Incite Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭn-sīt
To stir to action or feeling
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. excite
  2. prod
  3. motivate
  4. egg on
  5. drive
  6. foment
  7. impel
  8. goad
  9. prompt
  10. instigate
  11. actuate
  12. inflame
  13. provoke
  14. stimulate
  15. spur
  16. move
  17. arouse
  18. urge
  19. animate
  20. encourage
  21. prick
  22. coax
  23. induce
  24. abet
  25. influence
  26. inspire
  27. push
  28. stir-up
  29. propel
  30. work up
  31. trigger
  32. rouse
  33. sic
  34. exhort
  35. galvanize
  36. persuade
  37. taunt
  38. agitate
  39. activate
  40. inspirit
  41. compel
  42. fire-up
  43. pique
  44. whip-up
  45. entice
  46. flagellate
  47. urge-on
  48. lash into a fury
  49. talk into
  50. set off
  51. whip on
  52. hold sway over
  53. blow the coals
  54. lash
  55. fan the flame
  56. lure
  57. touch off
  58. seduce
  59. solicit
  60. suborn
Antonyms:
  1. discourage
  2. dissuade
  3. check
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To provoke and urge on:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. provoke
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Words Related to Incite

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. cause
  2. criminalise
  3. commit genocide
  4. defame
  5. stirring-up

Incite Sentence Examples

  • Rather than incite her, it left her sleepy.

  • It went into schools to incite minds and get them thinking.

  • Do not post comments which are likely to incite religious or racial intolerance of any sort.

  • Under these circumstances, Bacon, who feared that such a report might incite other people to attempt a similar offence, proposed to the king that a second rumour should be circulated in order to destroy the impression caused by the first.

  • Old Marshal de Noailles tried to incite Louis XV.

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