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 Synonyms for stir  

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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'stir' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) stir, splash
a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
Synonyms: ado, fuss, splatter, stir, bustle, splashing, dab, splash, splattering, flurry, plash, hustle, spatter, spattering

2. (noun) stir
emotional agitation and excitement
Synonyms: ado, hustle, fuss, splash, flurry, bustle

3. (verb) bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
a rapid active commotion
Synonyms: confidence game, bunco, snow flurry, tizzy, dither, bickering, hustle, squabble, flap, bicker, bunko, confidence trick, spat, tiff, hassle, stir, flurry, bunko game, con game, gyp, ado, fuss, pettifoggery, pother, bustle, bunco game, trouble, con, sting, splash, flimflam, bother

4. (verb) stir
move an implement through
Synonyms: raise, budge, invoke, call down, touch, agitate, shake, shake up, bring up, shift, put forward, arouse, conjure, evoke, call forth, stimulate, excite, conjure up

5. (verb) stir, shift, budge, agitate
move very slightly
Synonyms: fight, touch, shake up, charge, excite, arouse, put forward, raise up, shake, transfer, commove, tilt, vex, agitate, stir, call down, conjure, stimulate, switch, rouse, budge, bring up, campaign, conjure up, reposition, invoke, raise, turn on, pitch, lurch, call forth, change over, careen, shift, wobble, dislodge, evoke, charge up, push, foment, crusade, change, press, stir up, disturb

6. (verb) stimulate, excite, stir
stir feelings in
Synonyms: touch, shake up, excite, put forward, get, shake, provoke, commove, energize, perk up, agitate, hasten, stir, call down, conjure, make, energise, arouse, bring up, conjure up, cause, induce, budge, raise, stimulate, turn on, charge, have, wind up, call forth, invoke, shift, rouse, brace, evoke, sex, rush, charge up

7. (verb) stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
Synonyms: touch, shake up, charge, excite, didder, succuss, have, raise up, get, rock, provoke, commove, energize, perk up, agitate, hasten, stir, call down, shift, conjure, make, reorganise, energise, turn on, arouse, shake, wind up, reorganize, vex, conjure up, cause, sway, escape from, induce, budge, judder, raise, stimulate, jar, shake off, throw off, bump around, call forth, invoke, charge up, rouse, brace, bring up, evoke, sex, fluff up, rush, put forward, stir up, disturb, plump up

8. (verb) touch, stir
affect emotionally
Synonyms: adjoin, touch, shake up, excite, evoke, have-to doe with, put forward, rival, shake, pertain, agitate, match, concern, impact, stir, tinge, refer, meet, conjure, stimulate, arouse, bring up, invoke, conjure up, affect, budge, raise, relate, call down, touch on, equal, bear upon, tinct, bear on, call forth, allude, shift, reach, contact, come to, advert, partake, extend to, disturb, tint

9. (verb) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
Synonyms: elevate, resurrect, nominate, reproof, entreat, chide, mention, enkindle, provoke, kindle, assert, refer, leaven, call forth, grow, submit, kick upstairs, reprimand, posit, suggest, stimulate, lift, heighten, beseech, upgrade, advert, put up, educe, kick up, chew out, fire, set up, name, trounce, bring up, awake, state, raise, wind up, recruit, farm, extract, excite, lecture, conjure, rouse, upraise, adjure, rag, appeal, awaken, shake, conjure up, dress down, wake, waken, shift, turn on, boot, enhance, remonstrate, budge, chew up, wake up, sex, advance, perk up, machinate, jaw, prove, rebuke, invoke, agitate, have words, evoke, lambast, conspire, rear, press, cite, draw out, stir, elicit, take to task, bawl out, nurture, parent, energize, berate, produce, erect, reboot, bid, levy, arouse, call on the carpet, touch, lambaste, brace, complot, energise, paint a picture, get up, cabal, scold, call down, shake up, promote, put forward, come alive

10. (verb) arouse, stir
to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
Synonyms: touch, kindle, excite, shake up, put forward, awake, shake, come alive, energize, perk up, agitate, enkindle, wake up, stir, wake, elicit, energise, stimulate, fire, rouse, arouse, bring up, conjure up, budge, raise, waken, turn on, call down, provoke, wind up, call forth, invoke, shift, awaken, brace, evoke, sex, conjure

11. (verb) stir
mix or add by stirring
Synonyms: raise, budge, invoke, call down, touch, agitate, shake, shake up, bring up, shift, put forward, arouse, conjure, evoke, call forth, stimulate, excite, conjure up


Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'stir' English Synonyms and Antonyms 

1. stir
To influence (L. in, in or into, and fluo, flow) is to affect, modify, or act upon by physical, mental, or moral power, especially in some gentle, subtle, and gradual way; as, vegetation is in
Synonyms: influence, actuate, draw, impel, induce, move, stir, compel, drive, incite, instigate, persuade, sway, dispose, excite, incline, lead, prompt, urge
Antonyms: deter, dissuade, impede, prevent, restrain, retard, discourage, hinder, inhibit


'stir' - Nearby Entries  

stipulatory  stipule  stir fry  stir  stirk  stirred  stirred up  



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