stimulator

Something that arouses

A stimulator is something that stimulates—that activates, encourages, or increases activity.

The term appears in medical and scientific contexts for devices that deliver electrical impulses: a nerve stimulator, a muscle stimulator.

More broadly, anything that provokes response or growth can be called a stimulator: a stimulator of economic development, a stimulator of creative thinking.

activator

catalyst

Agent enabling change

inducer · igniter · starter · impulse · generator · instigator · energizer · precipitator · inciter · promoter

sexual

vibrator

Device producing oscillations

intimate · arousal · sensation · erotic

motivator

inspiration

Source of creative impulse

momentum · catalyst · drive · spur · goad · prod · prompt · influence · muse · energizer

medical

electrode

Conductive interface point

nerve · muscle · implant · probe · pulse · electrical · therapeutic · neural · cardiac · transcranial

provocateur

agitator

One who foments discord

troublemaker · pot-stirrer · antagonist · fomenter · inciter · disruptor · gadfly · contrarian · inflammatory · radical

enhancer

amplifier

Signal-strengthening electronic device

fortifier · reinforcer · magnifier · optimizer · strengthener · accelerant · supplement · additive · adjuvant · synergist

Categories
Opposites
physiological/psychological effect

stimulatordepressant

Agent that reduces activity

sedative · inhibitor · suppressor · suppressant · tranquilizer

motivational influence

stimulatordiscourager

One who dampens motivation

demotivator · inhibitor · deterrent · suppressant · dampener

Phrases
Family

stimulate, stimulating, stimulated, stimulation, stimulates, overstimulated, overstimulation, overstimulate, stimulations

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