/ Thesaurus / I Synonyms of inspiring Find synonyms for: Verb1. inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt, stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stirusage: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"2. inspire, occasionusage: supply the inspiration for; "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"3. prompt, inspire, instigate, induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, makeusage: serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"4. cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up, encourageusage: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"5. revolutionize, revolutionise, inspire, indoctrinateusage: fill with revolutionary ideas6. inhale, inspire, breathe in, breathe, take a breath, respire, suspireusage: draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"Adjective1. inspiring (vs. uninspiring), ennobling, exaltingusage: stimulating or exalting to the spiritWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: spectral Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language