Thesaurus:incite
English
Verb
(transitive)
Sense: to encourage or persuade into action; to bring about a reaction
Synonyms
- abet (obsolete)
- actuate
- send
- sting
- bring about
- cheer (obsolete)
- drive
- encourage
- egg on (idiomatic)
- engender
- evoke
- excite
- foment
- goad
- grill (Scotland, US, obsolete)
- ignite (figuratively)
- impel
- incite
- induce
- inflame (figuratively)
- instigate
- invoke
- lash
- motive
- motivate
- move [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
- obligate
- oblige
- push
- promote
- prompt [⇒ thesaurus]
- provoke
- rouse
- set off
- spark off
- spur
- spur on
- stimulate
- stir
- stir up
- stoke (figurative)
- tempt
- urge
- whet
- whip up
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Translations
- Chinese: Thesaurus:慫恿
Further reading
- “615. motive” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “incite” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.