Synonyms and Antonyms for provoke

Synonyms:

• put forward
• do
• arouse
• kick up
• invoke
• conjure
• stir
• make
• bring up
• call down
• evoke
• call forth
• pick
• cause
• conjure up
• raise

Antonyms:

• sedate
• deaden
• de-energise
• de-energize
• cause to sleep

Synonyms:

• lure
• rejuvenate
• stir up
• incite
• challenge
• jog
• agitate
• instigate
• set off
• entice
• tempt
• stimulate
• foment

Antonyms:

• extinguish
• refrain
• honor
• bless
• curse

Synonyms:

• ignite
• stir up
• overwhelm
• bruise
• shame
• elicit
• arouse
• ask for
• whelm
• shake
• anger
• rekindle
• discompose
• strike a chord
• raise
• spite
• injure
• untune
• make
• wound
• overpower
• interest
• stir
• overcome
• sweep over
• draw
• prick
• invite
• fire
• disconcert
• excite
• hurt
• infatuate
• inflame
• heat
• wake
• discomfit
• overtake
• touch a chord
• upset
• shake up
• stimulate
• enkindle
• evoke
• offend
• kindle
• fire up
• create

Antonyms:

• bore
• anesthetize
• wake
• fall asleep
• stand still

Synonyms:

• crucify
• rag
• get to
• beset
• chevvy
• rile
• hassle
• irritate
• bedevil
• molest
• chevy
• devil
• dun
• goad
• vex
• haze
• chivvy
• nark
• get at
• gravel
• chafe
• needle
• frustrate
• plague
• annoy
• chivy
• bother
• nettle
• harass
• harry
• torment

Antonyms:

• depress
• strengthen
• venial sin
• lower
• fall