Synonyms of exciting

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adjective

1

as in breathtaking

causing great emotional or mental stimulation

an exciting, come-from-behind victory for the underdogs in the last game of the World Series

Synonyms & Similar Words

• breathtaking
• interesting
• thrilling
• intriguing
• inspiring
• exhilarating
• fascinating
• electrifying
• electric
• gripping
• provocative
• intoxicating
• mind-blowing
• stimulating
• galvanizing
• galvanic
• mind-bending
• mind-boggling
• rousing
• lively
• rip-roaring
• exhilarative
• kicky
• heart-stopping
• riveting
• tantalizing
• stirring
• absorbing
• hair-raising
• engrossing
• enchanting
• enthralling
• moving
• charged
• titillating
• dynamic
• energetic
• touching
• poignant
• arresting
• spellbinding
• high-voltage
• kinetic
• lusty

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• boring
• tedious
• unexciting
• tiresome
• dull
• monotonous
• uninteresting
• dreary
• humdrum
• mind-numbing

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as in provocative

serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction

and what exciting news have you for us today?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• provocative
• charged
• motivational
• motivating
• stimulating
• provoking
• edgy
• motivative
• inspiring
• explosive
• inspirational
• inflammatory
• inciting
• instigative
• piquing
• incendiary
• instigating
• triggering
• energizing
• annoying
• maddening
• inducing
• upsetting
• fiery
• exasperating
• irritating
• activating
• aggravating
• teasing
• vitalizing
• vexing
• irksome
• bothersome
• quickening
• vexatious
• galvanizing
• taunting
• pesky
• enraging
• galling
• jeering
• angering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noninflammatory
• subduing

exciting

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verb

present participle of excite

1

as in thrilling

to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings

for some reason the first snowfall of the season never fails to excite us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thrilling
• electrifying
• intriguing
• exhilarating
• inspiring
• intoxicating
• titillating
• delighting
• galvanizing
• enchanting
• interesting
• turning on
• riveting
• stimulating
• arousing
• provoking
• captivating
• charming
• charging
• pumping up
• mesmerizing
• inciting
• bewitching
• tantalizing
• spellbinding
• enthralling
• hypnotizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• boring
• tiring
• wearying
• discouraging
• disheartening
• palling
• demoralizing
• dispiriting
• jading
• dejecting

2

as in encouraging

to rouse to strong feeling or action

televised pictures of the victims of the famine that would excite any viewer to pity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• encouraging
• provoking
• stimulating
• inspiring
• stirring
• arousing
• motivating
• moving
• sparking
• firing (up)
• inciting
• driving
• instigating
• revving (up)
• triggering
• inducing
• energizing
• impassioning
• motiving
• piquing
• galvanizing
• building a fire under
• igniting
• vitalizing
• activating
• upsetting
• maddening
• enraging
• angering
• animating
• kindling
• quickening
• bothering
• setting off
• keying (up)
• exasperating
• annoying
• irritating
• inflaming
• teasing
• aggravating
• fanning
• whipping (up)
• vexing
• taunting
• fermenting
• pumping up
• abetting
• fomenting
• enflaming
• getting
• jeering
• raising
• galling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothing
• calming
• tranquilizing
• subduing
• tranquillizing
• appeasing
• pacifying
• placating
• mollifying

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