stimulation - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse

Synonyms

• arousal
• foreplay
• stimulation

More generic

• sex
• sex activity
• sexual activity
• sexual practice

More specific

• caressing
• cuddling
• feel
• fondling
• hugging
• kissing
• necking
• petting
• smooching
• snuggling

Noun

the act of arousing an organism to action

Synonyms

• stimulation

More generic

• arousal
• rousing

More specific

• galvanisation
• galvanization

Noun

any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

Synonyms

• input
• stimulant
• stimulation
• stimulus

More generic

• information

More specific

• conditioned stimulus
• cue
• discriminative stimulus
• elicitation
• evocation
• induction
• kick
• negative stimulation
• negative stimulus
• positive stimulus
• reinforcement
• reinforcer
• reinforcing stimulus
• turn-on
• turnoff

Noun

(physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)

Synonyms

• stimulation

More generic

• action
• activity
• natural action
• natural process

More specific

• activation
• galvanisation
• galvanization

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