" instigations "

1: something that arouses a strong response from another;

  * e.g., " ... without instigation of any kind, the man suddenly threw a punch "

•  Synonyms : 

•  excitements,

•  incitations,

•  incitements,

•  provocations

•  Antonyms : 

•  counterincentives,

•  disincentives

2: something that arouses action or activity;

  * e.g., " ... the promise of windfall profits was all the instigation they needed to invest in the scheme "

•  Synonyms : 

•  boosts,

•  encouragements,

•  goads,

•  impetuses,

•  impulses,

•  incentives,

•  incitations,

•  incitements,

•  momenta,

•  motivations,

•  provocations,

•  spurs,

•  stimulants,

•  stimuli,

•  yeasts

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: something that arouses a strong response from another;

  * e.g., " ... without instigation of any kind, the man suddenly threw a punch "

•  Synonyms : 

•  excitement,

•  incitation,

•  incitement,

•  provocation

•  Antonyms : 

•  counterincentive,

•  disincentive

2: something that arouses action or activity;

  * e.g., " ... the promise of windfall profits was all the instigation they needed to invest in the scheme "

•  Synonyms : 

•  boost,

•  encouragement,

•  goad,

•  impetus,

•  impulse,

•  incentive,

•  incitation,

•  incitement,

•  momentum,

•  motivation,

•  provocation,

•  spur,

•  stimulant,

•  stimulus,

•  yeast

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to bring (something volatile or intense) into being;

  * e.g., " ... the medical breakthrough instigated a whole new field of therapy "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abet,

•  brew,

•  ferment,

•  foment,

•  incite,

•  pick,

•  provoke,

•  raise,

•  stir (up),

•  whip (up)

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to rouse to strong feeling or action;

  * e.g., " ... the charge that the scene in the movie had instigated teenagers to commit similar acts of vandalism "

•  Synonyms : 

•  arouse,

•  encourage,

•  excite,

•  fire (up),

•  impassion,

•  incite,

•  move,

•  pique,

•  provoke,

•  rev (up),

•  spark,

•  stimulate,

•  stir

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)