Sparks
1 of 2biographical name
ˈspärks 
Jar*ed ˈjer-əd 1789–1866 American historian
1789–1866 American historian Sparks
2 of 2geographical name
ˈspärks
city in western Nevada east of Reno population 90,264
sparks 1 of 2
verb
1
as in sparkles
to give off sparks the broken radio sparked and smoked the instant it was plugged in Synonyms & Similar Words
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- sparkles
- flashes
- glows
- scintillates
- burns
- shines
- flames
- blazes
- combusts
- twinkles
- radiates
- lights (up)
- flares (up)
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as in triggers
to cause to function interesting questions that are designed to spark the reader's brain Synonyms & Similar Words
- triggers
- activates
- drives
- fuels
- ignites
- powers
- generates
- moves
- fires
- provokes
- starts
- sets off
- charges
- actuates
- touches off
- electrifies
- turns on
- pushes
- runs
- stimulates
- launches
- energizes
- cranks (up)
- switches
- arouses
- discharges
- incites
- excites
- releases
- trips
- reactivates
- turns over
- instigates
- vitalizes
- accelerates
- recharges
- kicks over
- catalyzes
- quickens
- stirs up
- kick-starts
- jump-starts
- steps up
- speeds (up)
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- kills
- cuts
- stops
- sticks
- arrests
- turns off
- brakes
- halts
- deactivates
- jams
- checks
- stalls
- suppresses
- slows
- cuts out
- shuts off
- stunts
- decelerates
- represses
- cuts off
- draws up
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as in provokes
to rouse to strong feeling or action President Kennedy's inspirational speeches sparked a generation of young idealists to enter the public arena Synonyms & Similar Words
- provokes
- encourages
- stimulates
- stirs
- inspires
- arouses
- incites
- excites
- moves
- piques
- ignites
- triggers
- motivates
- instigates
- motives
- induces
- drives
- impassions
- kindles
- activates
- galvanizes
- inflames
- fires (up)
- animates
- angers
- energizes
- fans
- builds a fire under
- enflames
- revs (up)
- foments
- sets off
- vitalizes
- quickens
- enrages
- bothers
- taunts
- raises
- upsets
- jeers
- pumps up
- teases
- ferments
- gets
- maddens
- annoys
- irritates
- exasperates
- abets
- aggravates
- vexes
- keys (up)
- whips (up)
- galls
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- calms
- subdues
- soothes
- tranquilizes
- tranquillizes
- placates
- mollifies
- appeases
- pacifies
sparks
2 of 2noun
as in splashes
a very small amount not a spark of interest in the actress's memoirs Synonyms & Similar Words
- splashes
- glimmers
- little
- touches
- sprinklings
- hints
- specks
- traces
- bits
- licks
- particles
- spatters
- flecks
- shadows
- rays
- dabs
- suspicions
- smacks
- bites
- streaks
- slivers
- nips
- smells
- shreds
- drops
- pinches
- crumbs
- shades
- dashes
- soupçons
- scruples
- driblets
- peanuts
- handfuls
- strains
- snaps
- drams
- smidgeons
- spots
- scintillas
- smidgens
- skoshes
- mites
- smidges
- ounces
- smidgins
- molecules
- fragments
- parts
- aces
- atoms
- dots
- grains
- tastes
- motes
- scraps
- hoots
- drops in the bucket
- splinters
- flakes
- granules
- jots
- shivers
- semblances
- whits
- scatterings
- doses
- nibbles
- vestiges
- shards
- minimums
- syllables
- patches
- smatterings
- shavings
- clippings
- minima
- portions
- flyspecks
- morsels
- iotas
- modicums
- chips
- sections
- minims
- nubbins
- tatters
- smatters
- parings
- tittles
- smithereens
- handsful
- shots
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- loads
- heaps
- lots
- piles
- masses
- deals
- stacks
- quantities
- bundles
- mountains
- messes
- gobs
- buckets
- pecks
- barrels
- oodles
- reams
- scads
- lashings
- rafts
- bushels
- fistfuls
- wealths
- abundances
- profusions
- wads
- boatloads
- much
- lashins
- overflows
- volumes
- passels
- potfuls
- excesses
- embarrassments
- surpluses
- plenties
- bonanzas
- chunks
- lumps
- superfluities
- slabs
- overages
- hunks
- overkills
- overmuch
- superabundances
- oversupplies
- overabundances
- surfeits
- sanskritist
- sanskritists
- Sanskritization
- sanskritize
- sanskrits
- sant
- sant, île d'
- santa
- Santa Ana
- Santa Anna
- Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara Channel
- santa barbara islands
- santa catalina
- Santa Catalina, Gulf of
- Santa Catarina
- Santa Clara
- Santa Clara County
- Santa Clarita
- Santa Claus
- Santa Cruz
- santa cruz
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Santa Cruz Islands
- Santa Fe