Definitions for stimulus

stimulus stim·u·lus

Spelling: [stim-yuh-luh s]
IPA: /ˈstɪm yə ləs/

Stimulus is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 152 anagrams from letters in stimulus (ilmsstuu).

Definitions for stimulus

noun

  1. something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.:
  2. Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that excites an organism or part to functional activity.

Origin of stimulus

1605-15; Latin: a goad

Examples for stimulus

First, they let the stimulus boost expire, which that meant an average family of three receiving benefits lost $29 per month.

Stripped of any stimulus, the expressions of this first group of people expose their true consciousness (theoretically, at least).

She would want his companionship and the stimulus of his mind, in hers.

The stimulus to variation may have come from the mother as well as the father.

Supporters of the president argue these trends are inevitable and the stimulus made a terrible situation better.

And still—an auto-bailout, a health care bill, a stimulus, the regular lifting of the debt ceiling, defense and budget deals.

Her distress was a new gratification and stimulus to her betrayer.

Isolation from the mother country was a stimulus to the inventive imagination.

The stimulus, with its emphasis on public sector jobs, did little for Main Street.

Expose him to the stimulus of necessity in an unsettled country.

Word Value for stimulus
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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