REVVING (UP) Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

revving (up)

verb

Definition of revving (up)

present participle of rev (up)

as in encouraging

to rouse to strong feeling or action the team was revved up by the coach's do-or-die locker room speech

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Traditional vendor evaluations reward platforms that maximize match rates, encouraging systems to force low-confidence records into identities simply to return an answer.

— Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
As Election Day approaches, organizations like ours will be encouraging women to vote because doing so matters enormously.

— Sharon Sewell-Fairman, New York Daily News, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of encouraging

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The best of these films are simultaneously suspenseful, thought-provoking and dazzling.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 27 Oct. 2026
In 2012 American entrepreneur Russ George spread roughly 100 tons of iron in the North Pacific, provoking international criticism that a commercial venture had begun geoengineering without adequate oversight.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of provoking

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Some see promise in manipulating the gut microbiome; others are exploring the potential of stimulating the vagus nerve, eliciting a psychedelic experience or repurposing drugs that might quiet inflammation in the brain.

— Lynne Peeples, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Mounjaro and Zepbound, also made by Eli Lilly, mimic the effects of GLP-1 as well as GIP, a type of hormone that helps regulate blood sugar by stimulating insulin.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of stimulating

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Add 1 cup orzo and cook, stirring often, until golden brown and fragrant, about 5 minutes.

— Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
Andrew Durand, with his handsome crab-apple features, makes a perfectly quizzical Benjamin; Kelsee Kimmel is stirring as his true love, who shares his age just once.

— Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of stirring

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