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Definition of Provoke

  • 1. Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) Verb
  • 2. Evoke or provoke to appear or occur Verb
  • 3. Provide the needed stimulus for Verb
  • 4. Annoy continually or chronically Verb

Synonyms for word "provoke"

  • stimulate
  • call forth
  • evoke
  • kick up
  • arouse
  • elicit
  • enkindle
  • evoke
  • fire
  • kindle
  • raise
  • beset
  • chevvy
  • chevy
  • chivvy
  • chivy
  • harass
  • harry
  • hassle
  • molest
  • plague

Semanticaly linked words with "provoke"

  • create
  • make
  • strike a chord
  • touch a chord
  • ask for
  • invite
  • draw
  • rekindle
  • infatuate
  • prick
  • fire up
  • heat
  • ignite
  • inflame
  • stir up
  • wake
  • excite
  • shake
  • shake up
  • stimulate
  • stir
  • anger
  • discomfit
  • discompose
  • disconcert
  • untune
  • upset
  • shame
  • bruise
  • hurt
  • injure
  • offend
  • spite
  • wound
  • overcome
  • overpower
  • overtake
  • overwhelm
  • sweep over
  • whelm
  • interest
  • arouse
  • bring up
  • call down
  • call forth
  • conjure
  • conjure up
  • evoke
  • invoke
  • put forward
  • raise
  • stir
  • cause
  • do
  • make
  • pick
  • entice
  • lure
  • tempt
  • rejuvenate
  • jog
  • incite
  • instigate
  • set off
  • stir up
  • challenge
  • agitate
  • foment
  • goad
  • needle
  • annoy
  • bother
  • chafe
  • devil
  • get at
  • get to
  • gravel
  • irritate
  • nark
  • nettle
  • rag
  • rile
  • vex
  • bedevil
  • crucify
  • dun
  • frustrate
  • rag
  • torment
  • haze

Lexical Analysis for "provoke"

  1. provocative
    Adjective
    derivation
    3
    1. serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy
    2. serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy
    3. serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy
  2. provocation
    Noun
    derivation
    5
    1. needed encouragement
    2. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
    3. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
    4. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
    5. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
  3. provoker
    Noun
    derivation
    1
    1. someone who deliberately foments trouble
Words Rhyme with provoke
  • convoke
  • evoke
  • invoke
  • provoke
  • revoke
Etymology for provoke
  • etymology overprovoke
  • etymology provokable
  • etymology provokement
  • etymologically related provocateur
  • etymological origin of provoquer [French]
  • is derived from provocation
  • is derived from provocative
  • is derived from provoked
  • is derived from provokes
  • is derived from provoking
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