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- [gohd]
- /goʊd/
- /ɡəʊd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [gohd]
- /goʊd/
Definitions of goad word
- noun goad a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod. 1
- noun goad anything that pricks or wounds like such a stick. 1
- noun goad something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus. 1
- verb with object goad to prick or drive with, or as if with, a goad; prod; incite. 1
- noun goad Provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction. 1
- transitive verb goad provoke deliberately 1
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Origin of goad
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English gode, Old English gād; compare Langobardic gaida spearhead
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Parts of speech for Goad
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
goad popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for goad
verb goad
- prod — to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- tease — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- coerce — If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to.
- harass — to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
- hound — Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
noun goad
- poker — a card game played by two or more persons, in which the players bet on the value of their hands, the winner taking the pool.
- rod — a male given name, form of Roderick or Rodney.
- crop — Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food.
- stimulus — something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.: The approval of others is a potent stimulus.
- catalyst — You can describe a person or thing that causes a change or event to happen as a catalyst.
Antonyms for goad
verb goad
- surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- lull — to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
- quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
noun goad
- disgust — to cause loathing or nausea in.
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
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