impetuses

The word “impetuses” has 4 syllables: im-pe-tus-es

It's pronounced as /ˈɪmpɪtəsɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for impetuses?

In the thesaurus, “impetuses” has 30 synonyms and 3 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for impetuses along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for impetuses

  • antecedents
  • boosts
  • catalysts
  • catalyzers
  • causes
  • considerations
  • encouragements
  • fuels
  • goads
  • grounds
  • impulses
  • incentives
  • incitations
  • incitements
  • inducements
  • instigations
  • invitations
  • momenta
  • momentums
  • motivations
  • motives
  • occasions
  • provocations
  • reasons
  • shots in the arm
  • sparks
  • spurs
  • stimulants
  • stimuli
  • yeasts

Antonyms for impetuses

  • counter-incentives
  • counterincentives
  • disincentives

Meanings of impetuses

  • noun
    1. Something that impels; a stimulating factor.
    2. A force, either internal or external, that impels; an impulse.
    3. The force or energy associated with a moving body; a stimulus.
    4. An activity in response to a stimulus.

Example Sentences

  • Different impetuses drove the scientists to pursue their groundbreaking research.
  • The company's success was fueled by several strong impetuses over the years.
  • Political and economic impetuses often shape international relations.
  • She discussed the various impetuses behind her decision to move abroad.
  • New technologies have become major impetuses for change in the industry.

On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to impetuses, such as: antecedents, boosts, catalysts, catalyzers, causes, considerations, counter-incentives.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

machineries

  • activators
  • agencies
  • agents
  • animators
  • antecedents
  • catalysts
  • causes
  • determinants
  • drivers
  • energizers
  • executors
  • expedients
  • factors
  • generators
  • impetuses
  • incentives
  • influences
  • ingredients
  • inspirations
  • instigations
  • instigators
  • instrumentalities
  • instruments
  • launchers
  • means
  • mechanisms
  • media
  • mediums
  • ministries
  • movers
  • occasions
  • organs
  • powers
  • reasons
  • stimuli
  • sub-agencies
  • sub-agents
  • subagencies
  • subagents
  • tools
  • triggers
  • vehicles
  • weapons

yeasts

  • antecedents
  • boosts
  • catalysts
  • catalyzers
  • causes
  • considerations
  • encouragements
  • fuels
  • goads
  • grounds
  • impetuses
  • impulses
  • incentives
  • incitations
  • incitements
  • inducements
  • instigations
  • invitations
  • momenta
  • momentums
  • motivations
  • motives
  • occasions
  • provocations
  • reasons
  • shots in the arm
  • sparks
  • spurs
  • stimulants
  • stimuli

baits

  • aggravates
  • aggrieves
  • agitates
  • allurements
  • allures
  • ambushes
  • annoys
  • appeals
  • attractions
  • badgers
  • bedevils
  • beguiles
  • beleaguers
  • betrays
  • bewitches
  • boosts
  • bothers
  • browbeats
  • bugs
  • bullies
  • calls
  • captivates
  • catches
  • chafes
  • charms
  • come-ons
  • decoys
  • derides
  • discomforts
  • disturbs
  • dogs
  • draws
  • draws in
  • enchants
  • encouragements
  • enmeshes
  • ensnares
  • entanglements
  • enticements
  • entices
  • entrapments
  • entraps
  • exasperates
  • fascinates
  • frets
  • frosts
  • galls
  • gets
  • gibes
  • goads
  • grates
  • gripes
  • hagrides
  • harasses
  • harries
  • hassles
  • hazes
  • heckles
  • hectors
  • hooks
  • hounds
  • immeshes
  • impetuses
  • impulses
  • incentives
  • inducements
  • inveigles
  • irks
  • irritates
  • itches
  • jeers
  • jibes
  • leads on
  • lures
  • magnetizes
  • makes game of
  • meshes
  • mocks
  • motivations
  • mousetraps
  • nags
  • narks
  • needles
  • nets
  • nettles
  • peeves
  • persecutes
  • persuades
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  • perturbs
  • pesters
  • picks on
  • piques
  • plagues
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  • pulls
  • puts out
  • rasps
  • rides
  • ridicules
  • riles
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  • scents
  • seducements
  • seduces
  • seductions
  • siren songs
  • snares
  • snows
  • solicits
  • spinners
  • spites
  • spurs
  • stimuli
  • stool pigeons
  • tangles
  • taunts
  • teases
  • temptations
  • tempts
  • terrorizes
  • tests
  • torments
  • tortures
  • traps
  • tries
  • trolls
  • troubles
  • turn-ons
  • vexes
  • wiles

occasions

  • accidents
  • achievements
  • advances
  • adventures
  • affair
  • affairs
  • alpha and omegas
  • antecedent
  • antecedents
  • basis
  • be-all and end-alls
  • begets
  • begins
  • bits
  • break
  • breaks
  • breed
  • breeds
  • brings
  • brings about
  • brings forth
  • brings on
  • call
  • catalyzes
  • causalities
  • causations
  • cause
  • causes
  • celebration
  • chances
  • circumstance
  • circumstances
  • co-occurrences
  • coincidences
  • considerations
  • convenience
  • create
  • creates
  • crises
  • cultivates
  • decides
  • deeds
  • demand
  • determinant
  • determinants
  • determines
  • develops
  • do
  • does
  • draws on
  • effect
  • effects
  • effectuates
  • elicit
  • emergencies
  • enacts
  • encourages
  • engender
  • engenders
  • episode
  • episodes
  • establishes
  • events
  • evoke
  • excuse
  • experience
  • experiences
  • exploits
  • factors
  • fathers
  • feats
  • flashes
  • flukes
  • forwards
  • fosters
  • foundation
  • founds
  • freaks
  • furthers
  • generate
  • generates
  • give rise to
  • gives rise to
  • go
  • goings-on
  • ground
  • grounds
  • happenchances
  • happening
  • happenings
  • happenstances
  • haps
  • hatch
  • impetuses
  • inaugurates
  • incentives
  • incident
  • incidents
  • induce
  • inducement
  • induces
  • influence
  • initiates
  • innovates
  • inspirations
  • inspire
  • instant
  • instants
  • instigations
  • institutes
  • introduces
  • invokes
  • jiffies
  • junctures
  • justification
  • landmarks
  • launches
  • lead to
  • makes
  • milepost
  • mileposts
  • milestone
  • milestones
  • minutes
  • moment
  • moments
  • mothers
  • motivation
  • motive
  • move
  • muster
  • necessity
  • need
  • news
  • nourishes
  • nurtures
  • obligation
  • occurrence
  • occurrences
  • opening
  • openings
  • opportunities
  • opportunity
  • originate
  • origins
  • pages
  • passes
  • persuade
  • phenomena
  • phenomenons
  • pioneers
  • plays
  • possibility
  • produce
  • produces
  • promotes
  • prompt
  • prompting
  • prompts
  • provocation
  • provoke
  • purpose
  • reasons
  • renders
  • right
  • room
  • roots
  • scene
  • season
  • seconds
  • sets
  • sets up
  • shakes
  • shot
  • shots
  • show
  • sources
  • spaces
  • spawns
  • spells
  • split seconds
  • springs
  • starts
  • stimuli
  • stretches
  • thing
  • things
  • tidings
  • time
  • times
  • trices
  • turning points
  • turns out
  • twinkles
  • use
  • warrant
  • ways
  • while
  • whiles
  • winks
  • work up
  • works
  • yields

vehicles

  • activators
  • agencies
  • agents
  • animators
  • antecedents
  • carriers
  • cartage
  • catalysts
  • causes
  • conveyances
  • determinants
  • drivers
  • energizers
  • executors
  • expedients
  • factors
  • flux
  • freight
  • generators
  • gridlock
  • haulers
  • impetuses
  • incentives
  • influences
  • influx
  • ingredients
  • inspirations
  • instigations
  • instigators
  • instrumentalities
  • instruments
  • jam
  • launchers
  • machineries
  • means
  • mechanisms
  • media
  • mediums
  • ministries
  • movement
  • movers
  • occasions
  • organs
  • parking lot
  • passage
  • passengers
  • powers
  • reasons
  • rush hour
  • service
  • shipment
  • stimuli
  • sub-agencies
  • sub-agents
  • subagencies
  • subagents
  • tools
  • transfer
  • transit
  • transits
  • transport
  • transportation
  • transportations
  • transports
  • travel
  • triggers
  • truckage
  • weapons

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