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arousal
Overview of noun arousal
The noun arousal has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) arousal, rousing -- (the act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions")
2. arousal -- (a state of heightened physiological activity)
3. arousal -- (awakening from sleep)
4. foreplay, arousal, stimulation -- (mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun arousal
4 senses of arousal
Sense 1
arousal, rousing
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
arousal
=> physiological state, physiological condition
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
arousal
=> wakefulness
=> waking
=> consciousness
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> physiological state, physiological condition
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
foreplay, arousal, stimulation
=> sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
=> bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
=> organic process, biological process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun arousal
3 of 4 senses of arousal
Sense 1
arousal, rousing
=> awakening, wakening, waking up
=> excitation, excitement
=> incitation, incitement
=> inflammation, inflaming
=> inspiration, stirring
=> stimulation
=> titillation
Sense 2
arousal
=> alertness, alerting
=> emotional arousal
=> excitation, innervation, irritation
=> sexual arousal
=> desire
Sense 4
foreplay, arousal, stimulation
=> caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling
=> feel
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun arousal
4 senses of arousal
Sense 1
arousal, rousing
=> change of state
Sense 2
arousal
=> physiological state, physiological condition
Sense 3
arousal
=> wakefulness
Sense 4
foreplay, arousal, stimulation
=> sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
Antonyms of noun arousal
Member Holonyms of noun arousal
Substance Holonyms of noun arousal
Part Holonyms of noun arousal
Member Meronyms of noun arousal
Substance Meronyms of noun arousal
Part Meronyms of noun arousal
Meronyms of noun arousal
Holonyms of noun arousal
Attributes of noun arousal
Derived Forms of noun arousal
2 of 4 senses of arousal
Sense 1
arousal, rousing
RELATED TO>(verb) arouse#1
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Sense 3
arousal
RELATED TO>(verb) arouse#2
=> wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
RELATED TO>(verb) arouse#5
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
Domain of noun arousal
Domain Terms of noun arousal
Familiarity of noun arousal
arousal used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun arousal
4 senses of arousal
Sense 1
arousal, rousing
> change of state
=> aeration
=> passage, transition
=> meddling, tampering
=> transfer, transference
=> termination, ending, conclusion
=> nullification, override
=> reversal
=> beginning, start, commencement
=> arousal, rousing
=> cooking, cookery, preparation
=> seasoning
=> infusion
=> improvement
=> beautification
=> decoration
=> worsening
=> degradation, debasement
=> change of color
=> soiling, soilure, dirtying
=> wetting
=> chew, chewing, mastication, manduction
=> defoliation
=> specialization, specialisation
=> spiritualization, spiritualisation
Sense 2
arousal
> physiological state, physiological condition
=> wakefulness
=> bloodiness
=> incompatibility
=> acathexia
=> angiotelectasia
=> torpor, torpidity
=> agalactia, agalactosis
=> anesthesia, anaesthesia
=> anhidrosis, anhydrosis
=> arousal
=> sleep, slumber
=> sleep, sopor
=> drive
=> elastosis
=> flatulence, flatulency, gas
=> flexure, flection, flexion
=> estrus, oestrus, heat, rut
=> anestrus, anestrum, anoestrus, anoestrum
=> hypercapnia, hypercarbia
=> hypocapnia, acapnia
=> asphyxia
=> oxygen debt
=> hyperthermia, hyperthermy
=> normothermia
=> hypothermia
=> muscularity
=> myasthenia
=> sterility, infertility
=> false pregnancy, pseudocyesis
=> pregnancy, gestation, maternity
=> rigor mortis
=> vitalization, vitalisation
=> good health, healthiness
=> fertility, fecundity
=> potency, potence
=> cellularity
=> addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation
=> suspended animation
=> cryptobiosis
=> dilatation, distension, distention
=> emmetropia
=> sedation
=> hyperpigmentation
=> hypopigmentation
=> amyxia
=> cold sweat
=> obstruction, blockage
=> poisoning, toxic condition, intoxication
=> analgesia
=> oligospermia
Sense 3
arousal
> wakefulness
=> arousal
=> vigil
Sense 4
foreplay, arousal, stimulation
> sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity
=> bondage
=> outercourse
=> safe sex
=> conception
=> sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge
=> pleasure
=> sexual love, lovemaking, making love, love, love life
=> carnal abuse
=> coupling, mating, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union
=> reproduction, procreation, breeding, facts of life
=> foreplay, arousal, stimulation
=> perversion, sexual perversion
=> autoeroticism, autoerotism
=> promiscuity, promiscuousness, sleeping around
=> lechery
=> homosexuality, homosexualism, homoeroticism, queerness, gayness
=> bisexuality
=> heterosexuality, heterosexualism, straightness
=> bestiality, zooerastia, zooerasty
Meronyms of noun arousal
4 senses of arousal
Holonyms of noun arousal
Grep of noun arousal
arousal
carousal
emotional arousal
sexual arousal
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