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

Experiments that initially corroborated the results were retracted, in one case amid indications of deliberate spiking with fake fusion products. — George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026

Global oil prices are spiking as the US-Iran war drags on, leading to blockbuster profits for oil companies and higher gas prices for US drivers. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026

But for people with uncontrolled hypertension or coronary disease, spiking stress adds strain. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026

Opponents, meanwhile, urge that the infrastructure projects are associated with dangerous pollution, spiking energy costs, and loss of natural land. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 29 Oct. 2026

Four years later, when the Houthis began to threaten shipping in the Red Sea—spiking maritime insurance rates and forcing vessels to detour around the Cape of Good Hope—the United States and Europe once again organized separate responses. — Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026

Communities are fighting data centers over spiking electric bills, soaring electricity and water demand, noise, land use and taxpayer subsidies. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

Without such remedies, the turbines risked drastically spiking pollution in already vulnerable neighborhoods housing predominantly Black communities nearby, the NAACP argued. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026

Sticker shock The DWP says its recent high bills are driven by spiking power use during the record-breaking summer heat, especially for air conditioning, not by rate increases. — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026