Synonyms for incite
ɪnˈsaɪtin·cite

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1. incite

   Abet and instigate are now used almost without exception in a bad sense; one may incite either to good or evil. One incites or instigates to the doing of something not yet done, or to increased activity or further advance in the doing of it; one abets by giving sympathy, countenance, or substantial aid to the doing of that which is already projected or in process of commission. Abet and instigate apply either to persons or actions, incite to persons only; one incites a person to an action. A clergyman will advocate the claims of justice, aid the poor, encourage the despondent, support the weak, uphold the constituted authorities; but he will not incite to a quarrel, instigate a riot, or abet a crime. The originator of a crime often instigates or incites others to abet him in it, or one may instigate or incite others to a crime in the commission of which he himself takes no active part. Compare HELP.

   Synonyms:
   abet, advocate, aid, assist, countenance, embolden, encourage, instigate, promote, sanction, support, uphold

   Antonyms:
   baffle, confound, counteract, denounce, deter, disapprove, disconcert, discourage, dissuade, expose, frustrate, hinder, impede, obstruct

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1. motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, inciteverb

   give an incentive for action

   "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

   Synonyms:
   spark off, remind, act, trip, motivate, spark, run, propel, impress, strike, impel, instigate, trigger off, move, displace, make a motion, trigger, inspire, prod, proceed, affect, be active, set off, go, prompt, activate, locomote, touch off, cue, travel, egg on, actuate, stir up

2. incite, instigate, set off, stir upverb

   provoke or stir up

   "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

   Synonyms:
   motivate, start, vex, detonate, raise up, bring out, wake, offset, spark, commove, inflame, disturb, propel, shake up, take off, agitate, explode, instigate, trigger off, move, part, trigger, fire up, inspire, trip, prod, egg on, depart, set off, heat, prompt, activate, spark off, touch off, blow up, ignite, start out, foment, set forth, actuate, stir up, cancel, set out

3. prod, incite, egg onverb

   urge on; cause to act

   "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"

   Synonyms:
   stab, prod, dig, actuate, instigate, prompt, egg on, move, propel, motivate, stir up, jab, nudge, poke at, poke, set off

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1. goad

   goad means to urge on so therefore is a synonym of incite.

   the child will goad his mother to buy him the toy.

   Submitted by JP03 on October 23, 2014  

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1. inciteverb

   Synonyms:
   rouse (to action), arouse, animate, provoke, stimulate, impel, prompt, urge, encourage, spur, goad, excite, set on, spur on, stir up, work up

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1. inciteverb

   Synonyms:
   instigate, stimulate, arouse, goad, spur, impel

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1. List of paraphrases for "incite":

   incitement, seditious, instigate, incited, encourage, provoke

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1. Ike Wingate:

   I saw the story somewhere online talking about how the billboard was rejected— a little bit vague on the details as far as who and why—but it was rejected because of the messaging and my understanding that it was going to incite feelings that would not be desirable around the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, when I saw that I thought ‘that’s too bad’…I thought ‘wow it’s a shame they are not able to promote that from the standpoint of the film’ but then from a secondary standpoint the right to free speech was in some senses denied, so I didn't like that.

2. Darren Campo:

   Large news organizations hold that editorial integrity and the public trust are key to maintaining their business over the long term, even if news organizations fail, we don’t know that circular reporting of fake news could incite, say, a nuclear war. Nuclear powers with state-controlled news such as China and North Korea have not initiated global catastrophes. This is evidence that it takes more than a news report to activate a nuclear deployment.

3. Andy Biggs:

   So we just introduced it, we have some co-sponsors, but what she did was to basically incite people to come after and attack members of the president's cabinet, and also spread that out to more people.

4. Clay Grubb:

   Grubb Properties is Grubb Properties, people are trying to incite everyone not to pay. We want to give people some flexibility. But the rent is still due.

5. Otto Kleppner:

   The purpose of all higher education is to make men aware of what was and what is to incite them to probe into what may be. It seeks to teach them to understand, to evaluate, to communicate.