stir up

Questions about stir up

What does stir up mean?

stir up means "try to stir up public opinion". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for stir up?

Close synonyms include agitate, foment, inflame, wake, ignite. 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 stir up a common word?

stir up is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.