Definition for Impulse:

• an instinctive motive; " profound religious impulses"

Synonyms for Impulse:

• n.

  •
  • brownout,
  • active,
  • augmentation,
  • pressure,
  • charge,
  • surge,
  • vibration,
  • arc,
  • ac,
  • shock,
  • rush,
  • movement,
  • throb.
  •
  • fancy,
  • extemporization,
  • thought,
  • bundle,
  • appeal,
  • product,
  • bent,
  • merchandise,
  • goods,
  • wares,
  • offering,
  • hunch,
  • acquisition,
  • wish.
  •
  • feelings,
  • cause,
  • temper,
  • sensation,
  • emotion,
  • undercurrent,
  • mood,
  • encouragement,
  • heart.
  •
  • humor.
  •abandon (noun)
  • unrestraint.
  •caprice (noun)
  • vagary.
  •drive, resolve (noun)
  • incitement,
  • actuation,
  • passion,
  • lust,
  • desire,
  • yen,
  • lash,
  • disposition,
  • influence.
  •impulse (noun)
  • pitch,
  • pulse,
  • bump,
  • shot,
  • pulsation,
  • strike,
  • thrust,
  • jerk,
  • poke,
  • nerve impulse,
  • jolt,
  • punch,
  • pulsing,
  • sling,
  • nudge,
  • knock,
  • prod,
  • shove,
  • push,
  • jog.
  •motivation (noun)
  • lure,
  • stimulation,
  • energy,
  • provocation,
  • instigation.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • flush,
  • freak,
  • Boutade,
  • flurry,
  • paroxysm,
  • effusion,
  • megrim,
  • burst.
  •
  • spasm,
  • outburst,
  • tremor,
  • twinge.
  •
  • dart,
  • spurt,
  • bee,
  • fillip,
  • conceit.
  •
  • explosion,
  • thrill.
  •
  • stir.
  •
  • wave.
  •
  • attack.
  •
  • fit.
  •Other relevant words:
  • liquid oxygen,
  • zeal,
  • inflammation,
  • set in motion,
  • prompting,
  • make,
  • eloquent,
  • softness,
  • rack,
  • motion,
  • ambition,
  • fuel oil,
  • alluring,
  • restraint,
  • prematureness,
  • gain,
  • douse,
  • longing,
  • stress,
  • brainstorm,
  • ardour,
  • devices,
  • come on,
  • recruit,
  • predisposition,
  • urgency,
  • quirk,
  • enthusiasm,
  • kick,
  • alcohol,
  • sparkle,
  • Galleys,
  • clout,
  • pulse rate,
  • habitude,
  • reflex action,
  • consolidate,
  • fomentation,
  • call,
  • produce,
  • inflammable,
  • influential,
  • persuasiveness,
  • craving,
  • attitude,
  • inspire,
  • predilection,
  • gas,
  • collective unconscious,
  • gasoline,
  • cuff,
  • impromptu,
  • echolalia,
  • solicitation,
  • rocket power,
  • moment,
  • convincing,
  • hunger,
  • bone,
  • compulsiveness,
  • carbonaceous,
  • draw,
  • stun,
  • set up,
  • slap,
  • methanol,
  • inviting,
  • warrant,
  • genius,
  • whet,
  • jet power,
  • Impressibility,
  • thermonuclear power,
  • heady,
  • torture,
  • Attractability,
  • drift,
  • idea,
  • stripe,
  • heating oil,
  • whimsey,
  • petroleum,
  • affinity,
  • abandon,
  • promote,
  • revelation,
  • predetermination,
  • tempting,
  • motive power,
  • request,
  • pinch,
  • stimulate,
  • quicken,
  • draw on,
  • conclusive,
  • kerosene,
  • temptation,
  • trundle,
  • banishment,
  • flagellation,
  • transportation,
  • give a lift,
  • blackout,
  • awakening,
  • hold,
  • encourage,
  • reenforce,
  • undulation,
  • stimulating,
  • conditioning,
  • scaffold,
  • proclivity,
  • agitation,
  • enticement,
  • coerce,
  • precociousness,
  • affection,
  • petrol,
  • Persuasibility,
  • improvisation,
  • untimeliness,
  • heat of combustion,
  • let,
  • kink,
  • zest,
  • aptitude,
  • inertia,
  • wipe,
  • impact,
  • booming,
  • Involuntariness,
  • advocacy,
  • aggressive,
  • heartbeat,
  • exile,
  • penchant,
  • tempt,
  • bias,
  • gantlet,
  • nuclear power,
  • relish,
  • enliven,
  • appetency,
  • have,
  • gusto,
  • rescue,
  • leaning,
  • forcible,
  • precipitation,
  • justification,
  • blow,
  • press,
  • suasion,
  • prematurity,
  • enchanting,
  • reinforce,
  • turn,
  • stroke,
  • peculiarity,
  • dictate,
  • combustible,
  • put forward,
  • attractive,
  • ebullience,
  • brain wave,
  • insight,
  • provocative,
  • thirst,
  • device,
  • compel,
  • lox,
  • brunt,
  • gasohol,
  • susceptibility,
  • reason,
  • generate,
  • beckon,
  • pummel,
  • lobbyism,
  • prompt,
  • hard labor,
  • crotchet,
  • impel,
  • weight,
  • penal servitude,
  • Picketing,
  • buffet,
  • naphtha,
  • manpower,
  • Nitromethane,
  • push forward,
  • partiality,
  • incite,
  • move,
  • forwardness,
  • forward,
  • relieve,
  • excite,
  • intoxicating,
  • bear through,
  • liking,
  • operate,
  • strength,
  • strappado,
  • inspiring,
  • instance,
  • heart rate,
  • principle,
  • power,
  • oil,
  • get,
  • yearning,
  • vigour,
  • cogent,
  • persuasion,
  • rocket fuel,
  • driving force,
  • beating,
  • attract,
  • innate behaviour,
  • advance,
  • advice,
  • create,
  • to,
  • propensity,
  • juice,
  • electric power,
  • picket,
  • attractiveness,
  • beat,
  • induce,
  • contain,
  • DO,
  • Persuasibleness,
  • yeast,
  • invigorate,
  • exigency,
  • Water power,
  • libido,
  • atomic power,
  • Dragonnade,
  • hydroelectric power,
  • exhortation,
  • liquid hydrogen,
  • strengthen,
  • ostracism,
  • seductive,
  • instrument of punishment,
  • urging,
  • Fustigation,
  • call up,
  • charming,
  • precocity,
  • Tantalization,
  • echopraxia,
  • Estrapade,
  • instigate,
  • ethanol,
  • archetype,
  • start,
  • spirit,
  • ride,
  • constraint,
  • automatic writing,
  • compulsion,
  • boost,
  • appealing,
  • expulsion,
  • proneness,
  • enlightenment,
  • haste,
  • forceful,
  • energize,
  • jet fuel,
  • further,
  • persuasive,
  • expel,
  • imprisonment,
  • hastiness,
  • automatism,
  • bastinado,
  • reflex,
  • impulsiveness,
  • appetite,
  • put up to,
  • put in motion,
  • ground,
  • occasion,
  • steam power,
  • possess,
  • solar power,
  • natural tendency.

Paraphrases for Impulse:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    impetus.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    impetus.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    pulse.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    pulse.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Kicks, whim, urge, urges, instinct.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    momentum.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    stimulus, incentive, boost, fillip, encouragement, propensity, spur, instigation, stimulation, motivation, momentum, desire, inducement.

Antonyms for Impulse:

• n.

  • drive, resolve
    hate, hatred, truth, dislike, thing, discouragement, reality, concrete.
  • throb, stimulus
    pull.
  • Other antonyms:
    loathing, objectivity, unconcern, disgust, repulsion, detestation, repugnance, antipathy.

Hypernym for Impulse:

• n.

  • motive
    death instinct, thanatos, death wish, wanderlust, abience, adience, itchy feet.

Hyponym for Impulse:

• n.

  • motive
    motivation, need, motive.