Impulse


Synonyms for impulse
noun drive, resolve

desire
thought
motivation
whim
wish
influence
motive
passion
instinct
feeling

notion
inclination
hunch
yen
mind
whimsy
fancy
lust
bent
flash

goad
spontaneity
appeal
incitation
urge
itch
extemporization
catalyst
disposition
spur

inspiration
incitement
vagary
caprice
lash
excitant
actuation
impulsion
impellent

Antonyms for impulse

dislike
hate
hatred

reality
concrete
thing

discouragement
truth

Synonyms
noun throb, stimulus

impetus
vibration
pulse
movement
rush
force

shove
pressure
beat
propulsion
bump
shock

drive
push
stroke
augmentation
catalyst
thrust

surge
pulsation
lash
momentum
impulsion

Antonyms

pull

Concept Thesaurus for word impulse
3. Motion conjoined with force
Synonyms – noun

impulse
push
jog
boost [U.S.]
percussion
clash
appulse
impact
blow
tap
pat
bang
cuff
whap
kick
arietation
yerk
jab
hammer
mallet
battering ram
bat
[Science of mechanical forces] dynamics

impulsion
pulsion
jolt
throw
concussion
encounter
shock
elan
dint
rap
dab
hit
squash
punch
punce
cut
carom
plug
sledge hammer
flail
monkey
cant hook
seismometer

impetus
thrust
brunt
explosion (violence)
collision
cannon
crash
charge (attack)
stroke
slap
fillip
whack
dowse
thump
calcitration
thrust
carrom
sidewinder [U.S.]
mall
ram
pile-driving engine
cudgel (weapon)
accelerometer

momentum
shove
booming
propulsion
occursion
carambole
bump
beating (punishment)
knock
smack
slam
thwack
swap
pelt
ruade
lunge
clip
sidewipe [U.S.].
maul
rammer
punch
ax (sharp)
earthquake detector.

Synonyms – verbs

give an impetus
give a start to
boom
cant
justle
jog
bump against
impinge
clip
plug
hit
flap
beat
dash
hit hard
dowse
buffet
pink
calcitrate
come into a collision
fall foul of

impel
set going
thrust
elbow
hustle
jolt
butt against
boost [U.S.]
fan
shoot out of a cannon.
tap
dab
blow
punch
strike hard
baste
belabor
lunge
butt
enter into collision
run foul of

push
drive
prod
shoulder
hurtle
encounter
knock one’s head against
bunt
fan out
strike
rap
pat
bang
thwack
swap
pelt
fetch one a blow
yerk
strike at (attack)[more]
collide
telescope.

start
urge
foin
jostle
shove
run against
run one’s head against
carom
jab
knock
slap
thump
slam
whack
batter
patter
poke at
kick
whip (punish)
foul
throw (propel)

Synonyms – adjectives

impelling
dynamic

impulsive
dynamical

impellent
impelled.

booming

Synonyms – phrases
“a hit, a very palpable hit” [Hamlet].
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