Synonyms of spiked

spiked 1 of 2

adjective

as in spiky

Related Words

• spiky
• barbed
• jagged
• pronged
• spikelike
• spiny
• tipped
• peaked
• needlelike
• pointed
• knifelike
• bladelike
• sharp
• pointy
• spired

Dissimilar Words

• dull
• blunt
• rounded

spiked

2 of 2

verb

past tense of spike

1

as in stabbed

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

scorpions use their stinger-equipped tails to spike their prey

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stabbed
• pierced
• punctured
• jabbed
• picked
• stuck
• impaled
• speared
• skewered
• pecked
• spitted
• sliced
• poked
• punched
• gored
• harpooned
• transfixed
• lanced
• pinked
• ran through
• transpierced
• perforated
• riddled
• cut
• spindled
• pricked
• thrust
• knifed
• pronged
• bayoneted
• piked
• gimleted
• pinpricked
• dirked
• poniarded
• quilled

2

as in stimulated

to give life, vigor, or spirit to

he spiked what otherwise would have been a dry economic lecture with some jokes and anecdotes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stimulated
• stirred
• aroused
• electrified
• animated
• provoked
• activated
• enlivened
• lifted
• braced
• triggered
• drove
• cheered
• revived
• awakened
• quickened
• energized
• inspired
• fired
• boosted
• vitalized
• zipped (up)
• raised
• strengthened
• invigorated
• excited
• sparked
• propelled
• charged
• rallied
• recreated
• jump-started
• roused
• awoke
• filliped
• vivified
• motivated
• pepped (up)
• juiced up
• jazzed (up)
• moved
• livened (up)
• gingered (up)
• amped (up)
• galvanized
• resurrected
• infused
• renewed
• woke (up)
• refreshed
• set off
• fermented
• buoyed
• fortified
• actuated
• incited
• fomented
• impelled
• motived
• whipped (up)
• inflamed
• instigated
• reactivated
• kindled
• emboldened
• turned on
• reinvigorated
• rekindled
• regenerated
• reawakened
• abetted
• resuscitated
• revitalized
• steeled
• recharged
• rejuvenated
• heartened
• refreshened
• restimulated
• enkindled
• reenergized
• reanimated
• reawoke

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• killed
• dampened
• damped
• wore
• dulled
• drained
• deadened
• weakened
• undermined
• exhausted
• burned out
• knocked out
• sapped
• harassed
• washed out
• checked
• slowed
• restrained
• suppressed
• fatigued
• inhibited
• wore out
• debilitated
• curbed
• enfeebled
• wearied
• stunted
• did in
• quenched
• enervated
• fagged
• repressed
• quelled
• stilled
• discouraged
• tuckered (out)
• jaded
• kayoed
• demoralized
• disheartened
• daunted
• dispirited

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spiked

Adjective

This spiked dramatically from 2019 to 2022, as rent prices rose sharply in the first years of the pandemic. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

In 2021, an Australian arts festival spiked plans to exhibit a Union Flag dipped in blood donated by Indigenous people. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Verb

All forms of energy rising Retail gasoline and diesel prices have spiked to new highs this year, but they’re not expected to go up substantially higher from now. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

Demonstrators expressed widespread frustration and anger at the government as gasoline, energy and food prices have spiked in recent months. — Sylvie Corbet, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026