The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word MOMENTUM , but the solution may also be DRIVINGFORCE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Impetus crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| MOMENTUM | 30 % | 8 | 
| FORCE | 15 % | 5 | 
| URGE | 10 % | 4 | 
| DRIVE | 10 % | 5 | 
| FUELER | 5 % | 6 | 
| STEAM | 5 % | 5 | 
| BIRR | 5 % | 4 | 
| FUEL | 5 % | 4 | 
| DRIVINGFORCE | 5 % | 12 | 
| IMPULSE | 5 % | 7 | 
| SPARK | 5 % | 5 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Impetus
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- impulsion
- impulse
- drift
- energy
- propulsion
- incitation
- incitement
- propelling
- push
- speed
- stimulus
- instigation
Crossword Answer definitions
MOMENTUM noun- Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity.
- The impetus, either of a body in motion, or of an idea or course of events; a moment.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result MOMENTUM
- Shifting feature of many contests
- Impetus.
- Impetus
- Campaign asset
- Campaign need
- Motion creates it
- What one on a winning streak may have
More clues leading to the result FORCE
- Might
- Jedi's "skill"
- Impetus
- Brute's m.o.
- Strength
- Impel
- Break open, as a lock
- Put pressure on
- "May the ___ be with you"
- Brute follower
More clues leading to the result URGE
More clues leading to the result DRIVE
- Transport Miss Daisy
- Urge along
- Automatic choice?
- Fire in the belly
- Get-up-and-go
- Google's cloud service
- Campaign
- Start of a hole
- Tee shot
- Sunday excursion
More clues leading to the result FUELER
More clues leading to the result STEAM
- Kind of bath
- Kind of shovel
- Prepare clams
- Prepare rice
- Propellant for Casey Jones
- Vapor
- Word with iron or bath
- You might blow it off
- Calliope power
- Prepare veggies, in a way
More clues leading to the result BIRR
- Whirring sound
- Monetary unit of Ethiopia
- Ethiopian coin
- 100 Ethiopian cents
- Whirring sound.
- Whiz.
- Sound of a spinning wheel.
- Sound of a turning wheel.
- Electric fan sound.
- Whirring sound, as of a spinning wheel.
More clues leading to the result FUEL
- It may be a gas
- Carbs, for a triathlete
- Energy provider
- Mobil stuff
- Viper injection?
- Gas
- Nutritive material
- Engine's must-have
- Stoker's supply
- Stoke
More clues leading to the result DRIVINGFORCE
More clues leading to the result IMPULSE
- Sudden urge
- See 111 Across
- Sudden desire
- Action stimulus
- Whim
- Reason for some buys
- Instinctual urge
- Driving force
- Kind of purchase
- Sudden thought.