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Definition: Stimulative |
StimulativeAdjective1. Capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stimulative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references) |
| Antonym: depressant (adj). (additional references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Norway | Thus, fiscal policy becomes stimulative during cyclical downturns, and restrictive during upturns. (references) |
Austria | The economic opening of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries has had a stimulative effect on Austria's economy. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Stimulative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Stimulative" is used about 5 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "stimulative": stimulative agents. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
stimulative | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stimulative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منعش (animating, bracing, cool, cooling, exhilarating, fresh, invigorative, reanimating, recreating, recreative, refreshing, restorative, resuscitating, resuscitative, reviving, stimulating), مثير (agitating, breathtaking, electrifying, excitant, excitative, exciting, fomenting, galvanizing, hair raising, impetus, incentive, inciting, inspiring, instigating, irritative, provocative, provoking, rousing, sensational, sore, spectacular, stimulant, stimulating, stirring, thrilling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | simulerende grundstoffer (stimulative agents), drivfodring (stimulative feeding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stimuleringsmaatregel (reflationary measure, stimulative action), stimulerend voedsel verstrekken (stimulative feeding), stimulerend element (stimulative agents). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | virkistysaine (stimulative agents), kiihotusruokinta (flushing, stimulative feeding), kiihotusaine (stimulative agents). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | stimulateur cardiaque. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | anregend (animating, bracing, exhilarating, inciting, inspiring, stimulant, stimulating, suggestively, vivifying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τονωτικόσ (bracing, cordial, invigorative, restorative, tonic), διεργετικόσ (stimulant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nutrizione stimolante (stimulative feeding), agenti stimolanti (stimulative agents). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 刺激性 (incentive, irritative), 刺戟性 (incentive, irritative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | し'きせい (incentive, irritative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imulativestay alimentação estimulante (stimulative feeding), agentes estimulantes (stimulative agents). (various references) stimulativ (incentive), stimulant. (various references) стимулятор стимулирующий, стимулирующий (invigorative, promotional, stimulant), возбуждающий (aphrodisiac, emotive, excitant, excitative, exciting, galvanic, inflammatory). (various references) nutrición estimulante (stimulative feeding), agentes estimulantes (stimulative agents). (various references) stimulerande medel (stimulant), drivfodring (stimulative feeding). (various references) uyarıcı (admonitory, cautionary, exciting, premonitory, reviver, speed, stimulant, stimulating, stimulus, up, upper, warning), tahrik edici (coat-trailing, incendiary, inflammatory, stimulating). (various references) cái khuyến khích, cái kích thích. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "stimulative" (pronounced sti"myulā'tiv) |
| 8 | -m y u l ā' t i v | accumulative. |
| 7 | -y u l ā' t i v | manipulative, regulative. |
| 5 | -l ā' t i v | legislative. |
| 4 | -ā' t i v | accommodative, administrative, appreciative, authoritative, collaborative, cooperative, deliberative, dissipative, elucidative, facultative, imitative, innovative, investigative, iterative, meditative, prognosticative, qualitative, quantitative, rehabilitative. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accusative, acquisitive, active, adaptive, addictive, additive, adjective, adoptive, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, inventive, irrespective, laxative, locomotive, lucrative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, positive, predictive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-l-m-s-t-t-u-v" | |
-1 letter: simulative. | |
-2 letters: militates, multisite, mutilates, stimulate, ultimates, vaultiest. | |
-3 letters: imitates, maltiest, metalist, militate, miltiest, mistitle, misvalue, mutative, mutilate, simulate, smaltite, ultimate, vitalise, vitalism, vitalist, vitiates. | |
-4 letters: amities, amulets, amusive, elitism, elitist, estival, etatism, imitate, laities, limiest, limites, milieus, mislive, mitiest, muletas, mutates, situate, stative, stimuli, ultimas, utilise, uveitis, vitiate, vittles. | |
-5 letters: amulet, astute, autism, avulse. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-i-l-m-s-t-t-u-v" | |
+4 letters: overstimulating, overstimulation. | |
+5 letters: antievolutionism, overstimulations. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Quotations: Non-fiction 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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