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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's will to achieve |
| Synonyms: | ambition, clout, effort, energy, enterprise, fire in belly, get-up-and-go, goods*, gumption*, guts*, impellent, impetus, impulse, initiative, momentum, motivation, motive, moxie*, pep, pressure, punch*, push*, right stuff, spunk*, steam, stuff*, vigor, vitality, what it takes, zip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impulse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drive, resolve |
| Synonyms: | actuation, appeal, bent, caprice, catalyst, desire, disposition, excitant, extemporization, fancy, feeling, flash*, goad, hunch, impellent, impulsion, incitation, incitement, inclination, influence, inspiration, instinct, itch, lash, lust, mind, motivation, motive, notion, passion, spontaneity, spur, thought, urge, vagary, whim, whimsy, wish, yen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get-up-and-go |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drive |
| Synonyms: | ambition, clout, effort, energy, enterprise, fire in belly, goods*, gumption*, guts*, hustle, impellent, impetus, impulse, initiative, momentum, motivation, motive, moxie*, pep, pressure, punch*, push*, right stuff, spunk*, steam, stuff*, vigor, vitali |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | Impulse. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
impulse, sudden thought; impromptu, improvisation; inspiration, flash, spurt. improvisatore; creature of impulse.
-verbs
flash on the mind., say what comes uppermost; improvise, extemporize.
-adjectives
extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate; snap; improvised, improvisate, improvisatory; unpremeditated, unmeditated; improvise; unprompted, unguided; natural, unguarded; spontaneous (voluntary); instinctive.
-adverbs
extempore, extemporaneously; offhand, impromptu, a limproviste; improviso; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion.
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