1. Cause to move forward with force
   "Steam propels this ship"
   - impel 
2. Give an incentive for action
   - motivate, actuate, move, prompt, incite

Derived forms: propels, propelled, propelling

See also: propellent, propeller, propulsion, propulsive

Type of: cause, displace, do, make, move

Encyclopedia: Propel

• popularisation
• popularise
• populariser
• popularism
• popularity
• popularity contest
• popularization
• popularize
• popularizer
• popularly
• populate
• populated
• populated area
• population
• Population Commission
• population control
• population growth
• population profile
• population scientist
• population shift
• populism
• populist
• Populist Party
• populous
• Populus