impetus
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a force that moves something along
Types & categories
- force hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the act of applying force suddenly
the impulse knocked him over
Types & categories
- drive hypernym
Related & opposite
- propel derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | impel |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | drift |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | float |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | force |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | propel |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | drive |