Antonyms for impellent
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : im-pel-uh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɛl ənt |
Definition of impellent
- As in driving : adj forceful
- As in impulse : noun drive, resolve
- As in get-up-and-go : noun drive
- As in drive : noun person's will to achieve
- Every thought carries with it the impellent energy to effect its realization.
- Extract from : « Power of Mental Imagery » by Warren Hilton
- Full of wrath, I kicked their fires out, with my impellent boots, and gave the order to inspan and to follow me at once.
- Extract from : « The Flaming Sword in Serbia and Elsewhere » by Mabel Annie Boulton Stobart
- This conception of thought as impellent—that is to say, as impelling bodily activity—is of absolutely fundamental importance.
- Extract from : « Psychology and Achievement » by Warren Hilton
- Cleve, noting the smile, divined something of the 166 impellent thought behind that smile, and he grew uneasy.
- Extract from : « The Pagan Madonna » by Harold MacGrath
Synonyms for impellent
- active
- actuation
- ambition
- appeal
- bent
- caprice
- catalyst
- clout
- compelling
- desire
- disposition
- dynamic
- effort
- energetic
- energy
- enterprise
- enterprising
- excitant
- extemporization
- fancy
- feeling
- fire in belly
- flash
- galvanic
- get-up-and-go
- goad
- goods
- gumption
- guts
- hunch
- hustle
- impellent
- impetus
- impulse
- impulsion
- incitation
- incitement
- inclination
- influence
- initiative
- inspiration
- instinct
- itch
- lash
- lively
- lust
- mind
- momentum
- motivation
- motive
- moxie
- notion
- passion
- pep
- pressure
- propulsive
- punch
- push
- right stuff
- spontaneity
- spunk
- spur
- steam
- stuff
- sweeping
- thought
- urge
- urging
- vagary
- vigor
- vigorous
- violent
- vitali
- vitality
- what it takes
- whim
- whimsy
- wish
- yen
- zip
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