elicits
Brings forth responses
Elicits means draws out or brings forth.
You elicit a response, a reaction, information, or emotion from someone or something: The comedian's joke elicited groans from the audience.
The word implies that what emerges was latent or required prompting—you don't elicit something freely offered.
Incites a reaction
- triggersCauses or activates
- incitesUrges toward action
- sparksFiery particles from friction
- arousesStirs to wakefulness
stirs · awakens · prompts · induces · generates · causes · produces · brings forth
Causes to emerge
- interviewFormal questioning session
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- inquiryRequest for information
solicitation · probing · prompting · coaxing · teasing out · gleaning · uncovering · revelation
provokes
Incites a reaction
arouses · stirs · awakens · prompts · induces · generates · causes · produces · brings forth · inspires
draws out
Causes to emerge
- interviewFormal questioning session
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
inquiry · solicitation · probing · prompting · coaxing · teasing out · gleaning · uncovering · revelation · disclosure
evokes
Brings forth mentally
- conjuresSummons by spell
- summonsFormal court notification
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
imagery · nostalgia · sentiment · empathy · pathos · poignancy · atmosphere · mood · connotations · undertones
response
Answer to stimulus
answer · retort · rejoinder · comeback · rebuttal · backlash · outcry · applause · laughter · tears