Spur

//spɜː//

Synonyms for "spur" (325 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (65)

Strong matches (98)

Related words (162)

mull naze needle nerve ness nudge offshoot oilstone on the spot organ oxgoad peak pecten peninsula pic pico pike pinion pinnacle point

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Verb(21 words)

obligate oblige promote prompt provoke push rouse send set off spark off spur on stimulate sting stir stir up stoke tempt urge wake whet

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whip up

Noun(7 words)

philip prod prodding spine spur track spurring urging

Proper Noun(10 words)

spoor spoore spoores spoors spor spore spores spors spurr spurs

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

20 entries

advance boost enation encourage encouragement equip fit fit out further goad line outfit plant process prod projection

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Synonyms

2 entries

branch line goad

derived

28 entries

Prince of Wales spur bone spur great spur wheel knight's spur spur cell spur gear spur gearing spur leather spur of the moment spur on spur road spur valerian spur-heeled spur-leather spur-of-the-moment spur-royal

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entails

1 entries

injure

etymologically related_to

2 entries

sparrow spurious

form of

1 entries

speer

has context

7 entries

architecture carpentry dialectal electronics mining shipbuilding soccer

is a

8 entries

geographical region high ground minor terrain feature natural thing plant process prod projection tangible thing

manner of

5 entries

encourage equip goad promote strike

meronym

2 entries

prick rowel

part of

1 entries

boot

related to

62 entries

animal appendage bilgeway blubber brace branch buttress carcass circuit coach column cowboy crossbeam emblematic encourage ergotized

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Translations

278 translations across 68 languages.

Albanian

3 entries

mamuz noun (implement for prodding a horse)
shpor noun (implement for prodding a horse)
çapua noun (appendage near the foot)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

κέντρον noun (implement for prodding a horse)
κέντρον noun (anything that inspires or motivates)
κέντρον noun (appendage near the foot)

Arabic

1 entries

مِهْمَاز noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Armenian

3 entries

բիտ noun (appendage near the foot)
խթան noun (implement for prodding a horse)
կոտոշ noun (appendage near the foot)

Assamese

1 entries

আল noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

mahmız noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Belarusian

2 entries

астро́га noun (implement for prodding a horse)
шпо́ра noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Bulgarian

4 entries

подбуда noun (anything that inspires or motivates)
пришпорване noun (jab given with the spurs)
разклонение noun (mining: branch of a vein)
следа noun (track of an animal — see also track)

Catalan

4 entries

contrafort noun (projection from a mountain or mountain range)
esperó noun (implement for prodding a horse)
esperonar verb (to prod)
esperonar verb (to urge or encourage to action)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

刺激 noun (anything that inspires or motivates)
山嘴 noun (projection from a mountain or mountain range)
支線 /支线 noun (any protruding part)
激勵 /激励 noun (anything that inspires or motivates)

Czech

4 entries

ostruha noun (implement for prodding a horse)
ostruha noun (appendage near the foot)
pobídnout verb (to prod)
pobídnout verb (to urge or encourage to action)

Danish

3 entries

spore noun (implement for prodding a horse)
spore noun (anything that inspires or motivates)
spore noun (appendage near the foot)

Dutch

4 entries

spoor noun (implement for prodding a horse)
aanmoedigen verb (to urge or encourage to action)
aansporen verb (to urge or encourage to action)
bewegen verb (to urge or encourage to action)

Esperanto

4 entries

sprono noun (implement for prodding a horse)
sprono noun (anything that inspires or motivates)
sprono noun (appendage near the foot)
sproni verb (to prod)

Estonian

1 entries

kannus noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Finnish

4 entries

haara noun (any protruding part)
haarake noun (projection from a mountain or mountain range)
jäljet noun (track of an animal — see also track)
jälki noun (track of an animal — see also track)

French

4 entries

embranchement noun (any protruding part)
ergot noun (appendage near the foot)
éperon noun (implement for prodding a horse)
stimuler verb (to urge or encourage to action)

Galician

4 entries

acicate noun (anything that inspires or motivates)
aguilloada noun (anything that inspires or motivates)
aliciente noun (anything that inspires or motivates)
espora noun (implement for prodding a horse)

German

4 entries

Ansporn noun (anything that inspires or motivates)
Eckblatt noun (architecture: projection from the round base of a column)
Sporn noun (implement for prodding a horse)
anspornen verb (to urge or encourage to action)

Greek

1 entries

σπιρούνι noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Hebrew

4 entries

דָּרְבָּן noun (implement for prodding a horse)
דורבן noun (implement for prodding a horse)
דִּרְבֵּן verb (to prod)
דִּרְבֵּן verb (to urge or encourage to action)

Hindi

1 entries

महमेज़ noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Hungarian

3 entries

sarkantyú noun (implement for prodding a horse)
megsarkantyúz verb (to prod)
sarkall verb (to urge or encourage to action)

Icelandic

1 entries

spori noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Indonesian

2 entries

taji noun (appendage near the foot)
memacu verb (to prod)

Ingrian

2 entries

kannus noun (implement for prodding a horse)
kannus noun (appendage near the foot)

Irish

2 entries

brod noun (implement for prodding a horse)
spor noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Italian

4 entries

cima noun (projection from a mountain or mountain range)
diramazione noun (any protruding part)
divaricazione noun (any protruding part)
guglia noun (projection from a mountain or mountain range)

Japanese

4 entries

刺激 noun (anything that inspires or motivates)
拍車 noun (implement for prodding a horse)
拍車をかける verb (to prod)
突く verb (to prod)

Kazakh

4 entries

тепкі noun (implement for prodding a horse)
өкшелік noun (implement for prodding a horse)
жігерлендіру verb (to urge or encourage to action)
тебіну verb (to prod)

Khmer

1 entries

ក្រចាប់ noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Korean

2 entries

박차 noun (implement for prodding a horse)
박차를 가하다 verb (to urge or encourage to action)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

шпора noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Latin

4 entries

calcar noun (implement for prodding a horse)
calcar noun (anything that inspires or motivates)
calcar noun (appendage near the foot)
calcarō verb (to prod)

Latvian

1 entries

piesis noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Macedonian

1 entries

мамуза noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Malay

2 entries

pacu noun (implement for prodding a horse)
taji noun (appendage near the foot)

Middle English

4 entries

spore noun (implement for prodding a horse)
spore noun (appendage near the foot)
don on spores verb (to put spurs on)
sporen verb (to prod)

Mongolian

1 entries

түлхэц noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Māori

4 entries

karahiwi noun (projection from a mountain or mountain range)
kipa noun (implement for prodding a horse)
mātātāu noun (projection from a mountain or mountain range)
taukaka noun (projection from a mountain or mountain range)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

spore noun (implement for prodding a horse)
spore noun (anything that inspires or motivates)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

spore noun (implement for prodding a horse)
spore noun (anything that inspires or motivates)

Occitan

3 entries

esperon noun (implement for prodding a horse)
esperon noun (anything that inspires or motivates)
esperon noun (appendage near the foot)

Old English

1 entries

spora noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

مهموز noun (implement for prodding a horse)
اوزنگیلمك verb (to prod)
دورتمك verb (to urge or encourage to action)
كوروكلمك verb (to urge or encourage to action)

Pashto

1 entries

مهميز noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Persian

2 entries

اسب انگیز noun (implement for prodding a horse)
مهمیز noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Polish

2 entries

ostroga noun (implement for prodding a horse)
sprone noun (projection from a mountain or mountain range)

Portuguese

4 entries

conexão noun (any protruding part)
espora noun (implement for prodding a horse)
espora noun (anything that inspires or motivates)
espora noun (appendage near the foot)

Romanian

3 entries

pinten noun (implement for prodding a horse)
pinten noun (appendage near the foot)
îndemna verb (to urge or encourage to action)

Russian

4 entries

отро́г noun (projection from a mountain or mountain range)
сти́мул noun (anything that inspires or motivates)
шпо́ра noun (implement for prodding a horse)
шпо́ра noun (appendage near the foot)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

mamuza noun (implement for prodding a horse)
ostruga noun (implement for prodding a horse)
мамуза noun (implement for prodding a horse)
оструга noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Slovak

1 entries

ostroha noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Slovene

1 entries

ostroga noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Spanish

4 entries

acicate noun (implement for prodding a horse)
acicate noun (anything that inspires or motivates)
chocoyas noun (implement for prodding a horse)
conexión noun (any protruding part)

Sundanese

1 entries

siih noun (appendage near the foot)

Swedish

4 entries

sporre noun (implement for prodding a horse)
sporre noun (anything that inspires or motivates)
sporre noun (appendage near the foot)
sporra verb (to prod)

Tagalog

3 entries

espuwelas noun (implement for prodding a horse)
tahid noun (appendage near the foot)
tari noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Tajik

1 entries

маҳмез noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Tibetan

1 entries

རྟིང་ལྕགས noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Tocharian B

1 entries

wārw verb (to urge or encourage to action)

Turkish

3 entries

mahmuz noun (implement for prodding a horse)
mahmuz noun (appendage near the foot)
mahmuzlamak verb (to prod)

Ukrainian

2 entries

остро́га noun (implement for prodding a horse)
шпо́ра noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Urdu

1 entries

مہمیز noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Uzbek

2 entries

mahmez noun (implement for prodding a horse)
shpora noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Vietnamese

2 entries

cựa noun (appendage near the foot)
đinh thúc ngựa noun (implement for prodding a horse)

Walloon

2 entries

sporon noun (implement for prodding a horse)
sporon noun (appendage near the foot)

Welsh

3 entries

sbardun noun (implement for prodding a horse)
ysbardun noun (implement for prodding a horse)
sbarduno verb (to urge or encourage to action)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

More money for education will spur economic growth.

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That's just a shot in the dark. How do you think you'll succeed by just acting on the spur of the moment like that?

Source: tatoeba (28389)

He says things on the spur of the moment.

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We eloped on the spur of the moment. It was so romantic!

Source: tatoeba (678196)

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