vverb.emotionheighten or intensifySynset:animate enliven exalt invigorate
Examples:- These paintings exalt the imagination
Derivationally Related Form:invigorationexaltation
Hypernyms:excite shake shake up stimulate stir
Inherited Hypernyms:inspirestimulatearousemake
Direct Hyponyms:encourage
Full Troponyms:bring outcheercheerleaddraw outencouragefosterhollopatronizeservespurtake heart
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: inspire)
vverb.creationsupply the inspiration forExamples:- The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work
Derivationally Related Form:inspiration
Hypernyms:occasion
Inherited Hypernyms:inspireoccasioncausemake
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.communicationserve as the inciting cause ofSynset:instigate prompt
Examples:- She prompted me to call my relatives
Derivationally Related Form:instigationinstigatorprompting
Hypernyms:cause get have induce make stimulate
Inherited Hypernyms:promptinduce
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: inspire, instigate, prompt)
vverb.communicationspur on or encourage especially by cheers and shoutsSynset:barrack cheer exhort pep up root on urge urge on
Examples:- The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
Derivationally Related Form:urgingcheerercheeringexhortatoryexhortation
Hypernyms:encourage
Inherited Hypernyms:cheerencourageinspirestimulatearousemake
Direct Hyponyms:cheerlead
Full Troponyms:cheerlead
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: exhort, urge, inspire)
vverb.cognitionfill with revolutionary ideasSynset:revolutionise revolutionize
Derivationally Related Form:revolutioninspirer
Hypernyms:indoctrinate
Inherited Hypernyms:revolutionizeindoctrinateteachinformcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.bodydraw in (air)Synset:breathe in inhale
Examples:- Inhale deeply
- inhale the fresh mountain air
- The patient has trouble inspiring
- The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well
Antonyms:exhale
Derivationally Related Form:inspirationinhalantinhalatorinspiratoryinhalation
Hypernyms:breathe respire suspire take a breath
Inherited Hypernyms:inhalebreathe
Direct Hyponyms:aspiratedragdrawhuffpuffsniffsnifflesnivelsnortsnuffsnuffle
Full Troponyms:aspiratehuffpuffsniffsnuffsnuffle
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s