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

In those years, pandemic measures and remote work opportunities brought tens of thousands of mostly conservative Californians to Idaho, spiking home prices. — Idaho Statesman, 26 Aug. 2026

Even with no rate increase, though, Tulsa electric bills would be spiking this year because of searing summer heat, with more than twice the average number of triple-digit days. — Scott Horsley, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026

With immigration arrests spiking last month to all-time highs, a new state law took effect in New York stopping local cops from signing cooperation agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Cases have been spiking in hot spots nationwide as more parents have opted their children out. — Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026

Using two decades of California tax filings, Rauh finds top earners are the state’s most mobile taxpayers, with departures spiking after tax changes in 2012 and 2017 and during the pandemic. — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

More oil than previously thought appears to be making its way out of the Gulf, helping keep elevated oil prices from spiking further. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Beijing has helped prevent oil prices from spiking to $150 a barrel by slashing its oil imports beyond what many thought possible. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Short-term leases can lead to spiking costs and scarce supply, and could leave Anthropic at the mercy of another company’s pricing. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026