inspiration: meaning and words from its letters
11 letters · 13 letter points · starts with I · ends with N
Meaning of inspiration
noun
- uncountable
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.
- countable
A single inward breath (intake of air).
- countable, uncountable
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.
- countable, uncountable
The act or process of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
Example: She was waiting for inspiration to write a book.
Listed forms: inspirations.
Source: Wiktionary — inspiration.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for inspiration.
noun
a product of your creative thinking and work
noun
(theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings
- divine guidance
noun
arousing to a particular emotion or action
noun
the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
- inhalation
- aspiration
- intake
- breathing in
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is inspiration in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of inspiration
I(1) + N(1) + S(1) + P(3) + I(1) + R(1) + A(1) + T(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 13 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of inspiration
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from inspiration
368 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in inspiration. Showing up to 24, longest first.