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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in poking

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

goading the horse forward into the stall

Synonyms & Similar Words

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