Synonyms of the word

foment

• v. To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
• v. (medicine) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.
• n. Fomentation.

agitate

• v. (transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action.
• v. (intransitive, rare) To move or actuate.
• v. (transitive) To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb.
• v. (transitive) To discuss with great earnestness; to debate.
• v. (transitive) To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot.

bath

• n. A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
• n. A building or area where bathing occurs.
• n. The act of bathing.
• n. A substance or preparation in which something is immersed.
• v. (transitive) To wash a person or animal in a bath.
• n. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23 L or 6 gallons).

bathe

• v. (intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
• v. (intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
• v. (transitive) To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
• v. (transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
• v. (figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.
• v. (intransitive) To sunbathe.
• n. (Britain, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming…

provoke

• v. (transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
• v. (transitive) To bring about a reaction.
• v. (obsolete) To appeal.

stimulate

• v. To encourage into action.
• v. To arouse an organism to functional activity.