provoke - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for provoke , a list of similar words for provoke from our thesaurus that you can use

Verb

provide the needed stimulus for

Synonyms

• provoke
• stimulate

More generic

• challenge

More specific

• agitate
• entice
• foment
• incite
• instigate
• jog
• lure
• rejuvenate
• set off
• stir up
• tempt

Verb

evoke or provoke to appear or occur

Synonyms

• call forth
• evoke
• kick up
• provoke

More generic

• cause
• do
• make

More specific

• pick

Related

• arouse
• bring up
• call down
• call forth
• conjure
• conjure up
• evoke
• invoke
• put forward
• raise
• stir

Verb

call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

Synonyms

• arouse
• elicit
• enkindle
• evoke
• fire
• kindle
• provoke
• raise

More generic

• create
• make

More specific

• anger
• ask for
• bruise
• discomfit
• discompose
• disconcert
• draw
• excite
• fire up
• heat
• hurt
• ignite
• infatuate
• inflame
• injure
• interest
• invite
• offend
• overcome
• overpower
• overtake
• overwhelm
• prick
• rekindle
• shake
• shake up
• shame
• spite
• stimulate
• stir
• stir up
• strike a chord
• sweep over
• touch a chord
• untune
• upset
• wake
• whelm
• wound

Verb

annoy continually or chronically

Synonyms

• beset
• chevvy
• chevy
• chivvy
• chivy
• harass
• harry
• hassle
• molest
• plague
• provoke

More generic

• annoy
• bother
• chafe
• devil
• get at
• get to
• gravel
• irritate
• nark
• nettle
• rag
• rile
• vex

More specific

• bedevil
• crucify
• dun
• frustrate
• goad
• haze
• needle
• rag
• torment

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