SPURRING Synonyms

• the act of motivating; providing incentive

• impelling to action

• persuasion formulated as a suggestion

• a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)

• give an incentive for action

• provoke or stir up

• urge on; cause to act

• the act of applying force to propel something

• a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine

• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

• a road leading up to a private house

• the trait of being highly motivated

• hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver

• the act of driving a herd of animals overland

• a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)

• a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire

• (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium

• a wide scenic road planted with trees

• (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)

• operate or control a vehicle

• travel or be transported in a vehicle

• cause someone or something to move by driving

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

• to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly

• cause to move back by force or influence

• compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment

• push, propel, or press with force

• cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force

• strive and make an effort to reach a goal

• move into a desired direction of discourse

• have certain properties when driven

• work as a driver

• move by being propelled by a force

• urge forward

• proceed along in a vehicle

• strike with a driver, as in teeing off

• hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally

• excavate horizontally

• cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling

• (hunting) search for game

• (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground

• a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion

• a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

• 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

• urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

• cause to move forward with force

• give an incentive for action

• provoke or stir up

• urge on; cause to act

• provoke or stir up

• serve as the inciting cause of

• act as a stimulant

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

• cause to be alert and energetic

• cause to occur rapidly

• stir feelings in

• provide the needed stimulus for

• any sharply pointed projection

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

• an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months

• wander aimlessly in search of pleasure

• a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

• a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

• the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

• any sharply pointed projection

• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

• the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved

• a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin

• a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

• the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging

• insistent solicitation and entreaty

• a railway line connected to a trunk line

• a railway line connected to a trunk line