Synonyms of the word

whet

• v. (transitive) To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening…
• v. (transitive) To stimulate or make more keen.
• n. The act of whetting something.
• n. That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer.

excite

• v. (transitive) To stir the emotions of.
• v. (transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
• v. (transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron…
• v. To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.

quicken

• v. (transitive, now literary) To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive.
• v. (intransitive, now literary) To come back to life, receive life.
• v. (intransitive) To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited.
• v. (intransitive) Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy…
• v. (transitive) To make quicker; to hasten, speed up.
• v. (intransitive) To become faster.
• v. (shipbuilding) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper.
• n. (now chiefly Northern England) The European rowan, Sorbus aucuparia.

sharpen

• v. (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To make sharp.

stimulate

• v. To encourage into action.
• v. To arouse an organism to functional activity.

stir

• v. (transitive, dated) To change the place of in any manner; to move.
• v. (transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something…
• v. (transitive) To agitate the content of (a container) by passing something through it.
• v. (transitive) To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
• v. (transitive) To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.
• v. (intransitive) To move; to change one’s position.
• v. (intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
• v. (intransitive) To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
• v. (intransitive, poetic) To rise, or be up and about, in the morning.
• n. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
• n. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
• n. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
• n. (slang) Jail; prison.