stimulus

Other forms of stimulus

plural

stimuli

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stimulus

What does stimulus mean?

stimulus means "any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action".

How many syllables are in stimulus?

stimulus has 3 syllables: stim-u-lus. The stress falls on "stim". In IPA it is /ˈstɪmjələs/.

What is another word for stimulus?

Close synonyms include stimulation, stimulant, input. 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 stimulus a common word?

stimulus is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.