- propellant, propellent, propelling, propulsive - tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of propulsive thought"
Antonyms: undynamic, adynamic (indirect, via dynamic)
- propel, impel - cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"
--1 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun propulsion2, noun propeller1, noun propellent1, noun propellant1, noun propellor1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite - give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
--2 is one way to cause, do, make
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun propulsion2
They propel him to write the letter