propulsive
The adjective propulsive describes something that has the power to drive something forward. You would not want a propulsive jet engine on your model airplane — it’s just too much power for something that should stay in the basement.
You can think of propulsive as describing an object that has propellers (like a helicopter) that move it forward. But the word propulsive is not just for the literal. Use propulsive to make a description more colorful and imaginative. The word suggests a feeling of propelling, like hearing a soaring melody with a propulsive rhythm or a propulsive speech that makes you want to change the world.
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having the power to propel“propulsive coefficient”
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tending to or capable of propelling“the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency”“universities...the seats of propulsive thought”synonyms: propellant, propellent, propelling
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Vocabulary lists containing propulsive
Here is a list of words taken from Manohla Dargis's New York Times review of the film "The Hunger Games."
Johannes is a dog who runs freely through the park each day and reports to the Bison any sightings that might upset the natural balance.
Learn these words derived from the Latin word pulsare meaning "to beat against."