provoke

/pɹəvˈoʊk/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
   “arouse pity”
2. evoke or provoke to appear or occur
   “Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple”
3. provide the needed stimulus for
4. annoy continually or chronically
   “He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked”

Synonyms for provoke

• arouse
• elicit
• enkindle
• kindle
• evoke
• fire
• raise
• call forth
• kick up
• stimulate
• harass
• hassle
• harry
• chivy
• chivvy
• chevy
• chevvy
• beset
• plague
• molest

Words that rhyme with provoke

• choke
• stroke
• soak
• poke
• smoke
• yoke
• joke
• baroque
• cloak
• evoke
• coke
• croak
• folk
• invoke
• revoke
• artichoke
• backstroke
• countryfolk
• oak
• spoke
• yolk
• bespoke
• bloke
• broke
• convoke
• keystroke
• masterstroke
• moke
• slowpoke
• stoke