impetus

impetus is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A property possessed by a moving body in virtue of its weight and its motion; the force with which any body is driven or impelled; momentum.
2. noun. Fig.: Impulse; incentive; vigor; force.
3. noun. The aititude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece.
4. noun. the act of applying force suddenly

   "the impulse knocked him over"

   Synonyms: impulse, impulsion

5. noun. a force that moves something along

   Synonyms: drift, impulsion

Synonyms

impulse, impulsion, drift

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in impetus:

imputes, upsmite, uptimes

Common word forms

impetuses

Words from these letters

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