Goad

Noun

 * 1) A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.

Verb

 * 1) To prod with a goad.
 * 2) To encourage or stimulate.
 * 3) To incite or provoke.

Adjectives for Goad
insistent; galling; sharp; inexorable.

Synonyms for Goad
prod, spur, pressure, impel, push, force, motivate, provoke, urge, prompt, jog.

Antonyms for Goad
dissuade, deter, discourage, restrain, divert.

Thesaurus
actuate, animate, assault, bear, bear upon, boost, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunt, butt, butt against, cage, catalyst, coerce, compel, compulsion, corral, cram, crowd, desire, dig, drive, drive on, drove, egg on, elbow, exhort, flog, force, forward, gad, gadfly, give an impetus, give momentum, herd, hurtle, hustle, impel, impetus, impulse, impulsion, incentive, incitation, incite, incitement, instigate, jab, jam, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, lash, lust, motivate, motivation, move, needle, nudge, oxgoad, passion, pile drive, poke, power, press, prick, prod, prompt, propel, punch, punch cattle, push, put in motion, ram, ram down, rattle, ride herd on, round up, rowel, run, run against, set agoing, set going, set in motion, shake, shepherd, shoulder, shove, sic, spur, stimulant, sting, stress, tamp, thrust, urge, whip, whip on, whiplash, wrangle, zeal

Pronunciation
IPA:gəʊd

Etymology
gode, from gād 'spear', from  (compare Old Norse gedda 'pike (fish)', Lombardic gaida 'spear'), from  *ghai- (compare Irish gath 'spear', Sanskrit, हिनोति: 'to urge on, throw', हेति: 'missile, projectile').

Noun

 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: ösztöke
 * Latin:


 * Polish: chłostać, wodzić
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: badalo

Verb

 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish: podpuszczać, wodzić,


 * Russian: ,
 * Serbian: подстаћи, ,


 * Polish:


 * Russian: подгонять


 * Romanian:


 * Russian: подгонять


 * Russian:

Anagrams

 * dago