stimulant - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'stimulant' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stimulant

[ a.]

- Serving to stimulate.
- Produced increased vital action in the organism, or in any of its parts.

2 . Stimulant

[ n.]

- That which stimulates, provokes, or excites.
- An agent which produces a temporary increase of vital activity in the organism, or in any of its parts; -- sometimes used without qualification to signify an alcoholic beverage used as a stimulant.

Meaning of 'stimulant' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stimulant

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- that stimulates

Example in sentence:

stimulant phenomena

Nearby Words:

stiacciato stian stibborn stibial stibialism stibiated stibic stibiconite stibine stibious

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Stimulants drugs
Stimulants drugs that have an arousal effect on the central nervous system, causing a rise in heart rate, blood pressure and muscular

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