Synonyms of goading

goading

verb

present participle of goad

1

as in urging

to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action

tried to goad me into auditioning for the play

Synonyms & Similar Words

• urging
• encouraging
• nudging
• prodding
• prompting
• exhorting
• spurring
• coaxing
• pushing
• propelling
• cajoling
• provoking
• stimulating
• pressing
• imploring
• pressuring
• wheedling
• beseeching
• driving
• importuning
• inciting
• hurrying
• hustling
• egging (on)
• adjuring
• rushing
• instigating
• nagging
• needling
• fomenting
• blandishing
• high-pressuring
• soft-soaping
• stirring (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deterring
• discouraging
• dissuading
• restraining
• checking
• curbing
• inhibiting
• constraining
• braking
• holding back

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• deterring
• discouraging
• dissuading
• restraining
• checking
• curbing
• inhibiting
• constraining
• braking
• holding back

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2

as in prodding

to urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object

goading the horse forward into the stall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prodding
• spurring
• stabbing
• poking
• punching
• jabbing
• nudging
• digging
• knocking
• propelling
• jogging
• pricking
• drilling
• chucking
• sticking
• puncturing
• driving
• perforating
• piercing
• boring
• haling