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Synonyms for impulse
ˈɪm pʌlsim·pulse
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
impulse
Appetite is used only of the demands of the physical system, unless otherwise expressly stated, as when we say an appetite for knowledge; passion includes all excitable impulses of our nature, as anger, fear, love, hatred, etc. Appetite is thus more animal than passion; and when we speak of passions and appetites as conjoined or contrasted, we think of the appetites as wholly physical and of the passions as, in part at least, mental or spiritual. We say an appetite for food, a passion for fame. Compare DESIRE.
Compare ANTIPATHY.
Synonyms:
appetency, appetite, craving, desire, disposition, inclination, liking, longing, lust, passion, proclivity, proneness, propensity, relish, thirst, zestAntonyms:
antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repugnance, repulsionPreposition:
He had an insatiable appetite for the marvellous.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
impulse
Synonyms:
incentive, push, incitement, force, influence, instigation, feeling, sudden thought, motiveAntonyms:
rebuff, repulse, premeditation, deliberation
Princeton's WordNet
urge, impulsenoun
an instinctive motive
"profound religious impulses"
Synonyms:
pulsing, whim, nerve impulse, nervous impulse, impetus, momentum, urge, impulsion, caprice, pulse, neural impulse, pulsation, itchcaprice, impulse, whimnoun
a sudden desire
"he bought it on an impulse"
Synonyms:
pulsing, whim, nerve impulse, nervous impulse, impetus, momentum, urge, impulsion, caprice, pulse, notion, neural impulse, whimsey, pulsation, whimsynerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse, impulsenoun
the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
"they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"
Synonyms:
pulsing, momentum, nerve impulse, nervous impulse, impetus, whim, impulsion, caprice, pulse, neural impulse, pulsation, urgepulsation, pulsing, pulse, impulsenoun
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
"the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"
Synonyms:
impulsion, pulse, beat, caprice, whim, momentum, nervous impulse, neural impulse, pulsation, heart rate, pulsing, heartbeat, nerve impulse, impetus, pulse rate, urgeimpulse, impulsion, impetusnoun
the act of applying force suddenly
"the impulse knocked him over"
Synonyms:
pulsing, whim, nerve impulse, nervous impulse, impetus, momentum, urge, drift, impulsion, caprice, pulse, neural impulse, pulsationmomentum, impulsenoun
an impelling force or strength
"the car's momentum carried it off the road"
Synonyms:
pulsing, whim, nerve impulse, nervous impulse, impetus, momentum, urge, impulsion, caprice, pulse, neural impulse, pulsation
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
impulsenoun
Synonyms:
thrust, push, impelling forceimpulsenoun
Synonyms:
passion, instinct, sudden thoughtimpulsenoun
Synonyms:
incitement, instigation, motive, influence
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#2943 | influence | |
#3587 | push | |
#3843 | pulse | |
#4015 | desire | |
#4894 | boost | |
#4973 | passion | |
#7212 | incentive | |
#7727 | notion | |
#9019 | momentum | |
#9224 | disposition | |
#9811 | urge | |
#11779 | drift | |
#12944 | appetite | |
#13290 | impulse | |
#13567 | lust | |
#16030 | stimulus | |
#16875 | motive | |
#18435 | heartbeat | |
#18981 | liking | |
#22042 | thirst | |
#22112 | craving | |
#22948 | longing | |
#23687 | inclination | |
#26441 | impetus | |
#26507 | itch | |
#27854 | relish | |
#28912 | caprice | |
#30056 | propensity | |
#33664 | whim | |
#33729 | zest | |
#47779 | whimsy | |
#49108 | pulsing | |
#56224 | incitement | |
#71655 | pulsation | |
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#115580 | proclivity | |
#174225 | proneness | |
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How to use impulse in a sentence?
I found in my accounts that men try to justify this by saying it’s their right to spread their seed and that it’s a natural impulse for them.
This is not very good, but it could also possibly play into our hands, the existing circumstances have an evident plus too: Russia has gained a new impulse towards scientific and technological development.
We need a strong earnings momentum to justify the current lofty valuations and push share prices further higher, but that's not happening, i don't see a lasting positive impulse coming from the reporting season and see only a marginal increase in equities in the remaining weeks of the year.
You don't get to where he is in business, you don't have a 35 year track record of success and build the kind of the companies that he's built, you know, by doing it by yourself on impulse thought, right? You bring in the best person for a given job.
Friedrich Nietzsche, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Chapter 29:
But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!
Translations for impulse
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- دافعArabic
- antull, capritx, impulsió, impuls, capriciCatalan, Valencian
- impuls sílyCzech
- impulsDanish
- Impuls, Kraftstoß, Triebkraft, Drang, innerer AntriebGerman
- ώθηση, παρόρμηση, ορμέμφυτοGreek
- impulso, caprichoSpanish
- oldeBasque
- تکانهPersian
- impulssiFinnish
- impulsionFrench
- spreagadhIrish
- impulzusHungarian
- impulsIndonesian
- aire, slancio, abbrivo, impulso, rincorsaItalian
- 衝撃, 推進力, 出来心, インパルス, 衝動Japanese
- ពលវេគKhmer
- impetusLatin
- impulsPolish
- impulsoPortuguese
- impulsRomanian
- порыв, побуждение, толчок, импульсRussian
- ingivelse, impulsSwedish
- ప్రేరణTelugu
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