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

The current wave appears to have accelerated in late April and early May, when TikTok posts and searches related to hacky sack spiked dramatically. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026

CrowdStrike and Palo Alto rallied 95% and 113%, respectively, between April and June for their best quarter on record, as new artificial intelligence tools have spiked demand for more sophisticated cyber defense. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 30 June 2026

Verb

Yields spiked, as investors worried that the Fed was falling behind on its against inflation. — Sarah Min,hugh Leask,justina Lee,tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 29 July 2026

Cleveland fans continue to analyze every slider Clase ever spiked. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 28 July 2026