Stimulant
noun
A substance or thing that makes mental or physical activity more lively.
Coffee is a stimulant that can help you stay awake.
Often appears as...
- natural stimulant
- legal stimulant
noun
A drug that increases immediate energy and excitement, but with harmful effects over time.
Some athletes use illegal stimulants to boost their performance.
Often appears as...
- illegal stimulant
- potent stimulant
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Academic
noun
A thing or event that encourages a certain behavior.
The company's growth plan served as a stimulant for economic development.
Often appears as...
- economic stimulant
- environmental stimulant
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Formal
noun
A substance or thing that makes mental or physical activity more lively.
Coffee is a stimulant that can help you stay awake.
Often appears as...
- natural stimulant
- legal stimulant
noun
A drug that increases immediate energy and excitement, but with harmful effects over time.
Some athletes use illegal stimulants to boost their performance.
Often appears as...
- illegal stimulant
- potent stimulant
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A thing or event that encourages a certain behavior.
The company's growth plan served as a stimulant for economic development.
Often appears as...
- economic stimulant
- environmental stimulant
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Energy Boost
Stimulants are often used to describe things that increase your energy quickly.
Many students drink energy drinks as a stimulant during exams.
Pro Tip 2/3Overuse Caution
It's important to use 'stimulant' carefully, as overuse can imply addiction or dependence.
He relies on a stimulant to get through his day.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural vs Synthetic
Stimulants can be natural like coffee, or synthetic like certain medications.
She prefers a natural stimulant to synthetic ones.
Pro Tip 1/3Energy Boost
Stimulants are often used to describe things that increase your energy quickly.
Many students drink energy drinks as a stimulant during exams.
Pro Tip 2/3Overuse Caution
It's important to use 'stimulant' carefully, as overuse can imply addiction or dependence.
He relies on a stimulant to get through his day.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural vs Synthetic
Stimulants can be natural like coffee, or synthetic like certain medications.
She prefers a natural stimulant to synthetic ones.
Pro Tip 1/3Energy Boost
Stimulants are often used to describe things that increase your energy quickly.
Many students drink energy drinks as a stimulant during exams.
Pro Tip 2/3Overuse Caution
It's important to use 'stimulant' carefully, as overuse can imply addiction or dependence.
He relies on a stimulant to get through his day.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural vs Synthetic
Stimulants can be natural like coffee, or synthetic like certain medications.
She prefers a natural stimulant to synthetic ones.
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Can a divided America...
and we really don't want our children to marry them, which, in the '60s, didn't matter very much. So, the purification of the parties. Third is the internet and, as I said, it's just the most amazing stimulant for post-hoc reasoning and demonization. The tone of what's happening on the internet now is quite troubling.
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Where good ideas come...
you had an entire population that was effectively drunk all day. And you can imagine what that would be like in your own life -- and I know this is true of some of you -- if you were drinking all day -- and then you switched from a depressant to a stimulant in your life. You would have better ideas.
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Smash fear, learn...
So, moving onward. Swimming, first principles. First principles, this is very important. I find that the best results in life are often held back by false constructs and untested assumptions. And the turnaround in swimming came when a friend of mine said, "I will go a year without any stimulants" --
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What makes life worth...
Paul's oncologist tailored his chemo so he could continue working as a neurosurgeon, which initially we thought was totally impossible. When the cancer advanced and Paul shifted from surgery to writing, his palliative care doctor prescribed a stimulant medication
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Why you should define...
I was using stimulants to get going. I was using depressants to wind down and go to sleep. It was a disaster. I felt completely trapped. I bought a book on simplicity to try to find answers. And I did find a quote that made a big difference in my life,
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Why Moths are Obsessed...
almost irresistible and insects respond to ultraviolet light far more than any other wavelength at night an ultraviolet source is a super stimulant to a moth these artificial moons make moths easy targets for predators like birds bats
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What it's like to have...
as it stimulates blood flow. In addition, it lowers our cortisol levels, thus reducing anxiety, which is a common stimulant for neurological symptoms. In our lifetimes, we are all going to know someone with a neurological disorder.
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How does caffeine keep...
it's toxic to insects. But when they consume it in lower doses, as it's found in nectar, it can actually help them remember and revisit flowers. In the human body, caffeine acts as a stimulant for the central nervous system.
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Let's talk about sex -...
26% stimulants, and over 50% of us had tried marijuana. It was an epidemic! At least, that's what they told us. And marijuana was the gateway drug, leading to all the harder stuff. Of course, 92% of us were drinking alcohol,
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Why do we sleep? PIPE...
If you are a tired brain, the brain is craving things to wake it up. So drugs, stimulants. Caffeine represents the stimulant of choice across much of the Western world.
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Can a divided America...
and we really don't want our children to marry them, which, in the '60s, didn't matter very much. So, the purification of the parties. Third is the internet and, as I said, it's just the most amazing stimulant for post-hoc reasoning and demonization. The tone of what's happening on the internet now is quite troubling.
Video examples
Where good ideas come...
you had an entire population that was effectively drunk all day. And you can imagine what that would be like in your own life -- and I know this is true of some of you -- if you were drinking all day -- and then you switched from a depressant to a stimulant in your life. You would have better ideas.
Video examples
Smash fear, learn...
So, moving onward. Swimming, first principles. First principles, this is very important. I find that the best results in life are often held back by false constructs and untested assumptions. And the turnaround in swimming came when a friend of mine said, "I will go a year without any stimulants" --
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What makes life worth...
Paul's oncologist tailored his chemo so he could continue working as a neurosurgeon, which initially we thought was totally impossible. When the cancer advanced and Paul shifted from surgery to writing, his palliative care doctor prescribed a stimulant medication
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Why you should define...
I was using stimulants to get going. I was using depressants to wind down and go to sleep. It was a disaster. I felt completely trapped. I bought a book on simplicity to try to find answers. And I did find a quote that made a big difference in my life,
Video examples
Why Moths are Obsessed...
almost irresistible and insects respond to ultraviolet light far more than any other wavelength at night an ultraviolet source is a super stimulant to a moth these artificial moons make moths easy targets for predators like birds bats
Video examples
What it's like to have...
as it stimulates blood flow. In addition, it lowers our cortisol levels, thus reducing anxiety, which is a common stimulant for neurological symptoms. In our lifetimes, we are all going to know someone with a neurological disorder.
Video examples
How does caffeine keep...
it's toxic to insects. But when they consume it in lower doses, as it's found in nectar, it can actually help them remember and revisit flowers. In the human body, caffeine acts as a stimulant for the central nervous system.
Video examples
Let's talk about sex -...
26% stimulants, and over 50% of us had tried marijuana. It was an epidemic! At least, that's what they told us. And marijuana was the gateway drug, leading to all the harder stuff. Of course, 92% of us were drinking alcohol,
Video examples
Why do we sleep? PIPE...
If you are a tired brain, the brain is craving things to wake it up. So drugs, stimulants. Caffeine represents the stimulant of choice across much of the Western world.
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Nick Swardson
American Actor
For me, honestly, one of the first movies I did I was always pounding coffee, and I crashed so horribly. So I've kind of weaned myself off. You keep getting second and third winds. But for me, I've stopped doing energy drinks or any kind of stimulant. I just kind of go natural.
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Daniel Starch
American Psychologist
Advertising as the printed form of selling would seem... ultimately to be justified in so far as it serves as a means of increasing legitimate human wants, as an agency of fair and economic competition in the distribution of goods, and as a stimulant to social progress.
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Priscilla Presley
American Actress
It was more that his career was going down again and he was tired of the songs. He was tired of the routine. And there was a point where he just kind of gave up. He couldn't face being 40. And he resorted to stimulants. There's a dark side there, a really dark side.
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Tim Ferriss
American Author
There's an entire generation of male strength and endurance athletes, even recreational lifters, who have never gotten off the ephedrine-caffeine-aspirin stack. The process of getting off stimulants is really horrible.
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Howard Schultz
American Businessman
Certainly the caffeine in coffee, whether it's Starbucks or generic coffee, is somewhat of a stimulant. But if you drink it in moderation, which I think four or five cups a day is, you're fine.
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William Wordsworth
English Poet
The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.
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Thomas Huxley
English Scientist
If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is an indication on Nature's part that she did not mean him to be a head worker.
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W. C. Fields
American Comedian
I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
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Minna Antrim
American Writer
Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.
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Akkineni Nagarjuna
Indian Actor
The adulation from viewers is a huge stimulant for me, and it keeps me going.
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Nick Swardson
American Actor
For me, honestly, one of the first movies I did I was always pounding coffee, and I crashed so horribly. So I've kind of weaned myself off. You keep getting second and third winds. But for me, I've stopped doing energy drinks or any kind of stimulant. I just kind of go natural.
Quote examples
Daniel Starch
American Psychologist
Advertising as the printed form of selling would seem... ultimately to be justified in so far as it serves as a means of increasing legitimate human wants, as an agency of fair and economic competition in the distribution of goods, and as a stimulant to social progress.
Quote examples
Priscilla Presley
American Actress
It was more that his career was going down again and he was tired of the songs. He was tired of the routine. And there was a point where he just kind of gave up. He couldn't face being 40. And he resorted to stimulants. There's a dark side there, a really dark side.
Quote examples
Tim Ferriss
American Author
There's an entire generation of male strength and endurance athletes, even recreational lifters, who have never gotten off the ephedrine-caffeine-aspirin stack. The process of getting off stimulants is really horrible.
Quote examples
Howard Schultz
American Businessman
Certainly the caffeine in coffee, whether it's Starbucks or generic coffee, is somewhat of a stimulant. But if you drink it in moderation, which I think four or five cups a day is, you're fine.
Quote examples
William Wordsworth
English Poet
The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.
Quote examples
Thomas Huxley
English Scientist
If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is an indication on Nature's part that she did not mean him to be a head worker.
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W. C. Fields
American Comedian
I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
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Minna Antrim
American Writer
Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.
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Akkineni Nagarjuna
Indian Actor
The adulation from viewers is a huge stimulant for me, and it keeps me going.
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