impelling

The word “impelling” has 3 syllables: im-pel-ling

It's pronounced as /ɪmˈpɛlɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for impelling?

In the thesaurus, “impelling” has 282 synonyms and 101 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for impelling along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for impelling

a must
abetting
absolute
activating
actuating
affective
aggressive
agitative
alive
alluring
animating
appealing
arousing
arresting
arrow
assertive
astir
astonishing
at work
awakening
badgering
blackjacking
blackmailing
bomb
bracing
breathless
breathtaking
browbeating
bulldozing
bullet
bullying
burning
bustling
called-for
capital
categoric
categorical
chief
clamant
clamorous
clear
coercing
coercion
cogent
commoving
compelling
compulsion
conclusive
conspicuous
constraining
convictive
convincing
cowing
credible
critical
crucial
crying
dangerous
dart
decided
demanded
demanding
dragging
dragooning
dramatic
driving
duress
dynamic
effective
effectual
efficacious
efficient
electrifying
eloquent
emotional
emotive
emphatic
energetic
enflaming
enticing
essential
exciting
exertive
exhilarant
exigent
expressive
eye-popping
facund
far-out
felt in gut
fermenting
fine
flashy
flowing
fomenting
forceful
forcible
forcing
foremost
full-blooded
functioning
galvanizing
goad
going
grabbed by
gripping
groovy
hair-raising
hairy
hang-up
harassing
hasty
heady
heartbreaking
heartrending
heavy
hectic
hectoring
high-pressuring
hounding
hurry-up
immediate
imperative
important
importunate
impressing
impressive
impulsion
in force
in play
in process
inciting
indispensable
inducing
inflaming
influential
insistent
inspirational
inspiring
instant
instigating
interesting
intimidating
intoxicating
intriguing
inveigling
leading
life and death
lively
logical
luring
making
marked
meaningful
melodramatic
menacing
mind-bending
mind-blowing
missile
mobile
momentous
motivating
motive
movable
moving
muscling
muscular
neat
necessary
necessity
no-no
noticeable
obligating
obliging
operating
operative
overpowering
overwhelming
paramount
persuasive
plain
plausible
poignant
pointed
potent
powerful
pressing
pressure
pressuring
primary
principal
progressive
propelling
provocative
provoking
pushing
quickening
racy
raising
rallying
rapid
repression
required
resounding
restless
restraint
rip-roaring
rocket
rolling
rousing
running
rushing
rust
rustling
salient
sandbagging
seductive
sensational
serious
setting off
shaft
shaming
shell
shifting
shot
showy
significant
simmering
slick
smooth
soft sell
sound
spear
speeding
speedy
spine-tingling
spring
spur
stimulating
stimulative
stirring
streaming
strenuous
striking
stringent
strong
stunning
suppression
swarming
swaying
telling
terrorizing
threatening
thrilling
titillating
top-priority
torpedo
touch and go
touching
touchy
traveling
triggering
tripping
turned on by
turning
unambiguous
unctuous
unequivocal
valid
vehement
vigorous
violence
violent
vital
walking
wanted
weighty
wheedling
wild
winning
working
zestful

Antonyms for impelling

abeyant
aggression
allowance
allowing
ambiguous
arguing
boring
bridling
checking
constraining
containing
controlling
convincing
curbing
dampening
deterrent
discouragement
discouraging
disheartening
disinterested
dissuasive
dormant
dull
easy
equivocal
facile
fixed
freedom
guarded
halting
hesitant
hindrance
idle
immobile
implausible
impotent
improbable
inactive
incapable
incredible
indifferent
inducing
ineffective
ineffectual
inert
inessential
inhibiting
inoperative
insignificant
invalid
lazy
letting
liberty
light
mild
minor
moderate
moving
needless
nonassertive
nonemphatic
nonessential
optional
permanent
permission
permitting
persuading
quiescent
quiet
regulating
restraining
satisfying
secondary
sluggish
small
stationary
trivial
unaffecting
unbelievable
uncompelling
uncritical
understated
unemotional
unemphatic
unenthused
unenthusiastic
unexciting
unimportant
uninspiring
unlikely
unmovable
unmoving
unnecessary
unpromising
unreasonable
unstimulating
unsubstantial
unworking
voluntary
weak
wishy-washy

Meanings of impelling

verb
1. To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.
2. To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.

Example Sentences

The need to protect the environment is a strong force impelling many people to take action.
The coach's inspiring words were impelling the team to give their best performance.
The fear of failure was impelling him to work harder than ever before.
His desire to make a difference was the impelling factor behind his decision to start a non-profit.
The growing tension in the room was impelling everyone to speak up and express their concerns.

On this page you'll find 383 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to impelling, such as: a must, abetting, abeyant, absolute, activating, actuating, affective.

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