💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Egg on"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| inciteverb | (transitive) To call into action. |
| prodnoun | (transitive) To poke, to push, to touch. |
| put up toverb | (idiomatic, ditransitive) To encourage or trick (someone) to perform (an action which is foolish or wrong). |
| halloonoun | A shout of halloo. |
| instigateverb | (transitive) To bring about by urging or encouraging. |
| edgenoun | An advantage. |
| cattle prodnoun | A stick designed to goad cows, steers, and similar animals in order to prompt them to move in a desired direction, now usually electrified to administer a stimulating shock to the animal. |
| put upverb | (transitive) To place in a high location. |
| goadnoun | A long, pointed stick used to prod animals. |
| spur onverb | (transitive) To spur or urge (someone) to do something. |
| set onverb | To be determined to do or achieve something. |
| englenoun | A favourite; a paramour; an ingle. |
| rowelnoun | The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur. |
| temptverb | (transitive) To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice. |
| gee upverb | (slang) To encourage. |
| tauntnoun | A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery. |
| goosenoun | Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are generally bigger than ducks. |
| inglenoun | (obsolete or Scotland, Northern England) An open fireplace. |
| suggestverb | (transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it. |
| pull someone's legverb | (idiomatic) To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying. |
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