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Stimulant

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Noun

1. input, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus

any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

2. excitant, stimulant, stimulant drug

a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process

Adjective

3. stimulant, stimulating

that stimulates

Example Sentences:
'stimulant phenomena'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Stimulant

see synonyms of stimulant
noun
1. 
a drug or similar substance that increases physiological activity, esp of a particular organ
2. 
any stimulating agent or thing
adjective
3. 
increasing physiological activity; stimulating

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Stimulant

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adjective
1. 
that stimulates; stimulating
noun
2. 
anything that stimulates
; specif.,
a. 
any drug, medicine, etc., as an amphetamine, caffeine, nicotine, or cocaine, that temporarily increases the activity of some vital process, organ, or system, esp. the nervous system
b.  Popularly
an alcoholic drink: alcohol is physiologically a depressant

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Stimulant

see synonyms of stimulant
n.
1. An agent, especially a chemical agent such as caffeine, that temporarily arouses or accelerates physiological or organic activity.
2. A stimulus or an incentive: "An age of political excitement is usually a stimulant to literature" (Will Durant).
3. A food or drink, especially an alcoholic drink, believed to have a stimulating effect.
adj.
Serving as or being a stimulus; stimulating.

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