I. stir verb
1.
to cause to shift from quiescence or torpor into activity
a teacher who stirred the minds of his most sluggish students
Synonyms: arouse, awaken, bestir, challenge, kindle, rally, rouse, wake, waken, whet; compare provoke 4
Related Word: excite, galvanize, inspire, provoke, quicken, stimulate; agitate, foment, incite, instigate; activate, energize, vitalize; actuate, drive, impel, move; ||roust, rout
Idioms: make ( or have) an impact on, set astir, set on fire
2.
Synonyms: wake 1, awake, awaken, rouse, waken
3.
Synonyms: seethe 4, boil, bubble, churn, ferment, ||moil, simmer, smolder
II. stir noun
1.
signs of excited activity, hurry, or commotion
noticed a stir within the crowd
Synonyms: ado, bustle, flurry, furore, fuss, pother, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind; compare commotion 4
Related Word: agitation, disquiet, stir-up; commotion, disturbance; din, hubbub, pandemonium, stirabout, tumult
Contrasted words: calm, peace, placidity; inaction, inactivity
Antonyms: tranquillity
2.
Synonyms: motion 1, move, movement, stirring
III. ||stir noun
Synonyms: jail , ||calaboose, ||can, ||clink, cooler, ||hoosegow, jug, keep, pen, ||pokey