Synonyms for incentive
ɪnˈsɛn tɪvin·cen·tive

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1. incentivenoun

   Antonyms:
   disincentive

2. incentivenoun

   I have no incentive to do housework right now.

   Antonyms:
   disincentive

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1. incentive

   Synonyms:
   inducement, excitation, rousing, motive, stimulus, spur

   Antonyms:
   discouragement, warning, dissuasive, prohibition, deterrent

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1. incentive, inducement, motivatornoun

   a positive motivational influence

   Synonyms:
   bonus, motivator, inducement, inducing

   Antonyms:
   deterrence, disincentive

2. bonus, incentivenoun

   an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

   Synonyms:
   motivator, fillip, bonus, inducement

   Antonyms:
   deterrence, disincentive

Matched Categories

1. • Payment
   • Rational Motive

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1. incentivenoun

   Synonyms:
   incitement, inducement, stimulus, impulse, spur, provocative, goad, motive, cause, encouragement

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1. incentivenoun

   Synonyms:
   motive, spur, incitement, stimulus, inducement provocation

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1. List of paraphrases for "incentive":

   incentives, stimulus, incitement, encouragement, inducement, motivation, impetus, incitation, enticement, spur, stimulation, boost, encouraging, motive, fillip, impulse, premium

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How to use incentive in a sentence?

1. Steven Rosenthal:

   Otherwise you leave a loophole and incentive for these combinations to continue.

2. Saloni Roy:

   When you have a system that is target driven, there is an incentive for tax officials to squeeze every drop that they can.

3. Bob Jacobsen:

   These kinds of incentives are still very small compared to the incentive to win.

4. Nathan Brown:

   It will be difficult to cobble together a majority.  The regime is likely to find it a nuisance. Individual deputies will have an incentive to make a lot of noise or to secure benefits for those who elected them, the result is likely to seem obstructionist and venal. It will be both, but that's the way it has been designed.

5. Francisco Jose Lloreda:

   There is uncertainty for 2015 ... The tax could kill the incentive to make investments.