, nonreversible reaction, nuclear fission, nucleization, other-direction, payment, pep rally, pep talk, percentage, persuasive, perturbation, photodisintegration, pick-me-up, profit, prompting, proton gun, proton reaction, provocation, quickening, rabble-rousing, reanimation, recreation, refection, refreshing, refreshment, regale, regalement, reinvigoration, renewal, reversible reaction, revitalization, revival, revivescence, revivescency, revivification, reward, splitting the atom, steaming up, stimulative, stimulus, stirring, stirring up, stirring-up, sweetener, sweetening, target, thermonuclear reaction, tonic, vitalization, vivification, whet, whipping up, working up

Etymology
From stimulatio

Translations

 * French: stimulation (1,3)

Related terms

 * stimulate
 * stimulator
 * stimulatory

Anagrams

 * mutilations