Incentive and Obstacle

Incentive

Incentive noun - Something that arouses action or activity.

Obstacle is an antonym for incentive.

Obstacle

Obstacle noun - Something that makes movement or progress difficult.
Usage example: stumbling on all the obstacles along the path

Incentive is an antonym for obstacle.

How words are described

particular particular incentive particular obstacle
similar similar incentive similar obstacle
single single incentive single obstacle
actual actual incentive actual obstacle
Other adjectives: real, big, great, serious, huge, little, potential, main, personal, major, psychological, possible, final, less, extra, next, occasional, bigger, biggest, environmental.

Both words in one sentence

  • Lets Play / Twitch Plays Pokémon Crystal Lore-wise, this applies to Red and AJ- Red's association with the Helix fossil caused AJ to believe he was an obstacle, while AJ's own association with the Mob served as incentive for Red to fight him.
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