Check and Goad

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Check verb - To bring (something) to a standstill.

Usage example: a tree finally checked the skidding car

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Goad is an antonym for check.

Nearby Words: checked, checking, checkup, checker, checklist

Goad verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.

Usage example: tried to goad me into auditioning for the play

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Check is an antonym for goad in egg on topic.

Nearby Words: goaded, goading

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Goad and Check. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/goad

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