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Showing words for INCENTIVE using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Incentive

incentive

8 Letter Words for Incentive

ninevite, nivenite

7 Letter Words for Incentive

enceint, invenit, invitee, tievine, tineine, venetic, vincent

6 Letter Words for Incentive

ceinte, cevine, cinene, civite, ctenii, entice, envine, evince, incent, incite, intice, intine, invect, invein, invent, invict, invite, nicene, tinnie, veneti, venice, venine, venite, ventin, vicine

5 Letter Words for Incentive

ceint, centi, cetin, citee, civet, ctene, enent, event, evict, evite, iceni, innet, innit, neive, neven, niece, nieve, tenne, venie, venin, vinci, vinet, vinic

4 Letter Words for Incentive

cene, cent, cete, ceti, cine, cite, cive, eevn, eine, eten, etic, even, evet, init, inne, inti, invt, ivin, neet, nein, nene, nete, neti, neve, nevi, nice, nine, teen, tene, tice, tien, tinc, tine, veen, vein, vent, vice, vine, vint, vite

3 Letter Words for Incentive

cee, cen, cie, cit, civ, cte, ctn, ect, eec, een, enc, ene, env, etc, eve, ice, inc, inn, int, inv, ive, nee, nei, net, nie, nit, nne, tec, tee, ten, tic, tie, tin, vee, vei, vet, vic, vie, vii, vin

Definitions for Incentive

[1] something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity.
[2] inciting, as to action; stimulating; provocative.
[3] a motivating influence; stimulus
[4] an additional payment made to employees as a means of increasing production (as modifier ) an incentive scheme
[5] serving to incite to action

Words related to Incentive

motivation, stimulus, impetus, encouragement, reason, enticement, bait, provocation, spring, influence, motive, insistence, whip, ground, temptation, come-on, goad, exhortation, stimulation, persuasion

Words nearby Incentive

incense, incense cedar, incense tree, incensory, incenter, incentive, incentive pay, incentive travel, incentivize, incept, inception

Origin of Incentive

1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin incentīvus provocative, Latin: setting the tune, equivalent to incent(us ) (past participle of incinere to play (an instrument, tunes); in- in-2 + -cinere, combining form of canere to sing) + -īvus -ive

Other words from Incentive

in·cen·tive·ly , adverb
coun·ter·in·cen·tive , noun
non·in·cen·tive , adjective
pre·in·cen·tive , noun
su·per·in·cen·tive , noun, adjective

Word origin for Incentive

C15: from Late Latin incentīvus (adj), from Latin: striking up, setting the tune, from incinere to sing, from in- ² + canere to sing

Synonyms for Incentive

encouragement, enticement, impetus, motivation, reason, stimulus, allurement, bait, carrot, catalyst, come-on, consideration, determinant, drive, excuse, exhortation, goad, ground, impulse, incitement, influence, insistence, inspiration, instigation, motive, persuasion, provocation, purpose, rationale, spring, spur, stimulant, stimulation, temptation, urge, whip, reason why