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impelling
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prompt, incite |
| Synonyms: | actuate, boost, compel, constrain, drive, excite, foment, force, goad, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, jog, lash, mobilize, motivate, move, oblige, poke, power, press, prod, propel, push, require, set in motion, shove, spur, start, stimulate, thrust, urge |
| Notes: | impel means to urge or encourage while compel means to take action as a result of pressure or coercion; impel is very similar in meaning to compel but suggests even more strongly an inner drive to do something and often a greater urgency in the desire to act |
| Antonyms: | delay, dissuade, repress, slow, suppress |
| Main Entry: | constraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | force |
| Synonyms: | a must, coercion, compulsion, driving, duress, goad, hang-up, impelling, impulsion, monkey*, motive, necessity, no-no, pressure, repression, restraint, spring, spur, suppression, violence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exciting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspiring, exhilarating |
| Synonyms: | agitative, animating, appealing, arousing, arresting, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, commoving, dangerous, dramatic, electrifying, exhilarant, eye-popping, far-out, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising, heady, hectic, impelling, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rip-roaring, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, titillating, wild, zestful |
| Antonyms: | boring, moderate, unenthused, unenthusiastic, unexciting, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moving |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affecting, exciting |
| Synonyms: | affective, arousing, awakening, breathless, dynamic, eloquent, emotional, emotive, expressive, facund, far-out, felt in gut, grabbed by, gripping, hairy*, heartbreaking, heartrending, impelling, impressive, inspirational, inspiring, meaningful, mind-bending, mind-blowing*, motivating, persuasive, poignant, propelling, provoking, quickening, rallying, rousing, sententious, significant, something*, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, stunning, touching, turned on by |
| Antonyms: | unaffecting, unemotional, unexciting, unmoving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | persuasive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effective, influential |
| Synonyms: | actuating, alluring, cogent, compelling, conclusive, convictive, convincing, credible, effectual, efficacious, efficient, eloquent, energetic, enticing, forceful, forcible, impelling, impressive, inducing, inspiring, inveigling, logical, luring, moving, plausible, pointed, potent, powerful, seductive, slick, smooth, sound, stimulating, stringent, strong, swaying, telling, touching, unctuous, valid, weighty, wheedling, winning |
| Antonyms: | dampening, discouraging, disheartening, dissuasive, ineffective, ineffectual |
| Main Entry: | urgent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | needing immediate attention |
| Synonyms: | burning*, called-for, capital, chief, clamant, clamorous, compelling, critical, crucial, crying*, demanded, demanding, driving, essential, exigent, foremost, heavy*, hurry-up, immediate, impelling, imperative, important, importunate, indispensable, insistent, instant, leading, life and death, momentous, necessary, paramount, persuasive, pressing, primary, principal, required, salient, serious, top-priority, touch and go, touchy*, vital, wanted, weighty |
| Antonyms: | moderate, unimportant, unnecessary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | projectile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weapon |
| Synonyms: | arrow, bomb, bullet, dart, impelling, missile, rocket, shaft, shell, shot, spear, torpedo |
| Main Entry: | going |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | active |
| Synonyms: | alive, astir, at work, bustling, effective, efficacious, exertive, flowing, functioning, hasty, impelling, in force, in play, in process, mobile, movable, moving, operating, operative, progressive, pushing, rapid, restless, rolling, running, rushing, rust |
| Main Entry: | accelerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase speed, timing |
| Synonyms: | advance, drive, dust*, expedite, fire up, forward, further, gun*, hammer on, hasten, hurry, impel, lay a patch, lay rubber, make tracks, nail it, open up, peel rubber, precipitate, put on afterburners, put pedal to metal, quicken, railroad, rev, rev up, roll*, speed up, spur, step on gas, step up, stimulate, tool* |
| Antonyms: | decelerate, defer, hinder, impede, postpone, retard, slow down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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