thought-provoking

1. 1.

   stimulating interest or thought

   “a challenging hypothesis”

   “a thought-provoking book”

   Synonymschallenging

   Similarstimulating

Questions about thought-provoking

What does thought-provoking mean?

thought-provoking means "stimulating interest or thought".

How many syllables are in thought-provoking?

thought-provoking has 4 syllables: thought--pro-vo-king. The stress falls on "pro".

What is another word for thought-provoking?

Close synonyms include challenging. 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.