English noun: stimulant |
1. | stimulant (cognition) any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action |
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| Synonyms | input, stimulation, stimulus |
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| Broader (hypernym) | information |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | conditioned stimulus, cue, discriminative stimulus, elicitation, evocation, induction, kick, negative stimulation, negative stimulus, positive stimulus, reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus, turn-on, turnoff |
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2. | stimulant (artifact) a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process |
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| Synonyms | excitant, stimulant drug |
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| Broader (hypernym) | drug |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | African tea, amphetamine, analeptic, aphrodisiac, Arabian tea, butyl nitrite, cat, isobutyl nitrite, kat, khat, methylphenidate, pep pill, popper, qat, quat, Ritalin, speed, upper |
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