inspiration

Meanings

Plural: inspirations

Noun

• arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
• a product of your creative thinking and work
  • "he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists"
• a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem
• (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings
• arousing to a particular emotion or action
• the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
• The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing.
• A single inward breath (intake of air).
• 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 people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
• The act or process of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
• A person, object, or situation which quickens or stimulates an influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
• A new idea, especially one which arises suddenly and is clever or creative.

Synonyms

aspiration, brainchild, breathing in, divine guidance, eureka, flash, inhalation, intake, motivation, spark, stirring

Antonyms

exhalation, expiration

Related Words

inspire, Muse, Pierian spring