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instigate synonyms
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- advocate
- back
- condone
- egg on
- encourage
- endorse
- goad
- incite
- instigate
- prod
- activate
- animate
- arouse
- cause
- drive
- egg on
- energize
- excite
- fire up
- impel
- agitate
- arouse
- enkindle
- excite
- expand
- extend
- impassion
- increase
- rouse
- stimulate
- accomplish
- achieve
- beget
- bring to pass
- compass
- create
- do
- draw on
- effect
- effectuate
- agitate
- arouse
- drive
- encourage
- excite
- exhort
- goad
- incite
- instigate
- pique
- animate
- applaud
- boost
- brighten
- buck up
- buoy
- cheer
- cheer up
- comfort
- console
- abet
- agitate
- arouse
- brew
- cultivate
- encourage
- excite
- fan the flames
- foster
- goad
- catalyst
- compulsion
- desire
- drive
- impetus
- impulse
- impulsion
- incentive
- incitation
- incitement
- adumbration
- advice
- allusion
- announcement
- clue
- communication
- connotation
- denotation
- evidence
- flea in ear
- actuate
- boost
- compel
- constrain
- drive
- excite
- foment
- force
- goad
- induce
- abet
- activate
- actuate
- agitate
- animate
- arouse
- coax
- craze
- drive
- egg on
- agitate
- annoy
- arouse
- burn
- disturb
- embitter
- enrage
- exacerbate
- exasperate
- excite
- admit
- begin
- break the ice
- come out with
- come up with
- commence
- dream up
- enter
- get ball rolling
- get feet wet
- allude
- ascribe
- connote
- imply
- impute
- indicate
- intimate
- mention
- propose
- purport
- blaze
- burn
- fire
- flame
- flare
- glow
- ignite
- inflame
- light
- set alight
- T-off
- abrade
- agitate
- ask for it
- badger
- be at
- be on the back of
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- bore
- act
- action
- alteration
- change
- maneuver
- measure
- modification
- motion
- movement
- ploy
- aggravate
- badger
- bait
- bedevil
- bother
- examine
- gnaw
- goad
- harass
- hector
- actuate
- advise
- affect
- allure
- argue into
- assure
- blandish
- brainwash
- bring around
- bring to senses
- aim
- angle
- animus
- arrangement
- big picture
- contrivance
- course of action
- deal
- device
- disposition
- artifice
- booby trap
- cabal
- collusion
- complicity
- connivance
- conniving
- conspiracy
- contrivance
- covin
- alert
- apt
- brisk
- eager
- efficient
- expeditious
- immediate
- instant
- instantaneous
- on the ball
- activate
- animate
- arouse
- cause
- drive
- egg on
- energize
- excite
- fire up
- impel
- abet
- actuate
- add fuel
- bring about
- egg on
- encourage
- fire up
- foment
- goad
- hint
- accession
- accretion
- addition
- advance
- augmentation
- boost
- bump
- hike
- hold-up
- increment
- arouse
- awake
- awaken
- call
- get up
- raise
- rise
- stir
- wake up
- arrangement
- blueprint
- chart
- codification
- contrivance
- design
- device
- diagram
- disposition
- draft
- blanket
- board up
- bury
- bush up
- cache
- camouflage
- canopy
- cap
- carpet
- cloak
- activation
- actuation
- catalyst
- excitant
- goad
- goose
- impetus
- impulse
- incentive
- incitation
- alpha
- birth
- bow
- commencement
- countdown
- dawn
- dawning
- day one
- derivation
- embarkation
- acerbate
- affront
- aggravate
- agitate
- annoy
- antagonize
- arouse
- bait
- blow up
- boil
- activate
- animate
- arouse
- build a fire under
- commove
- dynamize
- elate
- encourage
- energize
- enliven
- advance
- advise
- advocate
- broach
- commend
- conjecture
- exhort
- give a tip
- move
- offer
- arouse
- attract
- captivate
- enchant
- get started
- initiate
- introduce
- show
- stimulate
- stir up
- appetite
- appetition
- compulsion
- craving
- drive
- druthers
- fancy
- fire in belly
- goad
- impetus
- abet
- agitate
- arouse
- compel
- disturb
- drive
- foment
- goad
- hound
- inflame
- agitate
- animate
- arouse
- breed
- cause
- develop
- engender
- excite
- generate
- get up
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