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Synonyms for spur
spɜrspur
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Princeton's WordNet
goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurringnoun
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
"the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
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spur track, goading, spurring, prod, prodding, gad, importunity, urgency, urging, goad, acantha, spine, branch linespur, spine, acanthanoun
any sharply pointed projection
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gad, prod, sticker, spikelet, goading, urging, prickle, pricker, spine, thorn, spurring, spinal column, back, branch line, backbone, acantha, spur track, rachis, prodding, goad, vertebral columnspurnoun
tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers
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spur track, goading, spurring, prod, prodding, gad, spine, urging, acantha, branch line, goadspur, gadnoun
a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
"cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"
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generalized anxiety disorder, spur track, goading, spurring, prod, prodding, gad, spine, urging, acantha, branch line, goad, anxiety reactionbranch line, spur track, spurverb
a railway line connected to a trunk line
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spur track, goading, spurring, prod, goad, gad, spine, urging, acantha, prodding, branch linespurverb
incite or stimulate
"The Academy was formed to spur research"
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goadspur, goadverb
give heart or courage to
spurverb
strike with a spur
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goadspurverb
goad with spurs
"the rider spurred his horse"
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goadspurverb
equip with spurs
"spur horses"
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goad
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Editors Contribution
actuate
anything that pushes someone or something forward
her mother's motivational talk spurred her daughter to endure high school.
Submitted by rinat on June 1, 2017
Dictionary of English Synonymes
spurnoun
spurnoun
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incitement, stimulus, incentive, impulse, inducement, instigation, provocation, motivespurnoun
spurnoun
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ergot, horn-seed, spurred ryespurverb
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prick (with the spur)spurverb
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stimulate, incite, rouse, arouse, goad, induce, instigate, impel, urge forward, drivespurverb
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prick, gallop, hasten, press forward, press on
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
spurnoun
Synonyms:
rowel, goad, prick, snag, projection, incitement, stimulus, goad, incentive, instigation, impetus, provocation, spine (on a cock's leg)spurverb
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#8323 | sticker | |
#9233 | needle | |
#9608 | spine | |
#9689 | ips | |
#9811 | urge | |
#10285 | spike | |
#12576 | prod | |
#12747 | stimulate | |
#14066 | backbone | |
#16030 | stimulus | |
#16157 | urgency | |
#16720 | spur | |
#18084 | urging | |
#21418 | thorn | |
#22393 | epi | |
#28087 | prick | |
#28744 | talon | |
#35757 | gad | |
#42683 | incite | |
#63896 | goad | |
#73233 | prodding | |
#76428 | instigate | |
#81007 | spurring | |
#108145 | impel | |
#147890 | spikelet | |
#152228 | galvanise | |
#181895 | rachis | |
#184250 | prickle | |
#190419 | goading | |
#239372 | importunity |
How to use spur in a sentence?
This is a tragedy and the 10-year-old girl is being put through this because of draconian laws, her reality should spur a serious debate as to the risks to health and life such abortion laws have.
In the ‘ 80s, President Reagan actually came out and said President Reagan was in favor of a balanced budget convention, that spurred Washington to act. And they did n’t actually pass a balanced budget amendment, but they came extremely close. So, I think at the worst case, this will spur Congress to action. The best case, we ’ll have actual amendments that are proposed that states can consider.
On the spur of the moment youre happy and when the goals disallowed its frustrating, but you have to switch quickly, we had a lot of time left and we had a lot of opportunities to score.
It was just a spur of the moment.
So by forcing a level of transparency and making people actually explicitly say what their plan is to bring more women onto boards, more diversity onto their boards, we're going to spur people to actually act.
Translations for spur
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- esperonar, esperóCatalan, Valencian
- ostruhaCzech
- sporeDanish
- Sporn, anspornen, AnspornGerman
- sproni, spronoEsperanto
- prolongación, conexión, espolonear, acicate, incentivar, incitar, motivar, alcurnia, espuela, incentivo, animar, espolear, espolón, acicatear, extensión, estimularSpanish
- kannustaa, yllyttää, kannustin, kannusFinnish
- éperon, éperonner, ergotFrench
- sarkantyúHungarian
- խթանArmenian
- memacuIndonesian
- sprono, diramazione, stimolare, incitare, pungolare, sporgenza, montare gli speroni, incoraggiare, sperone, instigare, propaggini, protuberanza, spronare, divaricazioneItalian
- 拍車をかける, 行動, 刺激, 突く, 拍車Japanese
- kipa, taumutuMāori
- taji, pacuMalay
- aansporen, bewegen, spoor, aanmoedigenDutch
- utforskNorwegian
- ostrogaPolish
- estimular, provocar, espora, instigarPortuguese
- îndemnaRomanian
- подгонять, шпора, корень, побуждать, стимул, пришпорить, отрог, пришпориватьRussian
- оструга, mamuza, мамуза, ostrugaSerbo-Croatian
- sporre, sporraSwedish
- mahmuzTurkish
- تمباکو نوشیUrdu
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