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propel [pruh-pel] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
propel [pruh-pel]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: throw; release into air
Synonyms: actuate, drive, force, impel, launch, mobilize, move, press, push, send, set going, set in motion, shoot, shove, start, thrust
Antonyms: hinder, hold, keep
Main Entry: actuate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: start a function or action, motivate
Synonyms: activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on, energize, excite, fire up, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, key up, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, put up to, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, turn on, work into lather, work up
Antonyms: impede, stop
Main Entry: advance
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move something forward, often quickly
Synonyms: accelerate, achieve, bring forward, come forward, conquer, continue ahead, continue on, dispatch, drive, elevate, forge ahead, gain ground, get ahead, get green light, get there, get with it, go ahead, go forth, go forward, go great guns, go places, go to town, hasten, launch, make headway, make the scene, march, move on, move onward, move up, press on, proceed, progress, promote, propel, push ahead, push on, quicken, send forward, skyrocket, speed, step forward, storm
Antonyms: back down, halt, hesitate, recede, retreat, retrogress, stop, turn, withdraw, yield
Example Sentences
  • It's a beast that can propel your business or smother it.
  • New levels of philanthropic investments can propel them beyond the subsistence support that has been far too customary.
  • Novartis has made two acquisitions that propel it to the top position among the world's generic drugmakers.
EXPAND
Main Entry: budge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dislodge from staid position
Synonyms: bend, change, change position, convince, give way, inch, influence, locomote, move, persuade, propel, push, remove, roll, shift, slide, stir, sway, yield
Main Entry: bulldoze
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: demolish
Synonyms: drive, elbow, flatten, force, jostle, level, press, propel, push, raze, shove, thrust
Antonyms: build, construct
Main Entry: drive
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move or urge on
Synonyms: act upon, actuate, animate, arouse, bulldoze, chase, coerce, compel, constrain, dog*, egg on, encourage, force, goad, goose, harass, hasten, herd, hound, hurl, hurry, hustle, impel, induce, inspire, instigate, kick, lean on, make, motivate, nag, oblige, overburden, overwork, pound, press, pressure, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, put up to, railroad, ride herd on, rouse, rush, send, shepherd, shove, spirit up, spur, steamroll, stimulate, work on, worry
Antonyms: check, curb, discourage, dissuade, halt, repress, retard, stop
Main Entry: drive
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: moving, controlling a vehicle
Synonyms: actuate, advance, bear down, bicycle, bike, burn rubber, burn up the road, coast, cruise, cycle, dash, direct, drag, fire up, floor it, fly, guide, handle, impel, lean on it, make sparks fly, manage, mobilize, motor, operate, pour it on, propel, push, ride, roll, run, send, speed, spin, start, steer, step on it, step on the gas, tailgate, tool*, transport, travel, turn, vehiculate, wheel
Antonyms: halt, stop
Main Entry: egg on
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: push to do something
Synonyms: agitate, arouse, drive, encourage, excite, exhort, goad, incite, instigate, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, rally, sic, spur, stimulate, stir up, urge, whip up
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade, hold back, talk out of
Main Entry: exhort
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: urge, warn
Synonyms: admonish, advise, beseech, bid, call upon, caution, counsel, egg on, encourage, enjoin, entreat, goad, incite, insist, persuade, plead, preach, press, pressure, prick, prod, prompt, propel, spur, stimulate
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