Antonyms for spur
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1. spur

   Antonyms:
   rein, inhibit, hold, discourage, deter, dissuade, restrain, temper, moderate

   Synonyms:
   incite, goad, instigate, impel, urge, stimulate

Matched Categories

1. • Encourage
   • Encouragement
   • Equip
   • Goad
   • Plant Process
   • Projection
   • Promote
   • Strike

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1. goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurringnoun

   a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something

   "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"

   Synonyms:
   spur track, goading, spurring, prod, prodding, gad, importunity, urgency, urging, goad, acantha, spine, branch line

2. spur, spine, acanthanoun

   any sharply pointed projection

   Synonyms:
   gad, prod, sticker, spikelet, goading, urging, prickle, pricker, spine, thorn, spurring, spinal column, back, branch line, backbone, acantha, spur track, rachis, prodding, goad, vertebral column

3. spurnoun

   tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers

   Synonyms:
   spur track, goading, spurring, prod, prodding, gad, spine, urging, acantha, branch line, goad

4. spur, gadnoun

   a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward

   "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"

   Synonyms:
   generalized anxiety disorder, spur track, goading, spurring, prod, prodding, gad, spine, urging, acantha, branch line, goad, anxiety reaction

5. branch line, spur track, spurverb

   a railway line connected to a trunk line

   Synonyms:
   spur track, goading, spurring, prod, goad, gad, spine, urging, acantha, prodding, branch line

6. spurverb

   incite or stimulate

   "The Academy was formed to spur research"

   Synonyms:
   goad

7. spur, goadverb

   give heart or courage to

   Synonyms:
   needle, goad, prick

8. spurverb

   strike with a spur

   Synonyms:
   goad

9. spurverb

   goad with spurs

   "the rider spurred his horse"

   Synonyms:
   goad

10. spurverb

    equip with spurs

    "spur horses"

    Synonyms:
    goad

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1. spurnoun

   Synonyms:
   rowel, goad, prick, snag, projection, incitement, stimulus, goad, incentive, instigation, impetus, provocation, spine (on a cock's leg)

2. spurverb

   Synonyms:
   goad, incite, urge, stimulate, instigate, impel

How to use spur in a sentence?

1. Lisa Neith:

   This is big and huge for him to see somebody like Gary Payton. Jayden is just starting basketball himself as a beginner, so this is going to spur him on to know that he's not alone with the challenges, we're just beyond the moon.

2. Stephen Binhak:

   We learned from President Richard Nixon that the Saturday Night Massacre with the firing of Archibald Cox -- that is, an interference with the investigation into President Richard Nixon -- was enough to spur an impeachment inquiry on the White House side, and I think the same evidence exists here.

3. Lisa Bianchi Merritt:

   I've had probably three students reach out and say,' I really don't want to start my college experience from my couch,' as more colleges become more transparent about the likelihood of that, I think that's going to really spur a lot of kids to want to seriously consider a gap year.

4. Christopher Velasquez:

   It did not happen on the spur of the moment.

5. Monica Arango:

   Her reality should spur a serious debate as to the risks to health and life such abortion laws have.

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