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impulses
[im-puhls] 
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impulse
[im-puhls]
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| 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
| 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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| Main Entry: | abandon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | careless disregard for consequences |
| Synonyms: | disregard, freedom, impulse, licentiousness, recklessness, spontaneity, thoughtlessness, uninhibitedness, unrestraint, wantonness, wildness |
| Antonyms: | restraint, self-restraint |
| Main Entry: | caprice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden change of behavior |
| Synonyms: | bee, caper*, changeableness, contrariety, crotchet, fad, fancy, fickleness, fitfulness, fool notion, freak, gag, humor, impulse, inconsistency, inconstancy, jerk, kink, mood, notion, peculiarity, perversity, put on*, quirk, rib, temper, thought, vagary, vein, whim, whimsy |
| Antonyms: | constancy, constant, dependability, steadfastness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | catalyst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something which incites activity |
| Synonyms: | adjuvant, agitator, enzyme, goad, impetus, impulse, incendiary, incentive, incitation, incitement, motivation, radical stimulus, reactant, reactionary, spark plug, spur, stimulant, synergist, wave maker |
| Antonyms: | block, blockage, preventer, prevention |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| 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: | excitement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiasm; incitement |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, ado, adventure, agitation, animation, bother, buzz*, commotion, confusion, discomposure, disturbance, dither, drama, elation, emotion, excitation, feeling, ferment, fever, flurry, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat*, hubbub, hullabaloo*, hurry, hysteria, impulse, instigation, intoxication, kicks, melodrama, motivation, motive, movement, passion, perturbation, provocation, rage, stimulation, stimulus, stir, thrill, titillation, to-do, trepidation, tumult, turmoil, urge, warmth, wildness |
| Antonyms: | apathy, boredom, calm, calmness, dullness, lull, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shimmer, flicker |
| Synonyms: | beam, bedazzlement, blaze, burst, coruscation, dazzle, flame, flare, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, illumination, imprint, impulse, incandescence, luster, phosphorescence, quiver, radiation, ray, reflection, scintillation, shine, spark, sparkle, streak, stream, twinkle, twinkling, vision |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical energy, power |
| Synonyms: | arm, brunt, clout, coercion, compulsion, conscription, constrait, draft, duress, dynamism, effort, enforcement, exaction, extortion, full head of steam, fury, horsepower, impact, impetus, impulse, might, momentum, muscle, pains, potency, potential, pow, pressure, punch, push, sinew, sock, speed, steam, stimulus, strain, strength, stress, strong arm, stuff*, subjection, tension, trouble, velocity, vigor, violence, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | powerlessness, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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