Synonyms of shot in the arm

shot in the arm

phrase

as in incentive

something that arouses action or activity

Getting laid off was the shot in the arm he needed to go back to school.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• incentive
• impetus
• encouragement
• motivation
• stimulus
• reason
• impulse
• momentum
• catalyst
• yeast
• spur
• stimulant
• cause
• invitation
• consideration
• provocation
• incitement
• incitation
• instigation
• goad
• fuel
• boost
• inducement
• motive
• occasion
• grounds
• antecedent
• spark
• catalyzer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disincentive
• counterincentive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shot in the arm

As officers were examining the shooting site, a separate patrol unit stopped a speeding white 2019 BMW 330i near South 11th and Keyes streets and discovered one of the occupants was the third victim, a man who had been shot in the arm. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026