Synonyms for Goosing:

• v.

  •drive (verb)
  • instigate,
  • goad,
  • hound,
  • railroad,
  • send,
  • coerce,
  • hustle,
  • kick,
  • stimulate,
  • hurl,
  • overburden,
  • lean on,
  • inspire,
  • push,
  • bulldoze,
  • prompt,
  • rush,
  • provoke,
  • goose,
  • dog,
  • encourage,
  • pound,
  • animate,
  • actuate,
  • propel,
  • nag,
  • work on,
  • pressure,
  • chase,
  • hasten,
  • constrain,
  • induce,
  • steamroll,
  • force,
  • shove,
  • compel,
  • shepherd,
  • ride herd on,
  • spur,
  • arouse,
  • spirit up,
  • rouse,
  • prod,
  • worry,
  • oblige,
  • herd,
  • harass,
  • press,
  • motivate,
  • hurry,
  • impel,
  • put up to,
  • act upon,
  • overwork,
  • make,
  • egg on.
  •energize (verb)
  • pep up,
  • reinforce,
  • enable,
  • innervate,
  • arm,
  • quicken,
  • strengthen,
  • inspirit,
  • juice up,
  • liven up,
  • invigorate,
  • start up,
  • jazz up,
  • trigger,
  • activize,
  • build up,
  • fortify,
  • turn on,
  • prime,
  • empower,
  • enliven,
  • electrify,
  • put zip into,
  • pump up,
  • zap,
  • switch on,
  • sustain,
  • work up,
  • vitalize,
  • excite,
  • actify.
  •goad (verb)
  • rowel,
  • drive,
  • key up,
  • needle,
  • prick,
  • sound,
  • lash,
  • annoy,
  • tease,
  • urge,
  • bully,
  • move,
  • thrust,
  • exhort,
  • sic,
  • spark,
  • whip,
  • sting,
  • irritate,
  • fire up.
  •outwit (verb)
  • gyp,
  • JIP,
  • outsmart,
  • Juke,
  • end run,
  • figure out.
  •outwit/outsmart (verb)
  • lead astray,
  • swindle,
  • make a monkey of,
  • outfox,
  • hoodwink,
  • pull a fast one on,
  • baffle,
  • defeat,
  • overreach,
  • bamboozle,
  • outthink,
  • fox,
  • run circles around,
  • hoax,
  • bewilder,
  • mislead,
  • confuse,
  • finagle,
  • defraud,
  • end-run,
  • cap,
  • gull,
  • deceive,
  • fake out,
  • top,
  • have,
  • outjockey,
  • cheat,
  • take in,
  • circumvent,
  • dupe,
  • put one over on,
  • outguess,
  • outgeneral,
  • beat,
  • worst,
  • outdo,
  • trick,
  • make a fool of,
  • outmaneuver.
  •pique (verb)
  • incense,
  • wound,
  • offend,
  • peeve,
  • absorb,
  • displease,
  • vex,
  • give the business,
  • stir,
  • mortify,
  • kindle,
  • bother,
  • exasperate,
  • put out,
  • affront,
  • rile,
  • bug,
  • irk,
  • get under skin,
  • give a hard time,
  • miff,
  • make waves,
  • ignite,
  • get a rise out of,
  • nettle,
  • gall,
  • grab.
  •poke (verb)
  • elbow,
  • awaken,
  • punch,
  • jostle,
  • jut,
  • shoulder,
  • jab,
  • overhang,
  • HIT,
  • stick out,
  • project,
  • protrude,
  • stand out,
  • stick,
  • stab,
  • ram,
  • butt,
  • dig,
  • nudge,
  • bulge,
  • crowd.
  •prod (verb)
  • jog memory,
  • jog,
  • stir up,
  • remind.
  •push (verb)
  • browbeat,
  • push around,
  • go to town on,
  • expedite,
  • Overpress,
  • speed,
  • speed up,
  • strong-arm,
  • jolly,
  • sell on,
  • bear down,
  • dragoon,
  • exert influence,
  • pour it on,
  • kid,
  • put the screws to.
  •raise (verb)
  • honor,
  • mushroom,
  • shoot up,
  • jump,
  • heighten,
  • mobilize,
  • advance,
  • enlarge,
  • mass,
  • aggravate,
  • rally,
  • fetch up,
  • snowball,
  • gather,
  • assemble,
  • inflate,
  • dignify,
  • exalt,
  • escalate,
  • send through the roof,
  • collect,
  • forgather,
  • enhance,
  • rendezvous,
  • muster,
  • form,
  • goose up,
  • congregate,
  • pyramid,
  • congress,
  • exaggerate,
  • recruit,
  • look up,
  • levy,
  • amplify,
  • perk up,
  • intensify,
  • obtain,
  • run up,
  • magnify.
  •spur (verb)
  • favor,
  • countenance.
  •top (verb)
  • best,
  • excel,
  • blow away,
  • clobber,
  • shut out,
  • outshine,
  • outstrip,
  • overrun,
  • eclipse,
  • transcend,
  • bash,
  • better,
  • go beyond,
  • total,
  • exceed,
  • be first.
  •vitalize (verb)
  • exhilarate.

Antonyms for Goosing:

• v.

  • drive
    dissuade, stop, please, halt, retard, depress, hinder, slow, delay, discourage, let go, calm, dally, prevent, impede, rest, repress, leave alone, curb, check, procrastinate, pull, wait.
  • energize
    debilitate, bore, weary, deactivate, dull, sap, tire, dishearten, weaken, deaden.
  • goad
    praise, aid, soothe, suppress, quiet, surrender, lull, block.
  • importune
    give, command, refuse, answer, reply, help, assist.
  • induce
    lose, fail, stay, destroy, kill, repel, deter.
  • lift
    drop, receive, collect, decrease, fall, descend, appear, set down, lessen, impose, dispirit, lower, gather, demote.
  • motivate
    disconcert.
  • outwit
    encourage, guard, be honest, explain, enlighten, protect, clear up, abet, support.
  • pique
    delight, appease, satisfy, compliment, make happy, misunderstand, mollify, extinguish, placate, compose.
  • poke
    rush, cave in.
  • push
    hide, conceal.
  • raise
    denounce, reduce, humiliate, hurt, abandon, condemn, raze, shrink, play down, divide, disgrace, compress, condense, ignore, abridge, neglect, conclude, diminish, separate, shame, disperse, undermine, demolish, scatter, finish, contract, curtail.
  • spur
    disapprove.
  • top
    fall behind, replace, add.
  • vitalize
    enervate.