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Showing words for IMPETUS using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Impetus

impetus, imputes, upsmite, uptimes

6 Letter Words for Impetus

impest, impute, misput, pumies, sepium, septum, sumpit, tempus, upstem, upties, uptime

5 Letter Words for Impetus

emits, epist, etuis, imput, items, metis, metus, mites, muist, muset, musie, musit, mutes, mutis, petum, piest, piets, piste, pisum, piums, piute, puist, pumie, setup, smite, spite, spume, spute, stime, stipe, stump, stupe, suite, sumpt, temps, times, timps, tuism, tumps, umest, umist, umset, upset, upsit, uptie

4 Letter Words for Impetus

emit, empt, emus, epit, etui, imps, ipse, item, mest, mets, meus, mips, mist, mite, muse, must, mute, muti, muts, pest, pets, pies, piet, pise, pist, pits, pium, pius, ptui, puts, seit, semi, sept, sime, simp, sipe, site, situ, sium, smut, spet, spie, spit, spue, sput, stem, step, stie, stim, stue, stum, suet, suit, sumi, sump, supe, supt, temp, tems, ties, time, tipe, tips, tipu, tues, tuis, tume, tump, tums, tupi, tups, umps, utes, utis

3 Letter Words for Impetus

emp, ems, emu, epi, esm, esp, est, esu, imp, imu, ipm, ips, ise, ism, ist, its, mei, mes, met, meu, mis, mit, mst, mts, mus, mut, pes, pet, pie, pis, pit, piu, pms, pmt, psi, pst, pte, pts, pus, put, sei, sem, sep, set, sie, sim, sip, sit, spt, stm, sue, sui, sum, sup, tem, tes, tie, tim, tip, tis, tiu, tpi, tpm, tps, tsi, tsp, tue, tui, tum, tup, uit, ume, ump, ums, ups, use, ust, ute, uti, uts

Definitions for Impetus

[1] a moving force; impulse; stimulus: The grant for building the opera house gave impetus to the city's cultural life.
[2] (broadly) the momentum of a moving body, especially with reference to the cause of motion.
[3] an impelling movement or force; incentive or impulse; stimulus
[4] physics the force that sets a body in motion or that tends to resist changes in a body's motion

Words related to Impetus

motivation, incentive, catalyst, impulse, momentum, stimulant, urge, incitement, power, spur, energy, goad, pressure, push, incitation, impulsion

Words nearby Impetus

impetigo neonatorum, impetigo vulgaris, impetrate, impetuosity, impetuous, impetus, impf., imphal, impi, impiety, impinge

Origin of Impetus

1650–60; < Latin: an attack, literally, a rushing into, perhaps by haplology from *impetitus (though the expected form would be *impetītus; see appetite), equivalent to impetī-, variant stem of impetere to attack (im- im-1 + petere to make for, assault) + -tus suffix of v. action

Words that may be confused with Impetus

impetus, impotence, sterility

Word origin for Impetus

C17: from Latin: attack, from impetere to assail, from im- (in) + petere to make for, seek out

Synonyms for Impetus

catalyst, impulse, incentive, momentum, motivation, stimulant, energy, goad, impulsion, incitation, incitement, power, pressure, push, spur, urge