English synonyms about - contact  

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

inspire

verb

1 inspire

Heighten or intensify.

synonyms: animate, enliven, exalt, invigorate.

Roget 836: be cheerful etc. adj.; have the mind at ease, smile, put a good face upon, keep up one's spirits; view the bright side of the picture, view things en couleur de rose [Fr.]; ridentem dicere virum [Lat.], cheer up, brighten up, light up, bear up; ... show more

Roget 824: excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect; stir the blood, fire the blood, ... show more

Roget 987: be pious etc. adj.; have faith etc. n.; believe, receive Christ; revere etc. 928; be converted &c.; ... show more

Dutch: aanmoedigen, animeren

2 inspire

Supply the inspiration for.

Dutch: inspireren

3 inspire

Serve as the inciting cause of.

synonyms: instigate, prompt.

Roget 615: induce, move; draw, draw on; bring in its train, give an impulse etc. n.; to; inspire; put up to, prompt, call up; attract, ... show more

Dutch: inspireren, inblazen

4 inspire

Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts.

synonyms: barrack, cheer, exhort, pep up, root on, urge, urge on.

5 inspire

Fill with revolutionary ideas.

synonyms: revolutionise, revolutionize.

6 inspire

Draw in (air):
— The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well.

synonyms: breathe in, inhale.


Moby thesaurus: activate, actuate, affect, affirm, afford hope, animate, arouse, aspirate, assure, augur well, awaken, bid fair, blow, bolster, boost, brace up, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out ... show more.

Find more on inspire elsewhere: etymology - rhymes - Wikipedia.

debug info: 0.068