INSTIGATIONS Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

instigations

noun

plural of instigation

as in excitements

something that arouses a strong response from another without instigation of any kind, the man suddenly threw a punch

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as in incentives

something that arouses action or activity the promise of windfall profits was all the instigation they needed to invest in the scheme

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Noun

Many folks send encouragements toward OP mom and her son, while others put heat on the other parents for sexualizing their kids’ friendship.

— DeVonne Goode, Parents, 26 July 2026
All through the park, competitors and onlookers hit vapes and shout tips and encouragements into trees.

— Calin Van Paris, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of encouragements

Noun

What mattered was whether traffic could improve, whether franchisees could earn acceptable returns, whether management incentives were aligned, and whether capital allocation could change.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Reach of local media adds to the equation The decline of local media may also be changing the incentives around debates.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of incentives

Noun

Everyone has a plan, sure, and sometimes an ironclad belief in their motivations for that plan, but something always twists itself into a messy little knot in the execution.

— Brian Grubb, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
New characters and backstory details are dropped in before existing loose ends are tied up, resulting in unclear motivations and convoluted layers of subplot that, ultimately, do not prove relevant enough to have been worth disentangling.

— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2026

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