Synonyms of exciting

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adjective

ik-ˈsī-tiŋ 

1

as in thrilling

causing great emotional or mental stimulation

an exciting, come-from-behind victory for the underdogs in the last game of the World Series

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thrilling
• exhilarating
• stimulating
• breathtaking
• intriguing
• inspiring
• interesting
• fascinating
• electrifying
• electric
• gripping
• provocative
• intoxicating
• mind-blowing
• galvanizing
• galvanic
• mind-bending
• mind-boggling
• rousing
• lively
• rip-roaring
• exhilarative
• kicky
• heart-stopping
• riveting
• tantalizing
• stirring
• absorbing
• hair-raising
• engrossing
• enchanting
• enthralling
• moving
• charged
• titillating
• dynamic
• energetic
• touching
• poignant
• arresting
• spellbinding
• high-voltage
• kinetic
• lusty

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• boring
• tedious
• unexciting
• tiresome
• dull
• monotonous
• uninteresting
• dreary
• humdrum
• mind-numbing

2

as in provocative

serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction

and what exciting news have you for us today?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• provocative
• charged
• motivational
• motivating
• stimulating
• provoking
• edgy
• motivative
• inspiring
• explosive
• inspirational
• inflammatory
• inciting
• instigative
• piquing
• incendiary
• instigating
• triggering
• energizing
• annoying
• maddening
• inducing
• upsetting
• fiery
• exasperating
• irritating
• activating
• aggravating
• teasing
• vitalizing
• vexing
• irksome
• bothersome
• quickening
• vexatious
• galvanizing
• taunting
• pesky
• enraging
• galling
• jeering
• angering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noninflammatory
• subduing

exciting

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verb

present participle of excite

1

as in electrifying

to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings

for some reason the first snowfall of the season never fails to excite us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thrilling
• electrifying
• intriguing
• exhilarating
• inspiring
• intoxicating
• titillating
• delighting
• galvanizing
• enchanting
• interesting
• turning on
• riveting
• stimulating
• arousing
• provoking
• captivating
• charming
• charging
• pumping up
• mesmerizing
• inciting
• bewitching
• tantalizing
• spellbinding
• enthralling
• hypnotizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• boring
• tiring
• wearying
• discouraging
• disheartening
• palling
• demoralizing
• dispiriting
• jading
• dejecting

2

as in encouraging

to rouse to strong feeling or action

televised pictures of the victims of the famine that would excite any viewer to pity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• encouraging
• provoking
• stimulating
• inspiring
• stirring
• arousing
• motivating
• moving
• sparking
• firing (up)
• inciting
• driving
• instigating
• revving (up)
• triggering
• inducing
• energizing
• impassioning
• motiving
• piquing
• galvanizing
• building a fire under
• igniting
• vitalizing
• activating
• upsetting
• maddening
• enraging
• angering
• animating
• kindling
• quickening
• bothering
• setting off
• keying (up)
• exasperating
• annoying
• irritating
• inflaming
• teasing
• aggravating
• fanning
• whipping (up)
• vexing
• taunting
• fermenting
• pumping up
• abetting
• fomenting
• getting
• jeering
• raising
• galling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothing
• calming
• subduing
• tranquilizing
• appeasing
• pacifying
• placating
• mollifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exciting

Adjective

Forward motion is exciting, and Pz’ raps are effortless without curdling into indifference. — Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 3 July 2026

Los Cafeteros topped their group, which included Portugal, DR Congo and Uzbekistan, and did so playing an exciting brand of soccer. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 3 July 2026

Verb

Major Wilson, 17, has been around horses most of his life and now spends much of his time helping younger riders get ready, showing them how to saddle their horses without exciting them. — Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2026

For Harrington and her husband Dante, the thought of triplets was shocking but exciting all the same. — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025