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Definition: Stimulant |
StimulantAdjective1. That stimulates; "stimulant phenomena". Noun1. Any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action. 2. A drug that temporarily quickens some vital process. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stimulant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
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Botanical | A substance that increases the function of an organ. Aleurites, Alternanthera, Allilum, Ananas, Annona, Artemisia, Bursera, Caesalpinia, Cardiospermum, Chrysophyllum, Coffea, Colocasia, Cordia, Dodonaea, Dorstenia, Drimys, Drymaria, Eichhornia, Elephantopus, Epiphyllum, Eryngium, Hibiscus, Hyptis, Indigofera, Lantana, Lippia, Lepidium, Mammea, Moringa, Ocimum, Paullinia, Pectis, Pluchea, Punica, Quassia, Sapindus, Sesamum, Simaba, Tamarindus, Tecoma, Theobroma, Turnera, Xylopia, Zanthoxylum, Zingiber. (references) |
Health | 1. producing stimulation; especially producing stimulation by causing tension on muscle fibre through the nervous tissue. 2. an agent or remedy that produces stimulation. (references) |
Medicine | A drug used to restore the respiration and arouse from consciousness. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A stimulant is a drug which produces an sense of euphoria or awakeness. Examples of stimulants are caffeine and amphetamines. Stimulants are used both as recreational drugs and to improve productivity.
Some stimulants, as for example Ritalin, have been shown to help with ADD. This is often called "paradoxical effect" of stimulants.
Curiously, antidepressants are not stimulants in that they generally have no immediate effect on mood.
Recently, there have been improvements in the area of stimulant pharmacology, producing a class of chemicals known as "eugregorics", or "good arousal". These stimulants tend to increase alertness without the peripheral (body) effects or addiction/tolerance/abuse potential of the traditional stimulants. They have minimal effect on sleep structure, and do not cause rebound hypersomnolence or "come down" effects. Currently, there are two stimulants in this class being used: Modafinil and Adrafinil, marketed as Provigil and Olmifron, respectively.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stimulant."
Synonyms: StimulantSynonyms: stimulating (adj), input (n), stimulant drug (n), stimulation (n), stimulus (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: kicked (medicine). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Anthelmintic; antidote, antifebrile, antipoison, counterpoison, antitoxin, antispasmodic; bracer, faith cure, placebo; helminthagogue, lithagogue, pick-meup, stimulant, tonic; vermifuge, prophylactic, corrective, restorative; sedative; palliative; febrifuge; alterant, alterative; specific; antiseptic, emetic, analgesic, pain-killer, antitussive, antiinflammatory, antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, carminative; Nepenthe, Mithridate. |
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Elbert Hubbard | Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant -- the digitalis of failure. |
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Health | Nicotine can act as both a stimulant and a sedative. (references) | |
The consequences of stimulant abuse can be dangerous. (references) | ||
Methylphenidate is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant. (references) | ||
Economic History | Yemen | Agricultural Machinery and Equipment (AGM): Including qat, a mild stimulant central to Yemeni social life, agriculture is Yemen's largest economic sector. (references) |
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| "Stimulant" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "Stimulant" is used about 64 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 87.5% | 56 | 45,296 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 12.5% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 64 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "stimulant": appetite stimulant ♦ stimulant drug ♦ Stimulant Laxatives. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "stimulant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | stimulues (dope, fillip), nxitës (abetter, abettor, aphrodisiac, cordial, encouraging, excitant, fillip, fire brand, fomenter, hortative, hortatory, impellent, incendiary, incentive, inciting, inflammatory, instigator, lively, mainspring, piquant, poignant, promoter, provocative, sexy, sponsor, stimulating, warmonger), ngacmues (annoying, excitative, excitatory, exciter, exciting, irritant, irritative, provocative, provoking, teaser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منبه (excitant, exciter, stimulating, stimulus), مثير (agitating, breathtaking, electrifying, excitant, excitative, exciting, fomenting, galvanizing, hair raising, impetus, incentive, inciting, inspiring, instigating, irritative, provocative, provoking, rousing, sensational, sore, spectacular, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, thrilling), حافز (impulse, incentive, motivation, motive, push, reaction), المنشط, المنبه (alarm clock, repeater, stimulus, watch box), شراب كحولي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стимулиращ (cordial, excitatory, propulsive), стимул (brace, goad, impetus, impulse, inducement, oestrum, oestrus, propulsion, push, relish, savor, savour, spur, stimulus), спиртно питие (liquor, lush, potation, tipple), възбуждащ (breathtaking, excitant, inflammatory, irritating, rousing), възбудително средство (exciter, provocative, stimulus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 兴奋剂. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | povzbuzující prostředek, povzbuzující (stimulating), dráždivý (excitable, irritable, irritant, poignant, sore, stimulating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stimulerende (analeptic, restorative), stimulans, vaekstfremmende middel (growth promotor), opkvikkende middel (analeptic, kick), analeptisk (analeptic, restorative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stimulans (incentive), opwekkingsmiddel (analeptic, kick), opwekkend (analeptic, restorative), groeistof (growth hormone, growth promotor, growth substance), groeihormoon (growth hormone, growth promotor, growth substance, somatotropic hormone, somatotropin hormone), analeptisch (analeptic, restorative), analepticum (analeptic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مهیج (Dramatic, Racy, Sensational, Unco), محرک (Irritant, Motive, Propellant, Provocative, Stimulus), مشروب الکلی (Booze, Liquor), انگیزه (Cause, Goad, Impetus, Incentive, Inducement, Motive, Mover, Propellant, Stimulus), انگیختگر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | stimulant (stimulating, stimulus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Anregungsmittel (stimulants), Stimulans (stimulus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ερεθιστικόσ (exciting, galling, inflammatory, irritant, irritative, provoking, vexatious, vexing), αναληπτικός (analeptic, restorative), αναληπτικό (analeptic, kick), αυξητικός παράγων (growth promotor), τονωτικό (bracer, restorative), διεργετικόσ (stimulative), διεργετικό τονωτικό, διεγερτικόσ (intoxicating, stimulating), διεγερτικό (kick, stimulus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ממריץ (incentive), מעורר (alarm clock, arousing, awaking, excitor, stirring), מ"רבן (accelerating, pushing, stimulating), תמריץ (encouragement, fillip, impetus, incentive, inducement, spur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | izgatószer (dope, oestrus, provocative, stimuli, stimulus), stimuláns (stimuli, stimulus), élénkítő (analeptic, invigorating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | stimolante (appetiser, appetizer, challenging, exciting, pep pill, provocative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 覚'剤 , 興奮剤 , 促進剤 (accelerant), 刺激剤 , 刺戟剤 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そくし"ざい (accelerant), し'きざい, かくせいざい, "うふ"ざい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 자극 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | greinneyder (abettor, encourager, inciter, stimulator), greeseyder (agitator, egger-on, excitant, inciter, instigator, parliamentary whip, poker, provoker, stirrer, tickler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imulantstay estimulante (bracing, fresh, life-giving, pick-me-up, provocative, rousing, suggestive, tonic, whet). (various references) stimulent (cordial, drive, fillip, impetus, impulse, incentive, pick me up, spur, stimulus, whet), stimulator (motive, provocative, stimulating), excitant (excitative, exciting, stimulating). (various references) стимулирующий (invigorative, promotional, stimulative), возбуждающее средство (excitant, pick me up), побуждающий (impellent, impulsive, propulsive). (various references) stimulus, stimulativan, podstrek (fillip, lift, stimulus), nadražjano sredstvo, koji podstiče, koji nadražuje (irritating, stimulating). (various references) estimulante (bracer, incentive, pep pill, pick me up, provocative, refreshing, stimulating). (various references) stimulerande medel (stimulative agents), tillväxtstimulerande substans (growth promotor), tillväxtfrämjande ämne (growth promotor). (various references) uyarıcı ilaç, uyarıcı (admonitory, cautionary, exciting, premonitory, reviver, speed, stimulating, stimulative, stimulus, up, upper, warning), tahrik eden şey, içki (alcohol, alcoholic drink, booze, bottle, drink, drinking, hooch, juice, liquor, poison, potation, quencher, rum, wet). (various references) стимулюючий, збудливий засіб (excitant, pick me up), збудливий (aphrodisiac, excitable, excitant, inflammatory, intoxicating), алкогольний напій (bouse). (various references) tác nhân kích thích anh ấy không bao giờ uống rượu, kích thích (excitative, excitatory, exciting, stimulating), chất kích thích (stimulater, stimulator). (various references) symbylydd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "stimulant": stimulants. (additional references) | |
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"Stimulant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: simulant, Simulknit, stimulat, Tsikulin. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "stimulant" (pronounced sti"myulunt) |
| 6 | -y u l u n t | opulent, succulent, truculent, turbulent. |
| 5 | -u l u n t | ambivalent, benevolent, equivalent, excellent, flatulent, fraudulent, indolent, insolent, jubilant, malevolent, nonviolent, petulant, prevalent, somnolent, vigilant, violent, virulent. |
| 4 | -l u n t | assailant, coolant, divalent, esculent, gallant, inhalant, monovalent, propellant, repellent, sealant, silent, talent, tetravalent. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, errant, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, frequent, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, solvent, stagnant, statement, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, tumescent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, warrant, wonderment. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-m-n-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: antismut, lutanist, simulant. | |
-2 letters: alumins, lattins, manitus, mattins, mutants, tsunami, ultimas. | |
-3 letters: alumin, alumni, animus, autism, instal, insult, lattin, limans, linums, litmus, lumina, lutist, manitu, mantis, matins, mattin, miauls, muslin, mutant, smalti, sultan, sunlit, taints, tanist, taunts, titans, titman, ultima. | |
-4 letters: alist, alums, amins, anils, antis, atilt, aunts, liman, limas, limns, lints, linum, litas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-m-n-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: stimulants. | |
+2 letters: mutilations, stimulating, stimulation. | |
+3 letters: curtailments, instrumental, matriculants, multitasking, multivalents, noctambulist, simultaneity, stimulations, ultimateness. | |
+4 letters: antiritualism, documentalist, instrumentals, malnutritions, multimegatons, multistranded, multitaskings, multivitamins, noctambulists, restimulating, restimulation, sansculottism, supermilitant, unsentimental. | |
+5 letters: antepenultimas, antiritualisms, circumstantial, documentalists, fundamentalist, instrumentally, intermenstrual, matriculations, metalinguistic, misutilization, multifilaments, multinationals, mutualizations, outmanipulates, restimulations, sansculottisms, simultaneities, ultimatenesses, ultramodernist, ultramontanism, utilitarianism. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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