Synonyms of incitements

incitements

noun

plural of incitement

1

as in excitements

something that arouses a strong response from another

the insulting remark was all the incitement that was needed for a fight to break out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excitements
• encouragements
• motivations
• stimulations
• provocations
• stimuli
• incentives
• instigations
• stimulants
• inducements
• incitations
• frustrations
• goads
• inspirations
• enticements
• spurs
• prods
• irritants
• exasperations
• jogs
• galvanizations
• lures
• headaches
• nuisances
• inductions
• pests
• aggravations
• annoyances
• peeves
• hassles
• bothers

2

as in incentives

something that arouses action or activity

the approaching deadline was certainly an incitement to get going on the assignment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• incentives
• encouragements
• impetuses
• motivations
• stimuli
• provocations
• impulses
• stimulants
• catalysts
• yeasts
• inducements
• instigations
• reasons
• fuels
• spurs
• momenta
• goads
• shots in the arm
• incitations
• boosts
• causes
• invitations
• motives
• considerations
• antecedents
• sparks
• grounds
• occasions
• catalyzers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disincentives
• counterincentives

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of incitements

This is the most gaping vacancy of all—Trump gestures toward two American incitements, one historic, one extremely recent. — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026