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excitatory

excitatory adjective: stimulating, exciting or causing excitation; excitative.

Adjective

excitatory (comparative more excitatory, superlative most excitatory)

  1. Stimulating, exciting or causing excitation; excitative.
    Antonyms:
    inhibitory
  2. Of or relating to excitation.

Antonyms of excitatory

Forms of excitatory

comparativemore excitatory
superlativemost excitatory

Words formed from excitatory

Questions about excitatory

What does excitatory mean?
Excitatory means stimulating, exciting or causing excitation; excitative.
What part of speech is excitatory?
Excitatory is an adjective.

Words near excitatory in the dictionary

  1. excitation functions
  2. excitational
  3. excitations
  4. excitative
  5. excitatorily
  6. excitatory
  7. excite
  8. exciteable
  9. exciteableness
  10. excited
  11. excited delirium

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