impetus

Meaning of impetus

noun
  1. the force or energy with which a body moves.
    hit the booster coil before the flywheel loses all its impetus

mid 17th century: from Latin, ‘assault, force’, from impetere ‘assail’, from in- ‘towards’ + petere ‘seek’.

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Hyphenation of impetus

im-pe-tus

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
  • impetus is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

impetus synonyms

Meaning drift:

drift, impulsion

Meaning impulse:

impulse, impulsion

Meaning the impetus and driving force gained by the development of a process or course of events:

momentum

Meaning the action of driving or pushing forwards:

propulsion

Meaning a trip or journey in a car:

drive

Meaning the propulsive force of a jet or rocket engine:

thrust

Meaning the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity:

energy

Meaning strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement:

force

Meaning the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way:

power

Meaning an act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself:

push

Meaning energy and momentum or impetus:

steam

Meaning the quality or state of being physically strong:

strength

Translation of impetus

Anagrams of impetus

imputes, upsmite, uptimes

Words that rhyme with impetus

Circaetus, Gypaetus, circaetus, gypaetus, Anicetus, Cetus, Cricetus, Licetus, Mesocricetus, cetus, cricetus, mesocricetus, Carpodetus, Haliaeetus, haliaeetus, fetus, neofetus, Echetus, cathetus, parochetus, quietus, Anacletus, Boletus, Cletus, Miletus, Polycletus, boletus, gastroboletus, incompletus, Admetus, Vermetus, admetus, metus, Exocoetus, Proetus, Rhoetus, foetus, Iapetus, Japetus, iapetus, Adoretus, Aretus, Eptatretus, Moretus, eptatretus, Epictetus, Theaetetus, motetus, scultetus, equetus

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