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Synonyms of the word 
IMPEL → CAUSE - DISPLACE - DO - FORCE - MAKE - MOVE - PROPELimpel- v. (transitive) To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation (contrast…
- v. (transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object.
cause- n. (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action;…
- n. (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
- n. (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
- n. (obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
- n. (countable, obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
- n. (countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his…
- v. To set off an event or action.
- v. To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
- v. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
displace- v. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
- v. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
- v. (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
- v. (psycology) to repress.
do- v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
- v. (transitive) To perform; to execute.
- v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
- v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
- v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
- v. (transitive) To have (as an effect).
- v. (intransitive) To fare; to succeed or fail.
- v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
- v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- v. To cook.
- v. (transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- v. (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
- v. (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order,…
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
- v. (transitive) (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
- v. (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
- v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
- v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
- v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it).
- v. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
- v. (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
- v. (Britain, dated, intransitive) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
- v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
- v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
- v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
- v. (transitive) To take drugs.
- v. (idomatic, transitive, in the form be doing [somewhere]) to have a purpose or reason.
- n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
- n. (informal) A hairdo.
- n. (colloquial, obsolete) A period of confusion or argument.
- n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
- n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
- n. (archaic) ado; bustle; stir; to-do.
- n. (obsolete, Britain, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
- n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
- adv. (rare) Abbreviation of ditto.
force- n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or…
- n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
- n. (countable) Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
- n. (countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body…
- n. Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.
- n. (countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
- n. (uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
- n. (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving…
- n. (law) Legal validity.
- n. (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
- n. (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, …) to…
- n. (science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe of the Star…
- v. (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
- v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
- v. (transitive) To compel (someone or something) to do something.
- v. (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
- v. (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
- v. (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
- v. (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
- v. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to…
- v. (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return…
- v. (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
- v. (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
- v. (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
- v. (obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
- n. (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
- v. To stuff; to lard; to farce.
make- v. (transitive, heading) To create.
- v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
- v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
- v. To constitute.
- v. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
- v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
- v. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
- v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
- v. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
- v. (transitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
- v. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
- v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
- v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
- v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
- v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
- v. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
- v. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
- v. To appoint; to name.
- v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
- v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
- v. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
- v. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
- v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
- v. To enact; to establish.
- v. To develop into; to prove to be.
- v. To form or formulate in the mind.
- v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in…
- v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
- v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
- v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
- v. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
- n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
- n. How a thing is made; construction.
- n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
- n. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
- n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
- n. A person's character or disposition.
- n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
- n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
- n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…
- n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
- n. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
- n. (slang, military) A promotion.
- n. A home-made project.
- n. (basketball) A made basket.
- n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
- n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
move- v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
- v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
- v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
- v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
- v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
- v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
- v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
- v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
- v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
- n. The act of moving; a movement.
- n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
- n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
- n. The event of changing one's residence.
- n. A change in strategy.
- n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
- n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…
propel- v. To cause to move in a certain direction.
- v. To make to arrive to a certain situation or result.
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