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impulse
Synonyms and Antonyms of impulse
- The new auto factory was just the impulse that the local economy needed.
shot in the arm
- the universal, fundamental impulse of self-preservation
favor, one-sidedness, partisanship, prejudice
endowment, faculty, flair, genius, gift, knack, talent
addiction, appetite, fancy, fondness, like, liking, preference, taste
convention, custom, habit, pattern, practice (also practise), routine, trick, way, wont
eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, kink, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity
Synonym Discussion of impulse
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- a motive for the crime
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- buying on impulse
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- a bonus was offered as an incentive
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- offered a watch as an inducement to subscribe
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- fear was a spur to action
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- thought insecurity a goad to worker efficiency
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