| Impulse 1. (n.) The act of impelling, or driving onward with sudden force; impulsion; especially, force so communicated as to produced motion suddenly, or immediately. 2. (n.) The effect of an impelling force; motion produced by a sudden or momentary force. 3. (n.) The action of a force during a very small interval of time; the effect of such action; as, the impulse of a sudden blow upon a hard elastic body. 4. (n.) A mental force which simply and directly urges to action; hasty inclination; sudden motive; momentary or transient influence of appetite or passion; propension; incitement; as, a man of good impulses; passion often gives a violent impulse to the will. 5. (v. t.) To impel; to incite. Thesaurus Entries actuation, archetypal pattern, archetype, atomic power, automatic writing, automatism, blind impulse, catalyst, collective unconscious, compulsion, compulsiveness, conditioning, constraint, drive, echolalia, echopraxia, electric power, electropower, excitant, exigency, forwardness, goad, haste, hastiness, horsepower, hydraulic power, hydroelectric power, id, impetus, impulsion, impulsiveness, inborn proclivity, incentive, incitation, incitement, instinct, instinctiveness, involuntariness, jet power, libido, lust, manpower, motivation, natural instinct, natural tendency, nuclear power, overhastiness, passion, pinch, piston power, precipitation, precociousness, precocity, prematureness, prematurity, press, pressure, primitive self, propulsion, push, rash impulse, reflex action, rocket power, rush, sheer chemistry, solar power, spur, steam power, stimulant, stress, subconscious urge, thermonuclear power, thrust, unlearned capacity, unreasoning impulse, untimeliness, unwilledness, urge, urgency, vital impulse, water power |