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noun
physical force
Synonyms: advance, assault, attack, bearing, blow, butt, charge, drive, driving, effort, energy, exerting, exertion, forcing, impact, jolt, lean, mass, nudge, offensive, onset, poke, prod, propulsion, shove, shoving, straining, thrust, thrusting, weight
Antonyms: pull
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noun
mental determination
Synonyms: ambition, drive, dynamism, energy, enterprise, get-up-and-go, go, gumption, guts, initiative, pep, punch, snap, spunk, starch, vigor, vitality
Antonyms: discouragement, disinterest
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verb
thrust, press with force
Synonyms: accelerate, bear down, budge, bulldoze, bump, butt, crowd, crush against, depress, dig, drive, elbow, exert, force, gore, high pressure, hustle, impel, jam, jostle, launch, lie on, make one’s way, move, muscle, nudge, poke, pour it on, pressure, propel, put the arm on, railroad, ram, rest on, shift, shoulder, shove, squash, squeeze, squish, steamroll, stir, strain, strong-arm
Antonyms: pull
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verb
incite, urge
Synonyms: bear down, browbeat, bulldoze, coerce, constrain, dragoon, egg on, encourage, exert influence, expedite, fire up, goad, goose, go to town on, hurry, impel, influence, inspire, jolly, key up, kid, lean on, motivate, oblige, overpress, persuade, pour it on, press, pressure, prod, push around, put the screws to, put up to, railroad, sell on, speed, speed up, spur, squeeze, steamroll, strong-arm, turn on
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade, repress, suppress
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verb
advertise, promote
Synonyms: advance, boost, cry up, hype, make known, plug, propagandize, publicize, puff
Antonyms: conceal, hide