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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
active, bunt, butt, drive, driving, driving force, impelling, impulsion, in motion, mobile, motile, motivational, motive, motive power, motor, moving, propellant, propelment, propulsion, propulsive, propulsory, pulsion, pulsive, push, pushing, shove, shoving, shunt, stirring, thrust, transitional, traveling
Dictionary Results for propelling:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
propelling
    adj 1: tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for
           submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its
           propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of
           propulsive thought" [syn: propellant, propellent,
           propelling, propulsive]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Propel \Pro*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Propelled; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Propelling.] [L. propellere, propulsum; pro forward +
   pellere to drive. See Pulse a beating.]
   To drive forward; to urge or press onward by force; to move,
   or cause to move; as, the wind or steam propels ships; balls
   are propelled by gunpowder.
   [1913 Webster]
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