propel C2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction US /pɹəˈpel/ UK /pɹəˈpɛl/ See IPA manual Freq #31042 Meanings 1 verb cause to move forward with force Steam propels this ship. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · cause to move forward with... impel More drivepushthrust ↔ Opposites haltreststaystop Word family Forms propelledpropellingpropels Derived forms nonpropelledpropellablepropellantpropellentpropellerpropelmentrepropelself-propelledself-propellingunpropelled Related forms propulsiondispelimpelpulsate Etymology From Middle English propellen (“drive out, expel”), from Latin propellō, from pro- (“forward”) and pellō (“to push, to move”). *per- Proto-Indo-European propellen Middle English propellō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Space, Position & Direction External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # propel **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /pɹəˈpel/ **IPA (UK):** /pɹəˈpɛl/ **Frequency rank:** 31042 ## Meanings 1. cause to move forward with force ## Examples - Steam propels this ship. ## Synonyms - drive - push - impel - thrust ## Antonyms - halt - rest - stay - stop ## Derived Forms - nonpropelled - propellable - propellant - propellent - propeller - propelment - repropel - self-propelled - self-propelling - unpropelled ## Related Forms - propulsion - dispel - impel - pulsate ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *per- - Root: propellen - Root: propellō - Affix: pro- - forward ## Etymology From Middle English propellen (“drive out, expel”), from Latin propellō, from pro- (“forward”) and pellō (“to push, to move”). ## Topics - Space, Position & Direction markdown