English noun: stimulus | |||
| 1. | stimulus (cognition) any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action | ||
| Synonyms | input, stimulant, stimulation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | information | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | conditioned stimulus, cue, discriminative stimulus, elicitation, evocation, induction, kick, negative stimulation, negative stimulus, positive stimulus, reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus, turn-on, turnoff | ||