Spur

/spɜː/

Synonyms for "spur" (389 found)

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Closest matches (78)

Noun(15 words)

goad prod acantha accelerateaccelerating forceaculea bestirringbranch linebrief promptcatapult energycomposition writing promptdrive driving encourage encouraging

abet accelerate activation actuation aculeate acuminate ambition animate appendage arm arouse art awaken barb barbel barbule bill bough branch brashly

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breakwater bundle bustle cage cape catalystcheer onchersonese cog comb constraintcoral reefcorral countenance crag crest crowd cuspidate delta dispatch drivedrive ondrove edgeegg onencourage encouragement

Verb(14 words)

accelerate industrial growthaccelerate progressactivate actuates arouses arousing bestirs boostedbring actioncatalyze catalyzes catalyzing emboldened emboldens

Adjective(2 words)

animatedcurrent technology prompts

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Verb(20 words)

energize studentsenkindled filliped fuelled galvanise galvanizes goad goaded goosed ignite incited incites inspire inspired inspires instigated instigates instigatingintensify debatekindles

Noun(26 words)

energized discussionenergizing excrescence fans fillip filliping fillips flurries foments foster fuel gad galvanizing goading goads goosing horsewhips impetuses impulsing incite

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jags jolt jolting juts kera kindling

exalt excitant excite exhort expedite fang favor file flog foment foreland forward gad gadfly gaff goadgoad ongrind group hand

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harrow haste hastenhasten onhastily head headland herd hiehie onhilltop hone hookhound onhurryhurry alonghurry onhurry uphustlehustle upimp impel impetuously impetus impromptu impulse impulsively incautiously incentive incitation incite incitement induce inducement inspiration instigate instigation instrument jag joint kindle knoll lash leg limb link lobe lobule

Adjective(3 words)

exhilarating incitiveindustrial rise

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lofty peakmember motion motivate motivation motive mountaintop move movement mull naze needle ness nudge offshoot oilstoneon the spotorgan oxgoad peak

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pecten peninsula pic pico pike pinion pinnacle point poke precipice precipitate premium press pressure prick prickle process prod projection prominence promontory prompt prompting prong propel propellant provocation provocative provokepunch cattlepushpush onpush throughquicken quill railroadrailroad throughrake rally ramification rashly ratchet recklessly reef resetride herd onroot onround uprouse rowel runner rushrush alongsandspit sawtooth school scion set sharpen shepherd sic signal snag snaggle speedspeed alongspeed onspeed upspiculate spike spine spire spit spray sprig sprocketspur onstampede steeple stimulant stimulate stimulation stimulus sting stir strap strop suddenly summit switch tail taper tendril thoughtlessly tine tongue tooth tor twig unexpectedly unpremeditatedly unthinkingly urgeurge onurging whet whipwhip alongwhip onwhiplash wing wrangle

Noun(43 words)

motivatemotivate learnersmotivate teammotivating mountain mush nerves offshoot outcrop overdrive panhandles precipitates prodding prods projection promote prompt propelling protrusionsrough push

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rowelling shock sidetrack sidetracking siding sidings spark spikes spine springboardspur trackspurring stampedes startle stimulate stimulus stirring tailwind taunt trigger urge urging whetstones

Verb(15 words)

motivated motivates pepped precipitated proddedpropel developmentpropel progresspropelled psyched rouses roweled sparked stimulated stimulates stoke

Adjective(4 words)

powerful shoveprecipitous changespiritedunpremeditated push

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More general

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advance boost device enation encourage encouragement equip fitfit outfurther goadinfluence actioninfluence growthlandform line

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More specific

13 entries

driveeconomic expansionegg ongoadgrowth accelerationinnovation surgemetal spurmountain spurprod prompt propelrock spurrowel spur

Collocations

12 entries

boot spurgeographic spurhorse spurrail spurspur demandspur developmentspur growthspur innovationspur linespur of the momentspur onspur productivity

Inflections

3 entries

spurred spurring spurs

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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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?

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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!

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