Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb galvanize

3 senses of galvanize

Sense 1
startle, galvanize, galvanise -- (to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action")
       => shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback -- (surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted")

Sense 2
galvanize, galvanise -- (cover with zinc; "galvanize steel")
       => coat, surface -- (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate")

Sense 3
galvanize, galvanise -- (stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock)
       => shock -- (subject to electrical shocks)