Another word for urge
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Verb
To solicit (something) insistently
- To exert steady weight or force against:
- To move by applying pressure:
- To squeeze or clasp in fondness or concern:
- To be resolute or firm in a demand or course:
- To assert or demand (something) firmly or persistently:
To impel to action
- To exert steady weight or force against:
- To move by applying pressure:
- To squeeze or clasp in fondness or concern:
- To urge by strong, often stirring argument, admonition, advice, or appeal:
- To make an urgent appeal.
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Another word for urge
Verb
To present favorably
- Appearance, especially the expression of the face:
- The face or facial features.
- A look or expression indicative of encouragement or of moral support.
- To express approval of; praise:
- To represent as worthy, qualified, or desirable; recommend:
- To cause to be worthy of recommendation:
- To consent to officially or formally; confirm or sanction:
- To consider right or good:
- To prove or attest.
- Authoritative permission or approval that makes a course of action valid.
- Support or encouragement, as from public opinion or established custom.
- A consideration, influence, or principle that dictates an ethical choice.
- To raise to a more important or responsible job or rank.
- To advance (a student) to the next higher grade.
- To contribute to the progress or growth of; further.
- To support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify:
- To reaffirm the establishment of (a reservation or advance arrangement).
- To make firmer; strengthen:
- To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm:
- To express approval of or give support to, especially by public statement; sanction:
- To recommend (a product), often in exchange for payment, as in an advertisement.
- To write one's signature on the back of (a check) to obtain the amount payable or to make the amount payable available to a third party or to the bearer.
- To praise or commend to another as being worthy or desirable; endorse:
- To make attractive or acceptable:
- To advise or counsel:
- To provide assistance, support, or relief to:
- To provide assistance, support, or relief:
- The act or result of helping; assistance:
- To explain rationally:
- To explain or justify (one's behavior) with incorrect reasons or excuses, often without conscious awareness:
- To dismiss or minimize the significance of (something) by means of an explanation or excuse:
- To cause to move forward:
- To put forward; propose or suggest:
- To aid the growth or progress of:
- To put forward for consideration, discussion, or adoption; suggest:
- To recommend (a person) for a position, office, or membership; nominate.
- To offer (a toast to be drunk).
- To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
- To bear or hold up (an amount of weight):
- To keep from weakening or failing; give confidence or comfort to:
- More distant in degree, time, or space:
- Additional:
- To a greater extent; more:
- A gracious, friendly, or obliging act that is freely granted:
- Friendly or favorable regard; approval or support:
- A state of being held in such regard:
Antonyms:To induce
Antonyms:To drive
- A short spike or spiked wheel that attaches to the heel of a rider's boot and is used to urge a horse forward.
- An incentive:
- A spinelike process on the leg of some birds.
- To jab or poke, as with a pointed object.
- To goad to action; incite.
- A pointed object used to prod:
- A long stick with a pointed end used for prodding animals.
- An agent or means of prodding or urging; a stimulus.
- To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick.
- To compel or require (someone) to do something, as by circumstance or legality:
- To make indebted or grateful:
- To do a service or favor for:
- To cause to exist or happen; bring about; create:
- To bring into existence by shaping, modifying, or putting together material; construct:
- To form by assembling individuals or constituents:
- To apply pressure against (something), especially for the purpose of moving it:
- To move (something) by exerting force against it; thrust or shove:
- To exert downward pressure on (a button or keyboard, for example); press.
- To exert steady weight or force against:
- To move by applying pressure:
- To squeeze or clasp in fondness or concern:
- To keep within certain limits; confine or limit:
- To inhibit or restrain; hold back:
- To compel by physical, moral, or circumstantial force; oblige:
- To pressure, intimidate, or force (someone) into doing something.
- To bring about or gain by pressure, threat, or force:
- The capacity to do work or cause physical change; energy, strength, or active power:
- Power made operative against resistance; exertion:
- The use of physical power or violence to compel or restrain:
- To urge to action through moral pressure; drive:
- To drive forward; propel.
- To cause to move forward or onward.
- To cause to develop or progress:
- To push, propel, or press onward forcibly; urge forward:
- To repulse or put to flight by force or influence:
- To guide, control, or direct (a vehicle).
- To force (a person) to do something; drive or constrain:
- To necessitate or require, as by force of circumstance; demand:
- To exert a strong, irresistible force on; sway:
Synonym Study
- Importune implies persistent efforts to break down resistance against a demand or request, often to the point of being annoying or wearisome too proud to importune for help
- Press suggests a continuous, insistent urging that is difficult to resist we pressed her to stay
- Exhort implies an earnest urging or admonishing to action or conduct considered proper or right the minister exhorted his flock to work for peace
- Urge implies a strong effort to persuade someone to do something, as by entreaty, argument, or forceful recommendation he urged us to leave
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