propel

Verb

Meaning

To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move, or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls are propelled by gunpowder.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

move drive push prompt incite impel motivate launch advance send promote encourage thrust inspire provoke
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Antonyms

rest stop stay halt keep hold
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Hypernyms

make cause move displace do

Hyponyms

project fly hit carry drive launch

Related terms

propulsion

Phrases with the word

propel yourself with as much vigor as possible propel oneself through water

Derivatives

propelled propelling

Anagrams

lopper

Examples

But to manipulate men, to propel them toward goals which you-the social reformers-see, but they may not, is to deny their human essence, to treat them as objects without wills of their own, and therefore to degrade them. Isaiah Berlin

Events, time, forms, all propel the inner plot within each of us. Vanna Bonta

Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation. Angela Davis

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back. Chinese Proverb

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back. Traditional Proverb

Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without winds the vessel would not move and without a pilot she would be lost. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

proped propedeuse propedeutic propel yourself with as much vigor as possible propelargonidin propelinear