excitements

noun

plural of excitement
as in encouragements
something that arouses a strong response from another there were few excitements of any kind on our very uneventful trip back home

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excitements
  1. encouragements
  2. motivations
  3. stimuli
  4. incentives
  5. provocations
  6. stimulants
  7. frustrations
Noun
  • Many folks send encouragements toward OP mom and her son, while others put heat on the other parents for sexualizing their kids’ friendship.
    — DeVonne Goode, Parents, 26 July 2026
  • All through the park, competitors and onlookers hit vapes and shout tips and encouragements into trees.
    — Calin Van Paris, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026
Definition of encouragements
Noun
  • RadarOnline had previously reported that one of the motivations for the move was King Charles’ health.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Resistance and commitment can coexist because each sentiment has different motivations.
    — John Radman, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of motivations
Noun
  • What is your approach to writing, in terms of outside stimuli?
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The third is to develop novel variations of your stimuli or your benchmark items in order to test robustness and generalization.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of stimuli
Noun
  • The study adds a new wrinkle to the ongoing debate over whether these increasingly expensive corporate incentives are worth their cost to taxpayers.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The merger threatens to push production further abroad amid an already ongoing exodus, as well as to other states with cushy tax incentives.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of incentives
Noun
  • Nobody’s taken the bait regarding White and Freedom’s trollish provocations.
    — Jemele Hill, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Connecticut rapper’s debut swings from tongue-in-cheek provocations to slam-poetry clunkers, landing a few solid punchlines and pop hooks along the way.
    — Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of provocations
Noun
  • Cases where a patient is malnourished are challenging, because research has shown putting in a feeding tube or giving them appetite stimulants doesn’t improve their outcomes, Lee said.
    — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Current therapies, stimulants and sodium oxybates, carry risk of misuse, and patients still feel sleepy while taking them.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of stimulants
Noun
  • The move follows efforts by Pinterest and LinkedIn to respond to users’ frustrations with AI slop in their feeds.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • However, surface-level remedies rarely resolve systemic frustrations.
    — Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of frustrations
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“Excitements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excitements. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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