Stimulus (Noun)

Meaning

Any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action.

Classification

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Synonyms

• Stimulation
• Stimulant
• Input

Hypernyms

• Information

Hyponyms

• Reinforcing Stimulus
• Discriminative Stimulus
• Turnoff
• Turn-on
• Conditioned Stimulus
• Negative Stimulus
• Kick
• Evocation
• Reinforcement
• Positive Stimulus
• Elicitation

Related Words

• Stimulate (verb)