INDUCEMENTS Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word inducements. (close relations)
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allurements | nounn | |||||||
noun • attractiveness • the power to entice or attract through personal charm • the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) | ||||||||
attractions | nounn | |||||||
noun • the force by which one object attracts another • an entertainment that is offered to the public • the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts • a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts • an entertainer who attracts large audiences | ||||||||
encouragements | nounn | |||||||
noun • the expression of approval and support • the act of giving hope or support to someone • the feeling of being encouraged | ||||||||
enticements | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that seduces or has the quality to seduce • qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward • the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire | ||||||||
goads | verbv | |||||||
noun • a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion • a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something verb • give heart or courage to • urge with or as if with a goad • stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick • annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism | ||||||||
impetuses | ||||||||
noun • Something that impels; a stimulating factor. • A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse. • The force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus. • An activity in response to a stimulus. | ||||||||
incentives | nounn | |||||||
noun • a positive motivational influence • an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output | ||||||||
incitements | nounn | |||||||
noun • an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating • needed encouragement • something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action • the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion | ||||||||
inducers | nounn | |||||||
noun • an agent capable of activating specific genes • someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on | ||||||||
instigations | nounn | |||||||
noun • the verbal act of urging on • deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord) | ||||||||
lures | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward • anything that serves as an enticement • something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed verb • provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion | ||||||||
motivations | nounn | |||||||
noun • the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior • the condition of being motivated • the act of motivating; providing incentive | ||||||||
motivators | nounn | |||||||
noun • a positive motivational influence | ||||||||
persuasions | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action • a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty | ||||||||
prompts | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken) • (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command adjective satellite • according to schedule or without delay; on time • ready and willing or quick to act • performed with little or no delay verb • give an incentive for action • serve as the inciting cause of • assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned | ||||||||
provocations | nounn | |||||||
noun • unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment • something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action • needed encouragement | ||||||||
seductions | nounn | |||||||
noun • enticing someone astray from right behavior • an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone | ||||||||
spurs | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something • any sharply pointed projection • tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers • a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward • a railway line connected to a trunk line verb • incite or stimulate • give heart or courage to • strike with a spur • goad with spurs • equip with spurs | ||||||||
stimulants | nounn | |||||||
noun • any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action • a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process adjective satellite • that stimulates | ||||||||
temptations | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that seduces or has the quality to seduce • the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid • the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire | ||||||||