Inspiration

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Stimulation of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity.
  • n. The condition of being so stimulated.
  • n. An agency, such as a person or work of art, that moves the intellect or emotions or prompts action or invention.
  • n. Something, such as a sudden creative act or idea, that is inspired.
  • n. The quality of inspiring or exalting: a painting full of inspiration.
  • n. Divine guidance or influence exerted directly on the mind and soul of humankind.
  • n. The act of drawing in, especially the inhalation of air into the lungs.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of inspiring or breathing in.
  • n. breath
  • n. The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm.
  • n. The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.
  • n. A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration.
  • n. The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates
  • n. A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of inspiring or breathing in; a drawing into the lungs, as of air; inhalation; the first movement in the act of respiration, followed by expiration.
  • n. A breathing or infusion into the mind or soul; an awakening or creation of thought, purpose, or any mental condition, by some specific external influence; intellectual exaltation; an inexplicable cognition, as the knowledge of an axiom, according to a priori philosophers.
  • n. In theology, an influence directly and immediately exerted by the Spirit of God upon the soul of man: in Christian theology, used especially with reference to the Old and New Testaments, regarded as written under the direct influence of God exercised upon the thoughts and feelings of the writers. ;
  • n. The state or condition of being inspired; determination or purpose excited by a specific external influence; communicated bent of mind.
  • n. That which is impressed by an inspiring influence; a thought or an emotion borne in upon one by an occult prompting or impulse.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem
  • n. (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings
  • n. the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
  • n. arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
  • n. arousing to a particular emotion or action
  • n. a product of your creative thinking and work
  • Antonym
    expiration   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    intuition    cognitive factor    rousing    arousal    product   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    breath   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Unknown
    Design   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    enthusiasm    insight    wisdom    revelation    happiness