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  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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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How to use spur in a sentence?

1. Liu Haiying:

   The central bank needs more monetary easing measures to spur growth.

2. Monica Arango:

   Her reality should spur a serious debate as to the risks to health and life such abortion laws have.

3. Dag Hammarskjld:

   Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

4. 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.

5. David Hume:

   Avarice, the spur of industry.