Synonyms for goad
goʊdgoad

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1. prod, goadnoun

   a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion

   Synonyms:
   spur, prod, spurring, urging, prodding, goading

2. goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurringverb

   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, acantha, spine, branch line, spur

3. spur, goadverb

   give heart or courage to

   Synonyms:
   needle, spur, prick

4. goadverb

   urge with or as if with a goad

   Synonyms:
   needle, spur, prick

5. goad, prickverb

   stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick

   Synonyms:
   sting, prick, prick up, prickle, needle, twinge, spur, bite, cock up

6. needle, goadverb

   goad or provoke,as by constant criticism

   "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"

   Synonyms:
   needle, spur, prick

Matched Categories

1. • Device
   • Encourage
   • Prod

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1. incite

   goad means to urge on so therefore is a synonym of incite.

   the child will goad his mother to buy him the toy.

   Submitted by JP03 on October 23, 2014  

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1. goadnoun

   Synonyms:
   prick, point

2. goadverb

   Synonyms:
   prick with a goad

3. goadverb

   Synonyms:
   incite, stimulate, instigate, urge, impel, spur, arouse, stir up, set on

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1. goadnoun

   Synonyms:
   gad, prick, instigation, spur, stimulant

2. goadverb

   Synonyms:
   urge, incite

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How to use goad in a sentence?

1. Lucretius:

   Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.

2. Jim Harper:

   They’re going to make a great show of force in order to goad states into complying, if the TSA was to turn people away at the airport, people visiting grandmothers at Easter, there’d be a great show of anger, all aimed at the TSA.

3. Marcus Aurelius:

   Now think of the things which goad man into destroying man: they are hope, envy, hatred, fear and contempt.

4. The Adelaide University-educated Hempton:

   You can goad him and he makes his positions bigger, that is even better to trade against. It's not a personal obsession - it's a way of making money.

5. Armstrong Williams:

   The media frequently wants to goad people into wars, into gladiator fights, you know. ... And I'm certainly not going to get into that.