spur

1. 1.

   incite or stimulate

   “The Academy was formed to spur research”

   Broaderpromote
2. 2.

   give heart or courage to

   Synonymsgoad

   Broaderencourage
3. 3.

   strike with a spur

   Broaderstrike
4. 4.

   goad with spurs

   “the rider spurred his horse”

   Broadergoad
5. 5.

   equip with spurs

   “spur horses”

   Broaderequip

Other forms of spur

plural

spurs·

past tense or participle

spurred

present participle

spurring

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about spur

What does spur mean?

spur means "a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spur?

spur has 1 syllable: spur. In IPA it is /ˈspɝ/.

What is another word for spur?

Close synonyms include goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spur a common word?

spur is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with spur?

1 word rhymes with spur. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.