Meanings
nounstimulation (countable and uncountable, plural stimulations)
plural stimulations
- countableuncountableA pushing or goading toward action.
- countableuncountableAn activity causing excitement or pleasure; the act of stimulating.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
Broader
nounmutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinstimulātiō
- Englishstimulation
From Latin stimulātiō. Morphologically stimulate + -ion.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian стимулиране
- стимулиране (stimulirane)pushing or goading toward action
Catalan estimulació, estimulació
- estimulaciópushing or goading toward action
- estimulacióbiology: action or condition that creates a response
- estimulacióactivity causing excitement or pleasure
Chinese Mandarin 刺激
- 刺激 (cìjī)pushing or goading toward action
Dutch stimulatie, stimulatie
- stimulatiepushing or goading toward action
- stimulatiebiology: action or condition that creates a response
- stimulatieactivity causing excitement or pleasure
Esperanto stimulado, stimulado
- stimuladopushing or goading toward action
- stimuladobiology: action or condition that creates a response
- stimuladoactivity causing excitement or pleasure
French stimulation, stimulation
- stimulationpushing or goading toward action
- stimulationbiology: action or condition that creates a response
German Stimulation, Anregung
- Stimulationpushing or goading toward action
- Anregungpushing or goading toward action
Irish spreagthacht
- spreagthachtpushing or goading toward action
Italian stimolazione
- stimolazionebiology: action or condition that creates a response
Japanese 刺激
- 刺激 (shigeki)pushing or goading toward action
Norwegian Bokmål stimulering, stimulering
- stimuleringpushing or goading toward action
- stimuleringactivity causing excitement or pleasure
Portuguese estimulação, estímulo
- estimulaçãopushing or goading toward action
- estímulobiology: action or condition that creates a response
- estimulaçãoactivity causing excitement or pleasure
Romanian stimulare
- stimularepushing or goading toward action
Russian стимуля́ция, стимули́рование
- стимуля́ция (stimuljácija)pushing or goading toward action
- стимули́рование (stimulírovanije)pushing or goading toward action
- стимуля́ция (stimuljácija)biology: action or condition that creates a response
- стимули́рование (stimulírovanije)biology: action or condition that creates a response
- стимуля́ция (stimuljácija)activity causing excitement or pleasure
- стимули́рование (stimulírovanije)activity causing excitement or pleasure
Spanish estimulación, estimulación
- estimulaciónpushing or goading toward action
- estimulaciónbiology: action or condition that creates a response
- estimulaciónactivity causing excitement or pleasure
Cite this entry
APA
stimulation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stimulation
MLA
“stimulation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stimulation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stimulation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stimulation.
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