Synonyms for incentive
ɪnˈsɛn tɪvin·cen·tive

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1. incentivenoun

   Antonyms:
   disincentive

2. incentivenoun

   I have no incentive to do housework right now.

   Antonyms:
   disincentive

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1. incentive

   Synonyms:
   inducement, excitation, rousing, motive, stimulus, spur

   Antonyms:
   discouragement, warning, dissuasive, prohibition, deterrent

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1. incentive, inducement, motivatornoun

   a positive motivational influence

   Synonyms:
   bonus, motivator, inducement, inducing

   Antonyms:
   deterrence, disincentive

2. bonus, incentivenoun

   an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

   Synonyms:
   motivator, fillip, bonus, inducement

   Antonyms:
   deterrence, disincentive

Matched Categories

1. • Payment
   • Rational Motive

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1. incentivenoun

   Synonyms:
   incitement, inducement, stimulus, impulse, spur, provocative, goad, motive, cause, encouragement

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1. incentivenoun

   Synonyms:
   motive, spur, incitement, stimulus, inducement provocation

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1. List of paraphrases for "incentive":

   incentives, stimulus, incitement, encouragement, inducement, motivation, impetus, incitation, enticement, spur, stimulation, boost, encouraging, motive, fillip, impulse, premium

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1. Nora Bensahel:

   He has every incentive to want the war to end in his administration on good terms, for him to be reconsidering the number of troops is clearly a political choice he does not want to have to make.

2. Gary Schnitkey:

   There still is a fixed cost out there no matter what you do, so the incentive is to go out there and get the variable cost covered and eat into the fixed cost.

3. Ben Harburg:

   Nio essentially cannibalized their own market with the ES6, there is no incentive to buy the ES8. It's the same car with a lower price point and longer range.

4. Steve Mensch:

   Tyler's had an immense impact on the business because there's really three things that make this business work : a robust tax incentive, infrastructure and a skilled workforce, tyler's provided two of those three.

5. Mark Lauritsen:

   But the fact is there's no incentive for employers to change, it definitely takes a little bit of the concern off of the meat companies.