Synonyms for spur
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1. spur

   Synonyms:
   incite, goad, instigate, impel, urge, stimulate

   Antonyms:
   rein, inhibit, hold, discourage, deter, dissuade, restrain, temper, moderate

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1. goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurringnoun

   a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

   "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"

   Synonyms:
   spur track, goading, spurring, prod, prodding, gad, importunity, urgency, urging, goad, acantha, spine, branch line

2. spur, spine, acanthanoun

   any sharply pointed projection

   Synonyms:
   gad, prod, sticker, spikelet, goading, urging, prickle, pricker, spine, thorn, spurring, spinal column, back, branch line, backbone, acantha, spur track, rachis, prodding, goad, vertebral column

3. spurnoun

   tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers

   Synonyms:
   spur track, goading, spurring, prod, prodding, gad, spine, urging, acantha, branch line, goad

4. spur, gadnoun

   a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward

   "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"

   Synonyms:
   generalized anxiety disorder, spur track, goading, spurring, prod, prodding, gad, spine, urging, acantha, branch line, goad, anxiety reaction

5. branch line, spur track, spurverb

   a railway line connected to a trunk line

   Synonyms:
   spur track, goading, spurring, prod, goad, gad, spine, urging, acantha, prodding, branch line

6. spurverb

   incite or stimulate

   "The Academy was formed to spur research"

   Synonyms:
   goad

7. spur, goadverb

   give heart or courage to

   Synonyms:
   needle, goad, prick

8. spurverb

   strike with a spur

   Synonyms:
   goad

9. spurverb

   goad with spurs

   "the rider spurred his horse"

   Synonyms:
   goad

10. spurverb

    equip with spurs

    "spur horses"

    Synonyms:
    goad

Matched Categories

1. • Encourage
   • Encouragement
   • Equip
   • Goad
   • Plant Process
   • Projection
   • Promote
   • Strike

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1. actuate

   anything that pushes someone or something forward

   her mother's motivational talk spurred her daughter to endure high school.

   Submitted by rinat on June 1, 2017  

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1. spurnoun

   Synonyms:
   goad, prick, point, rowel

2. spurnoun

   Synonyms:
   incitement, stimulus, incentive, impulse, inducement, instigation, provocation, motive

3. spurnoun

   Synonyms:
   snag, point, knot, gnarl, knob, projection

4. spurnoun

   Synonyms:
   ergot, horn-seed, spurred rye

5. spurverb

   Synonyms:
   prick (with the spur)

6. spurverb

   Synonyms:
   stimulate, incite, rouse, arouse, goad, induce, instigate, impel, urge forward, drive

7. spurverb

   Synonyms:
   prick, gallop, hasten, press forward, press on

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1. spurnoun

   Synonyms:
   rowel, goad, prick, snag, projection, incitement, stimulus, goad, incentive, instigation, impetus, provocation, spine (on a cock's leg)

2. spurverb

   Synonyms:
   goad, incite, urge, stimulate, instigate, impel

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1. List of paraphrases for "spur":

   stimulate, epi, spike, encourage, talon, incentive, stimulus, galvanise, boost, ips

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1. John Locke:

   Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   A vaccine requirement for a person getting on the plane is just another level of getting people to have a mechanism that would spur them to get vaccinated; namely, you can't get on a plane unless you're vaccinated, which is just another one of the ways of getting requirements, whatever that might be.

3. Mike Pompeo:

   Strategically, the Obama administration made a bet that the deal would spur Iran to stop its rogue-state actions and conform to international norms, that bet was a loser with massive repercussions for all people living in Middle East.

4. David Hume:

   Avarice, the spur of industry.

5. Ban Ki-moon:

   Despite the demands of the Security Council to end the conflict, events and attacks that should shock our collective conscience and spur us into action have become a daily occurrence, often without comment or attention being paid to them.