Synonyms for elicit
ɪˈlɪs ɪtelic·it

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1. elicit

   Synonyms:
   draw, evoke, educe, eliminate, enucleate, express, extract, worm, evolve

   Antonyms:
   insert, implant, introduce, inoculate, insinuate, infuse, instil, incorporate, suggest, extort

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1. arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provokeverb

   call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

   "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

   Synonyms:
   elevate, resurrect, force out, provoke, beset, send away, awake, levy, call forth, chivy, kick upstairs, give the sack, suggest, stimulate, lift, heighten, harry, upgrade, educe, dismiss, kick up, fire, leaven, chivvy, bring up, rouse, invoke, raise, wind up, recruit, inflame, chevvy, farm, extract, excite, grow, conjure, upraise, give the axe, prove, awaken, chevy, conjure up, conflagrate, molest, go off, displace, plague, wake, waken, turn on, enhance, give notice, terminate, fuel, arouse, wake up, can, sack, advance, perk up, stir, burn, burn down, put forward, sex, enkindle, evoke, rear, harass, draw out, set up, nurture, parent, energize, produce, erect, discharge, kindle, put up, promote, hassle, open fire, brace, energise, paint a picture, get up, call down, come alive

2. educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw outverb

   deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

   "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

   Synonyms:
   kindle, express, evoke, arouse, put forward, distill, provoke, enkindle, suggest, paint a picture, stir, suck out, aspirate, conjure, extend, fire, distil, draw out, pull, take out, press out, conjure up, educe, kick up, protract, raise, call down, pull up, call forth, invoke, derive, pull out, bring up, excerpt, prolong, extract

3. elicitverb

   derive by reason

   "elicit a solution"

   Synonyms:
   kindle, enkindle, arouse, educe, fire, raise, evoke, extract, draw out, provoke

Matched Categories

1. • Construe
   • Deduce
   • Logic

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1. elicitverb

   Synonyms:
   draw out, bring out, succeed in obtaining

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1. List of paraphrases for "elicit":

   obtain, trigger, seek

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1. Brooke Binkowski:

   These headlines... are written specifically to elicit an emotion. That's how the scammers make their money, they are not just written to inform. I keep telling people if you read a headline and( after reading it) you're ticked off and you're angry and you're frustrated, then double check that source because you need to know whether or not it's legitimate.

2. Graham Greene:

   It is the story-teller's task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval.

3. Ryan Morris:

   Whoever is doing this is just trying to elicit a fear or disrupt something.

4. Harvey Fineberg:

   That's the brilliance of Kelvin Droegemeier, to elicit this kind of input and turn to the academics in the first place, they're genuinely trying to widen their aperture for advice, and I think so far it's working.

5. John Kerry:

   What I have done is tried to elicit from him what Iran might be willing to do in order to change the dynamic in the Middle East for the better.