Synonyms for momentum
moʊˈmɛn təmmo·men·tum

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1. momentum, impulsenoun

   an impelling force or strength

   "the car's momentum carried it off the road"

   Synonyms:
   pulsing, whim, nerve impulse, nervous impulse, impetus, urge, impulsion, caprice, pulse, neural impulse, impulse, pulsation

2. momentumnoun

   the product of a body's mass and its velocity

   "the momentum of the particles was deduced from meteoritic velocities"

   Synonyms:
   impulse

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1. • Force
   • Physical Property

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1. momentumnoun

   Synonyms:
   [L.] impetus

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1. momentumnoun

   Synonyms:
   impetus, force, moment

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1. List of paraphrases for "momentum":

   impetus, impulse, dynamic, boost, dynamism, dynamics, pulse, thrust, élan, stimulus, push, trend, elk, drive, vibrant, pace, fillip

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1. Ahmed Ali:

   The priority for ISIS now is to capitalize on the momentum that is gained from taking control of Ramadi and Palmyra because this war has been about momentum shifts.

2. Winning sentence, 1990 Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest.:

   Delores breezed along the surface of her life like a flat stone forever skipping along smooth water, rippling reality sporadically but oblivious to it consistently, until she finally lost momentum, sank, and due to an over- dose of flouride as a child which caused her to suffer from chronic apathy, doomed herself to lie forever on the floor of her life as useless as an appendix and as lonely as a five-hundred pound barbell in a steroid-free fitness center.

3. Peter de Jager:

   Sometimes being pushed to the wall gives you the momentum necessary to get over it!

4. Oprah Winfrey:

   If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race.

5. Colton Parayko:

   It’s obviously difficult. that was a good goal by Schenner and gave us a little momentum. I think that’s where on us we’ve got to continue to bring that momentum and stick with momentum. Obviously when they get one, it kind of brings it down a little bit.