1. (verb) give an incentive for action

• actuate
• motivate
• move
• prompt
• propel

2. (verb) provoke or stir up

• instigate
• set off
• stir up

3. (verb) urge on; cause to act

• egg on
• prod

1. (verb) give an incentive for action

• cause
• do
• make

2. (verb) provoke or stir up

• provoke
• stimulate

1. (verb) provoke or stir up

• raise

2. (verb) urge on; cause to act

• goad
• goose
• halloo

1. (verb) give an incentive for action

• act
• deed
• human action
• human activity
• actuation
• propulsion
• incentive
• inducement
• motivator
• incitation
• incitement
• provocation
• incitement
• provocation
• motivating
• motivation
• motivating
• motivative
• motive
• motivation
• motivation
• motive
• motive
• need
• need
• motivation

2. (verb) provoke or stir up

• firebrand
• firebrand
• firebrand
• inciter
• inciter
• inciter
• instigant
• instigant
• instigant
• instigator
• instigator
• instigator
• provoker
• provoker
• provoker
• fomentation
• instigation
• incendiary
• incendiary
• incitive
• incitive
• inflammatory
• inflammatory
• instigative
• instigative
• rabble-rousing
• rabble-rousing
• seditious
• seditious
• incitation
• incitation
• incitement
• incitement
• incitation
• incitement
• provocation

3. (verb) urge on; cause to act

• firebrand
• inciter
• instigant
• instigator
• provoker
• goad
• goad
• goading
• goading
• prod
• prod
• prodding
• prodding
• spur
• spur
• spurring
• spurring
• urging
• urging
• incitation
• incitement
• incitation
• incitation
• incitement
• incitement
• provocation
• provocation