Synonyms of stimuli

stimuli

noun

plural of stimulus

as in incentives

something that arouses action or activity

seeing a Broadway play for the first time was the stimulus for her career in the theater

Synonyms & Similar Words

• incentives
• encouragements
• impetuses
• motivations
• impulses
• stimulants
• provocations
• yeasts
• catalysts
• reasons
• momenta
• inducements
• incitements
• fuels
• spurs
• shots in the arm
• goads
• boosts
• causes
• instigations
• incitations
• invitations
• considerations
• motives
• antecedents
• grounds
• sparks
• occasions
• catalyzers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disincentives
• counterincentives

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stimuli

All the while the fMRI churned on, peering through the dogs’ skulls into the brain below and looking for the areas that lit up as a result of the visual stimuli. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Aug. 2026

How 40 Hz Sound Therapy Works The treatment is called GENUS, short for gamma entrainment using sensory stimuli. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026

Chung recently received her first award from the National Institutes of Health for a research project to understand how genetically identical cells respond differently to stimuli, such as treatments or environmental cues. — Rachel Martin, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026

By integrating smart shades into the components of major smart home ecosystems (those supporting Matter, Thread, Zigbee, or Z-Wave specifically), these systems can react to real-time stimuli. — K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 30 June 2026

When your dopamine levels, the chemical baseline responsible for motivation and pursuit, are naturally low, your brain searches for quick stimuli to wake itself up. — Luciana Paulise, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

At a moment when the market seems saturated with stimuli, superstructures and research for its own sake, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons brought the focus back to the essence of the product. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 23 June 2026

Studies show that the brain continues to learn when exposed to novel situations and stimuli. — Dr. Deepika Chopra, Flow Space, 16 June 2026

Sometimes, the nostalgic names come to you in a massive rush, sparked by some sort of visual stimuli, and this Bolton Wanderers shir… sorry, this Panama shirt has done just that. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 10 June 2026