1. Creating or arousing excitement
   "an exciting account of her trip" 
2. Stimulating interest and discussion
   "an exciting novel"

1. Arouse or elicit a feeling 
2. Act as a stimulant
   - stimulate 
3. Stir feelings in
   "excite the audience"
   - stimulate, stir 
4. Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
   - agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, charge up 
5. Stimulate sexually
   - arouse, sex, turn on, wind up 
6. Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
   - stimulate, shake, shake up, stir 
7. Raise to a higher energy level
   "excite the atoms"
   - energize, energise [Brit] 
8. Produce a magnetic field in
   "excite the neurons"

See also: atingle, breathless, breathtaking, elating, electric, electrifying, excitation, excitatory, excitement, excitingly, exhilarating, fervor [US], fervour [Brit, Cdn], galvanic, galvanising [Brit], galvanizing, glamorous, glamourous, heady, inflammation, interesting, intoxicating, provocative, sexy, spine-tingling, stimulating, thrilling, tickling, tingling, titillating

Type of: affect, alter, arouse, bear on, bear upon, change, disturb, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, impact, kindle, modify, provoke, raise, sensitise [Brit], sensitize, touch, touch on, trouble, upset

Antonym: unexciting

Encyclopedia: Excite

• Walhalla
• walk
• walk around
• walk in
• walk of life
• walk off
• walk on air
• walk out of
• walk the plank
• walk-on
• walk-through
• walk-to
• walk-up
• walk-up apartment
• walkabout
• walkaway
• walker
• Walker foxhound
• Walker hound
• Walker Percy
• Walker Smith
• walkie-talkie
• walkies
• walking
• walking delegate