Propelling Synonyms and Antonyms

Give an incentive for action
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. prompting
  2. moving
  3. motivating
  4. triggering
  5. stimulating
  6. spurring
  7. inciting
  8. provoking
  9. prodding
  10. pricking
  11. piquing
  12. instigating
  13. inspiring
  14. inflaming
  15. impelling
  16. goading
  17. galvanizing
  18. fomenting
To launch with great force
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shooting
  2. projecting
  3. loosing
  4. hurtling
  5. firing
To set or keep going
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. running
  2. moving
  3. mobilizing
  4. impelling
  5. driving
Tending to or capable of propelling
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. propellant
  2. propellent
  3. propulsive

Propelling Sentence Examples

  • He turned, and was off up the stairs, propelling his bewildered wife before him.

  • The infant uses both his hands and knees in propelling himself forward.

  • It was not until 1865 that pedals were introduced as a way of propelling these fun wooden vehicles around town.

  • Instead, the ankles remain somewhat bent, catching water instead of propelling the body through it.

  • Why is the metal lead holder for my propelling pencil not advancing lead correctly?

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