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

Challenge for Burnham Bonds have suffered a painful sell-off on both sides of the Atlantic, with prices of benchmark ten-year UK gilts spiking above 5% for the first time since May. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 19 July 2026

These much larger centers have begun sprouting up across the nation and making headlines for sucking up communities’ water, spiking power bills and causing other environmental issues. — Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

State and federal health officials have confirmed 1,645 cases of cyclosporiasis, and the cause of the stomach-churning parasitic infection spiking across the country remains under investigation. — Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 15 July 2026

Can North Carolina ban new data centers, eliminate tax incentives and prevent them from spiking electricity bills for residents? — Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026

The World Cup is an obvious example, because nearly every hospitality brand in a host city knows why demand is spiking. — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

With gas prices spiking since July 3 amid the conflict in Iran, the losses would be even higher. — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 9 July 2026

On one side, consumers are squeezed by volatile and erratic surge pricing, which adjusts to reflect spiking demand or dropping supply. — Christopher S. Tang, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

The most common book-review content on the app understands books as pleasure-spiking torment factories, arenas for an almost masochistic level of personal involvement. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 July 2026