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Detailed Synonyms for inspire in English

inspire:

to inspire verb (inspires, inspired, inspiring)

  1. to inspire
    to inspire; to prompt; to strike into
    • inspire verb (inspires, inspired, inspiring)
    • prompt verb (prompts, prompted, prompting)
    • strike into verb (strikes into, struck into, striking into)
  2. to inspire
    to inspire; to animate
    • inspire verb (inspires, inspired, inspiring)
    • animate verb (animates, animated, animating)
  3. to inspire
    to stimulate; to encourage; to incite; to aggravate; to inspire; to motivate; encourage someone; motivate someone
  4. to inspire
    to encourage; to incite; to cheer on; to inspire; to fire; to strike into
    • encourage verb (encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
    • incite verb (incites, incited, inciting)
    • cheer on verb (cheers on, cheered on, cheering on)
    • inspire verb (inspires, inspired, inspiring)
    • fire verb (fires, fired, firing)
    • strike into verb (strikes into, struck into, striking into)
  5. to inspire
    – draw in (air) 1
    to inspire; to inhale; breathe in
    – draw in (air) 1
    • inspire verb (inspires, inspired, inspiring)
      • The patient has trouble inspiring1
      • The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well1
    • inhale verb (inhales, inhaled, inhaling)
      • inhale the fresh mountain air1
    • breathe in verb
  6. to inspire
    – fill with revolutionary ideas 1
    to inspire; revolutionise; revolutionize
    – fill with revolutionary ideas 1
  7. to inspire
    – serve as the inciting cause of 1
    to prompt; to instigate; to inspire
    – serve as the inciting cause of 1
    • prompt verb (prompts, prompted, prompting)
      • She prompted me to call my relatives1
    • instigate verb (instigates, instigated, instigating)
    • inspire verb (inspires, inspired, inspiring)
  8. to inspire
    – spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts 1
    to urge; to cheer; to inspire; to exhort; barrack; to urge on; to pep up; root on
    – spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts 1
    • urge verb (urges, urged, urging)
    • cheer verb (cheers, cheered, cheering)
      • The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers1
    • inspire verb (inspires, inspired, inspiring)
    • exhort verb (exhorts, exhorted, exhorting)
    • barrack verb
    • urge on verb (urges on, urged on, urging on)
    • pep up verb (peps up, pepped up, pepping up)
    • root on verb
  9. to inspire
    – supply the inspiration for 1
    to inspire
    – supply the inspiration for 1
    • inspire verb (inspires, inspired, inspiring)
      • The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work1
  10. to inspire
    – heighten or intensify 1
    to invigorate; to animate; to inspire; to exalt; to enliven
    – heighten or intensify 1
    • invigorate verb (invigorates, invigorated, invigorating)
    • animate verb (animates, animated, animating)
    • inspire verb (inspires, inspired, inspiring)
    • exalt verb (exalts, exalted, exalting)
      • These paintings exalt the imagination1
    • enliven verb (enlivens, enlivened, enlivening)

Conjugations for inspire:

present
  1. inspire
  2. inspire
  3. inspires
  4. inspire
  5. inspire
  6. inspire
simple past
  1. inspired
  2. inspired
  3. inspired
  4. inspired
  5. inspired
  6. inspired
present perfect
  1. have inspired
  2. have inspired
  3. has inspired
  4. have inspired
  5. have inspired
  6. have inspired
past continuous
  1. was inspiring
  2. were inspiring
  3. was inspiring
  4. were inspiring
  5. were inspiring
  6. were inspiring
future
  1. shall inspire
  2. will inspire
  3. will inspire
  4. shall inspire
  5. will inspire
  6. will inspire
continuous present
  1. am inspiring
  2. are inspiring
  3. is inspiring
  4. are inspiring
  5. are inspiring
  6. are inspiring
subjunctive
  1. be inspired
  2. be inspired
  3. be inspired
  4. be inspired
  5. be inspired
  6. be inspired
diverse
  1. inspire!
  2. let's inspire!
  3. inspired
  4. inspiring
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Alternate Synonyms for "inspire":


Antonyms for "inspire":


Related Definitions for "inspire":

  1. draw in (air)1
    • The patient has trouble inspiring1
    • The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well1
  2. fill with revolutionary ideas1
  3. serve as the inciting cause of1
  4. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts1
  5. supply the inspiration for1
    • The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work1
  6. heighten or intensify1

Related Synonyms for inspire