🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

estímulo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: estímulo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Stimulus/ˈstɪmjʊləs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El gobierno ofreció un estímulo fiscal."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue, or encourages activity in general.

    "Low interest rates act as a stimulus for the housing market."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

From Latin stimulus, meaning 'goad', 'prick', or 'spur'.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Stimulus"?

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Stimulus"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Stimulus" Synonym Map