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Speak and write with confidence.

To help you avoid using the same word too repetitively, redundantly, recurrently, incessantly, etc., etc.

Why synonyms can be useful

Your writing can sound boring if you continually keep repeating the same words. When you create sentences, you can make them more interesting by using words that mean the same as the word you are speaking about. This allows you to add flavor to your writing.

In order to make language a lot more expressive and interesting you should try to vary the words you use as often as you can.

Synonyms for (verb) inspire

Synonyms: breathe in, inhale, inspire Definition: draw in (air) Usage: Inhale deeply; inhale the fresh mountain air; The patient has trouble inspiring; The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well

Hypernyms: suspire, take a breath, breathe, respire Definition: draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs Usage: I can breathe better when the air is clean; The patient is respiring

Synonyms: inspire, revolutionise, revolutionize Definition: fill with revolutionary ideas

Hypernyms: indoctrinate Definition: teach doctrines to; teach uncritically Usage: The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples

Synonyms: inspire, instigate, prompt Definition: serve as the inciting cause of Usage: She prompted me to call my relatives

Hypernyms: cause, induce, get, have, make, stimulate Definition: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner Usage: The ads induced me to buy a VCR; My children finally got me to buy a computer; My wife made me buy a new sofa

Synonyms: cheer, inspire, pep up, urge, urge on, barrack, exhort, root on Definition: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts Usage: The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers

Hypernyms: encourage Definition: inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

Synonyms: inspire Definition: supply the inspiration for Usage: The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work

Hypernyms: occasion Definition: give occasion to

Synonyms: exalt, enliven, inspire, animate, invigorate Definition: heighten or intensify Usage: These paintings exalt the imagination

Hypernyms: excite, stimulate, stir, shake, shake up Definition: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of Usage: These stories shook the community; the civil war shook the country