Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word
List of synonyms from "impervious" to synonyms from "implausible"
Discover all the synonyms available for the terms implacability, impetuosity, impervious to, impetrate, impetuousness, implanted and many more. Click on one of the words below and go directly to the synonyms associated with it.
Definition of the day : « impetus »
- noun stimulus, force
- But the shock was insufficient to repel the impetus of the charge.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- There was no shock of any kind; the bridge had no impetus except from its own weight.
- Extract from : « Alexander's Bridge and The Barrel Organ » by Willa Cather and Alfred Noyes
- But now Vere had given an impetus to him—and that was surely stranger.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- The impetus of the crowd had carried Miette and Silvere along in this direction.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- It was indeed the doctor, who, carried by the impetus, rolled into the room.
- Extract from : « The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras » by Jules Verne
- She lost impulse and impetus and crept back and sank into a chair.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- It was this impression on me that gave the impetus to my answer.
- Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
- But when they had secured F12A the 6th found their impetus exhausted.
- Extract from : « The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 » by F.L. Morrison
- But there was none of the impetus of arrested motion in her attitude.
- Extract from : « The Coast of Chance » by Esther Chamberlain
- The mob charged upon them with an impetus that could not be resisted.
- Extract from : « Rabbi and Priest » by Milton Goldsmith