Definition for Whet:

• Sharpen by rubbing on or with stone &c.; stimulate( appetite, stomach, desire); whetstone, shaped stone for tool-sharpening, thing that sharpens the wits. ( N.) sharpening; small quantity taken to create or creating appetite for more; dram. [ old English]

Synonyms for Whet:

• n.

  •
  • chop,
  • card,
  • flail,
  • crimp,
  • drill,
  • file,
  • chase,
  • chisel,
  • cut.
  •
  • sharpen,
  • edge,
  • hone,
  • sharp,
  • acuminate.
  •hone (noun)
  • sharpen,
  • finish,
  • stone.
  •whet (noun)
  • quicken.

• v.

  •arouse, excite (verb)
  • kindle,
  • pique,
  • incite,
  • rouse,
  • enhance,
  • provoke,
  • increase,
  • awaken,
  • challenge,
  • wake,
  • stir,
  • stimulate,
  • waken,
  • rally,
  • quicken,
  • animate.
  •make sharp (verb)
  • grind,
  • edge,
  • file,
  • finish,
  • hone,
  • strop,
  • sharpen.
  •perception (verb)
  • quicken.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • sharpen,
  • motivate.
  •
  • hone.
  •edge
  • strop.
  •excite
  • feed the fire,
  • stir up.
  •intensify
  • exacerbate.
  •sharpen
  • hone,
  • make acute,
  • edge,
  • acuminate.
  •Other relevant words:
  • hypo,
  • stimulus,
  • bribe,
  • banquet,
  • pettish,
  • put in gear,
  • magnify,
  • antipasto,
  • excitement,
  • reanimate,
  • intensify,
  • revivify,
  • inducement,
  • move,
  • awaken,
  • dram,
  • full meal,
  • stimulative,
  • wet one's whistle,
  • plate,
  • rally,
  • incitement,
  • dress up,
  • excite,
  • whip,
  • agitate,
  • sharpen,
  • aggravation,
  • blowout,
  • ramify,
  • furbish up,
  • profit,
  • array,
  • set on,
  • card,
  • dessert,
  • prompting,
  • enhance,
  • deepen,
  • budge,
  • put in harness,
  • edge,
  • fractious,
  • recreate,
  • hasten,
  • condense,
  • meal,
  • disturb,
  • jazz up,
  • chop,
  • set up,
  • smorgasbord,
  • canape,
  • electrify,
  • feed the fire,
  • substantial meal,
  • work upon,
  • fast food,
  • agitation,
  • titillate,
  • excitation,
  • maturate,
  • injection,
  • reward,
  • junk food,
  • liquor,
  • triple,
  • prompt,
  • attune,
  • instigate,
  • tickle,
  • barbecue,
  • aggravating,
  • smooth,
  • focus,
  • go,
  • cultivate,
  • Exsuscitate,
  • lure,
  • strengthen,
  • mill,
  • arouse,
  • garnish,
  • fire,
  • chisel,
  • flail,
  • reset,
  • prepare,
  • carrot,
  • persuasive,
  • hot up,
  • accouter,
  • luncheon,
  • bestir,
  • dish,
  • Bara,
  • toss off,
  • collation,
  • lunch,
  • work up,
  • irritation,
  • bothersome,
  • annoying,
  • wake,
  • man,
  • mocking,
  • beef up,
  • hors d'oeuvre,
  • whip up,
  • blow up,
  • foment,
  • increase,
  • vamp up,
  • aid,
  • strop,
  • Bever,
  • irritable,
  • fan the flame,
  • displeasure,
  • speed,
  • motivation,
  • course,
  • polish,
  • repast,
  • concentrate,
  • awful,
  • point,
  • unspeakable,
  • smelt,
  • grinding,
  • appetizer,
  • resuscitate,
  • spread out,
  • sweetening,
  • grate on,
  • elaborate,
  • cranky,
  • ripen,
  • vexatious,
  • potluck,
  • stone,
  • exacerbate,
  • vivify,
  • dinner,
  • revive,
  • temper,
  • sensibilize,
  • commotion,
  • square meal,
  • motivate,
  • exasperation,
  • bait,
  • chase,
  • inspire,
  • milling,
  • impulse,
  • supper,
  • aperitif,
  • repair,
  • emotion,
  • bit,
  • refection,
  • sweetener,
  • feast,
  • grind,
  • mess,
  • crack a bottle,
  • emphasize,
  • cook,
  • aculeate,
  • regale,
  • incense,
  • mature,
  • refurbish,
  • exaggerate,
  • put up to,
  • barb,
  • ferment,
  • space,
  • impetus,
  • stir up,
  • escalate,
  • percentage,
  • fillip,
  • provocation,
  • anneal,
  • fit,
  • troublesome,
  • exhilarate,
  • cut,
  • redouble,
  • appetiser,
  • brush up,
  • galvanise,
  • challenge,
  • animation,
  • tantalize,
  • re-create,
  • goad,
  • time,
  • picnic,
  • hone,
  • allure,
  • nurture,
  • junket,
  • dreadful,
  • annoyance,
  • Betrim,
  • prod,
  • fire up,
  • Spiculate,
  • spell,
  • breakfast,
  • invigorate,
  • stimulation,
  • Regalement,
  • galling,
  • fit out,
  • entertainment,
  • stir,
  • switch on,
  • fettle,
  • attract,
  • Impassion,
  • fan,
  • encouragement,
  • taper,
  • wake up,
  • irritative,
  • spirit up,
  • cuspidate,
  • key up,
  • payment,
  • brew,
  • soup up,
  • make complex,
  • inspirit,
  • abominable,
  • make acute,
  • reinforce,
  • inflame,
  • spur,
  • pack,
  • screw up,
  • reawaken,
  • liquor up,
  • feed,
  • snack,
  • spread,
  • rig,
  • strap,
  • file,
  • incentive,
  • kindle,
  • while,
  • abrade,
  • spur on,
  • sharp,
  • infuriating,
  • tiffin,
  • dress,
  • atrocious,
  • crimp,
  • rouse,
  • dejeuner,
  • galvanize,
  • drink up,
  • refine,
  • invitation,
  • encourage,
  • acuminate,
  • affect,
  • complicate,
  • interest,
  • hop up,
  • mellow,
  • quicken,
  • drill,
  • augment,
  • provocative,
  • oilstone,
  • Appetize,
  • stretch,
  • fledge,
  • nettle,
  • chip,
  • stimulate,
  • incite,
  • waken,
  • horror,
  • blow the coals,
  • finish,
  • double,
  • instigation,
  • anger,
  • Sharpening,
  • set,
  • renovate,
  • hearty meal,
  • prick,
  • enliven,
  • aggravate,
  • heat up,
  • renew,
  • Ankus,
  • accelerate,
  • peckish,
  • equip,
  • provoke,
  • animate,
  • open out,
  • furnish,
  • arm,
  • heat,
  • foretaste,
  • season,
  • irritating,
  • Antepast,
  • bring to maturity,
  • consolidate,
  • adjust,
  • tempt,
  • prime,
  • sensitize,
  • hatch,
  • fit up,
  • Irksome,
  • excitant,
  • pique,
  • refreshment,
  • Infumate,
  • rowel,
  • heighten.

Antonyms for Whet:

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    blunt, buff, burnish, decrease, depress, discourage, dishearten, dull, numb, smooth, smother, spoil, stifle, subdue, suppress.

• v.

  • arouse, excite
    calm, weaken, decrease, deaden, lose, discourage.
  • make sharp
    dishearten, dull, dampen, blunt.
  • Other antonyms:
    dull, buff, gloss, round, polish, smooth, blunt, burnish.