All incitation synonyms

noun incitation

• motivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
• provocation — the act of provoking.
• motive — something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.
• fillip — to strike with the nail of a finger snapped from the end of the thumb.
• impetus — a moving force; impulse; stimulus: The grant for building the opera house gave impetus to the city's cultural life.
• flash — a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
• goad — a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
• incentive — something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
• stimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
• charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
• trigger — a small projecting tongue in a firearm that, when pressed by the finger, actuates the mechanism that discharges the weapon.
• boost — If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
• stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
• inducement — the act of inducing.
• bang — If something bangs, it makes a sudden loud noise, once or several times.
• sting — to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
• impulse — the influence of a particular feeling, mental state, etc.: to act under a generous impulse; to strike out at someone from an angry impulse.
• spur — a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
• incitement — the act of inciting.
• cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
• instigation — the act of instigating; incitement.
• kick — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
• invitation — the act of inviting.
• push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
• urging — to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
• catalyst — You can describe a person or thing that causes a change or event to happen as a catalyst.
• turn-on — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• fireworks — Often, fireworks. a combustible or explosive device for producing a striking display of light or a loud noise, used for signaling or as part of a celebration.
• propellant — a propelling agent.
• stimulus — something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.: The approval of others is a potent stimulus.
• encouragement — The action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.
• piquing — to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride: She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation.
• shot in the arm — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.