incentive

incentive is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulative.
2. adjective. Serving to kindle or set on fire.
3. noun. That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of money, and the desire of promotion, are two powerful incentives to action.
4. noun. a positive motivational influence

   Synonyms: inducement, motivator

5. noun. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

   Synonyms: bonus

Synonyms

inducement, motivator, bonus

Common word forms

incentives, incentively

Words from these letters

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