"stimulant" meaning in English

See stimulant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈstɪmjʊlənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stimulant.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-stimulant.wav
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} stimulant (not comparable)
  1. (pharmacology) Acting as a stimulant. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical effects
    Sense id: en-stimulant-en-adj-1Zum5dVZ Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˈstɪmjʊlənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stimulant.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-stimulant.wav Forms: stimulants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stimulant (plural stimulants)
  1. (pharmacology) A substance that acts to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body. Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs Translations (substance acting to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body): стимулант (stimulant) [masculine] (Bulgarian), estimulant [masculine] (Catalan), 興奮劑 (Chinese Mandarin), 兴奋剂 (xīngfènjì) (Chinese Mandarin), piriste (Finnish), stimulantti (Finnish), nautintoaine (english: substance used for pleasure) (Finnish), excitant [masculine] (French), stimulant [masculine] (French), estimulante [masculine] (Galician), Stimulans [neuter] (German), stimuláns (Hungarian), ardóg [feminine, informal] (Irish), stimolante [masculine] (Italian), 覚醒剤 (kakuseizai) (alt: かくせいざい) (Japanese), 각성제 (gakseongje) (alt: 覺醒劑) (Korean), 흥분제 (heungbunje) (alt: 興奮劑) (Korean), peransang (Malay), (pūroi) haupiki (Maori), (pūroi) whakaihiihi (Maori), handerker (Northern Kurdish), kartêkir [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), محرک (moharrek) (Persian), Aunreizmeddel [neuter] (Plautdietsch), używka [feminine] (Polish), estimulante [masculine] (Portuguese), stimulent [neuter] (Romanian), стимуля́тор (stimuljátor) [masculine] (Russian), estimulante [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stimulant-en-noun-Y6r6m4Dj Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences Disambiguation of 'substance acting to increase physiological or nervous activity in the body': 96 4
  2. Something that promotes activity, interest, or enthusiasm. Translations (something promoting activity, interest or enthusiasm): стимул (stimul) [masculine] (Bulgarian), estimulant [masculine] (Catalan), estimulador [masculine] (Catalan), 刺激物 (cìjīwù) (Chinese Mandarin), stimulanto (Esperanto), stimulaĵo (Esperanto), kannustin (Finnish), yllyke (Finnish), stimuláns (Hungarian), 覚醒 (kakusei) (alt: かくせい) (Japanese), estimulante [masculine] (Portuguese), stimulator [masculine] (Romanian), стимуля́тор (stimuljátor) [masculine] (Russian), сти́мул (stímul) [masculine] (Russian), estimulante [masculine] (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: psychostimulant Derived forms: biostimulant, contrastimulant, costimulant, immunostimulant, nonstimulant, phagostimulant, psychostimulant, stim

Inflected forms

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