Reason and Spur

Reason

Reason noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

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Synonyms for Reason

Antonyms for Reason

Spur and reason are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spur" instead a noun "Reason".

Nearby Words: reasonable, reasoning, reasoned, reasonably, reasonableness

Spur

Spur noun - Something that arouses action or activity.

Usage example: the threat of losing its only sports franchise was the spur the city council needed to finally do something about the rising crime rate

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Synonyms for Spur

Antonyms for Spur

Reason and spur are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Reason" instead a noun "Spur".

Nearby Words: spurn, spurt, spurred, spurring

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

single	single reason	single spur
big	big reason	big spur
little	little reason	little spur
main	main reason	main spur

Common collocations

people	reason people	spur people
nothing	reason nothing	spur nothing
memory	reason memory	spur memory
war	reason war	spur war
Other words: advances.

Both words in one sentence

For some reason, all the confessions that have appeared so far in Bokura no Kiseki have been spur-of-the-moment, very public confessions.

Source: Love Confession
However, it was most likely done for a more spur-of-the-moment reason: to set up her grudge with the Turtles in this version after they accidentally cause her father (who was invented for this incarnation, possibly for this purpose) to get mutated.

Source: Age Lift

Cite this Source

Spur and Reason. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/reason/spur

Reason & Spur. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/reason/spur>.

Spur or Reason. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/reason/spur.

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