stimulantnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈstɪm.jə.lənt/us/ˈstɪm.jə.lənt/something that makes or causes something else to grow or develop:
Tourism has acted as a stimulant to the country's economy.
a substance, such as a drug, that makes the mind or body more active:
Caffeine, which is found in coffee and tea, is a mild stimulant.
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Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuation
- agent
- awaken (sth) in sb
- be associated with sth
- beget
- draw
- fuel
- instigate
- instigator
- introduce
- lie
- plant
- produce
- rise
- usher
- usher sth in
- wreak
- wrought
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