Goad Synonyms and Antonyms

gōd
To stir to action or feeling
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. spur
  2. excite
  3. prod
  4. instigate
  5. needle
  6. egg on
  7. impel
  8. prick
  9. prompt
  10. incite
  11. provoke
  12. urge
  13. stimulate
  14. propel
  15. tease
  16. drive
  17. foment
  18. rowel
  19. galvanize
  20. whip
  21. press
  22. push
  23. ease
  24. inflame
  25. force
  26. inspire
  27. motivate
  28. move
  29. pique
  30. inspirit
  31. arouse
  32. animate
  33. encourage
  34. bully
  35. set off
  36. coerce
  37. thrust
  38. touch off
  39. trigger
  40. work up
Antonyms:
  1. restrain
  2. curb
  3. rein-in
Egg on
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. prick
Antonyms:
  1. discourage
  2. deter
  3. hold back
  4. keep back
  5. dissuade

Words Related to Goad

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Goad Sentence Examples

  • For the first time since his boyhood he no longer felt the daily goad urging him to the daily toil.

  • An ox goad was used by a farmer, or a farm laborer.

  • Surprise them with football tickets, romantic nights on the town or just goad them into a cook-off challenge; they'll love it!

  • The ox was driven forward to the altar, on which grain was spread, by members of the family of the Kentriadae (from ithi rpov, a goad), on whom this duty devolved hereditarily.

  • The name has been derived (1) from (goad) and Tavpos (bull), implying a people who were primarily herdsmen, (2) from and the common termination -avpos or aiipa (" air ") spearmen."

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