Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stimulation

4 senses of stimulation

Sense 1
stimulation -- (the act of arousing an organism to action)
       => arousal, rousing -- (the act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions")

Sense 2
stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input -- (any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action)
       => information -- (knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction)

Sense 3
stimulation -- ((physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.))
       => natural process, natural action, action, activity -- (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity")

Sense 4
foreplay, arousal, stimulation -- (mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse)
       => sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity -- (activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat")