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Verb excite has 8 senses
  1. excite - arouse or elicit a feeling
    --1 is one way to     arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
    Derived forms: noun excitement2, noun excitement1, noun excitation1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  2. stimulate, excite - act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
    --2 is one way to affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
    Derived forms: noun excitement3, noun excitation3
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  3. excite, energize, energise - raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms"
    --3 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. stimulate, excite, stir - stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
    --4 is one way to sensitize, sensitise
    Derived forms: noun excitement2, noun excitation1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  5. agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up - cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
    --5 is one way to disturb, upset, trouble
    Derived form: noun excitement3
    Sample sentences:
    The bad news will excite him
    The good news will excite her
  6. arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up - stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
    --6 is one way to stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
    Sample sentence:
    The performance is likely to excite Sue
  7. stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
    --7 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
    Derived forms: noun excitement2, noun excitation1
    Sample sentence:
    The performance is likely to excite Sue
  8. excite - produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"
    --8 is one way to     change, alter, modify
    Derived form: noun excitation2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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