inspire

Verbs

  • (v) heighten or intensify
    • These paintings exalt the imagination
    animate, enliven, invigorate, exalt,
  • (v) supply the inspiration for
    • The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work
  • (v) serve as the inciting cause of
    • She prompted me to call my relatives
    instigate, prompt,
  • (v) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
    • The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
    exhort, pep up, root on, urge on, barrack, urge, cheer,
  • (v) fill with revolutionary ideas revolutionise, revolutionize,
  • (v) draw in (air)
    • Inhale deeply
    • inhale the fresh mountain air
    • The patient has trouble inspiring
    • The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well
    breathe in, inhale,

Synonyms

animate enliven invigorate exalt instigate prompt exhort pep up root on urge on barrack urge cheer revolutionise revolutionize breathe in inhale

Antonyms

breathe out exhale expire

Words of close approximity

inspired inspirer