Synonyms and Antonyms of impulse
1
something that arouses action or activity
- the new auto factory was just the impulse that the local economy needed
boost, encouragement, goad, impetus, incentive, incitation, incitement, instigation, momentum, motivation, provocation, spur, stimulant, stimulus, yeast
inducement, invitation
antecedent, cause, consideration, grounds, motive, occasion, reason
catalyst, catalyzer, fuel, spark
2
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
- the universal, fundamental impulse of self-preservation
affection, affinity, aptitude, bent, bias, bone, devices, disposition, genius, habitude, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency, turn
favor, one-sidedness, partisanship, prejudice
endowment, faculty, flair, genius, gift, knack, talent
addiction, appetite, fancy, fondness, like, liking, preference, taste
forte, speciality, specialty
convention, custom, habit, pattern, practice (also practise), routine, trick, way, wont
eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, kink, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity
allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, disliking, disrelish, distaste
detachment, impartiality, neutrality, objectivity
apathy, disinterestedness, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern
