Synonyms of spiking

spiking

verb

present participle of spike

1

as in stabbing

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

scorpions use their stinger-equipped tails to spike their prey

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stabbing
• picking
• puncturing
• jabbing
• piercing
• sticking
• spitting
• pecking
• impaling
• spearing
• slicing
• poking
• punching
• skewering
• harpooning
• lancing
• transfixing
• pinking
• running through
• goring
• transpiercing
• cutting
• perforating
• spindling
• thrusting
• riddling
• pricking
• knifing
• bayoneting
• pronging
• gimleting
• piking
• pinpricking
• quilling
• dirking
• poniarding

2

as in stimulating

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

• stimulating
• stirring
• arousing
• firing
• animating
• driving
• provoking
• energizing
• activating
• triggering
• electrifying
• lifting
• cheering
• awakening
• bracing
• quickening
• enlivening
• raising
• invigorating
• reviving
• vitalizing
• boosting
• exciting
• sparking
• strengthening
• recreating
• charging
• propelling
• vivifying
• zipping (up)
• filliping
• jump-starting
• rallying
• motivating
• rousing
• inspiring
• awaking
• moving
• pepping (up)
• jazzing (up)
• gingering (up)
• livening (up)
• juicing up
• resurrecting
• waking (up)
• amping (up)
• renewing
• motiving
• actuating
• galvanizing
• refreshing
• inciting
• fomenting
• infusing
• buoying
• fermenting
• instigating
• kindling
• inflaming
• impelling
• setting off
• whipping (up)
• reactivating
• fortifying
• regenerating
• reinvigorating
• rekindling
• turning on
• reawakening
• abetting
• resuscitating
• recharging
• revitalizing
• rejuvenating
• emboldening
• steeling
• reenergizing
• restimulating
• enkindling
• reanimating
• reawaking
• refreshening
• heartening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• killing
• dampening
• damping
• wearing
• undermining
• dulling
• draining
• deadening
• weakening
• harassing
• sapping
• checking
• slowing
• exhausting
• restraining
• debilitating
• knocking out
• burning out
• suppressing
• wearing out
• curbing
• enervating
• inhibiting
• quenching
• doing in
• washing out
• fatiguing
• wearying
• stunting
• repressing
• quelling
• enfeebling
• fagging
• stilling
• discouraging
• kayoing
• tuckering (out)
• demoralizing
• daunting
• jading
• disheartening
• dispiriting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spiking

The closure of the key route has sent oil prices spiking, complicating Burnham’s efforts to jump-start Britain’s sluggish economy and ease the cost of living. — ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026

Consumer advocates say customers were already being squeezed by higher prices caused by other factors like inflation before diesel prices started spiking this year. — Keith Laing, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

Treasury yields have been spiking on the expectation of higher prices in the economy, with the 10-year briefly surpassing 5% on Tuesday, its highest levels in 19 years. — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield briefly topped 5% for the first time since 2023 as spiking oil prices threaten to spill over to debt markets. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

As Silicon Valley remakes the world yet again, swallowing up our water and spiking our electricity bills, homelessness remains endemic to that region of California. — Piper French, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

The surge in interest among some travelers doesn’t necessarily mean that overall travel volume has been spiking this year. — Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

Step Back Uber joins a list of multinational companies that have left Nigeria since inflation began spiking in 2023 in response to economic policy changes by President Bola Tinubu. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Continue reading … HOLIDAY HAZARD — Travelers warned of drink-spiking robberies and kidnappings at vacation hot spot. — FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026