excitatory

1. 1.

   (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate

   Synonymsexcitantexcitative

   Similarstimulative

Questions about excitatory

What does excitatory mean?

excitatory means "(of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate".

How many syllables are in excitatory?

excitatory has 5 syllables: ex-ci-ta-to-ry. The stress falls on "ta".

What is another word for excitatory?

Close synonyms include excitant, excitative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is excitatory a common word?

excitatory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.