| Main Entry: | insistence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demand |
Synonyms: |
emphasis, importunity, perseverance, persistence, urging |
| Main Entry: | assertion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration, positive statement |
Synonyms: |
affirmation, allegation, asservation, attestation, avowal, contention, defense, insistence, maintenance, mouthful, okay, predication, profession, pronouncement, report, say so, stamp of approval, stressing, two cents' worth, vindication |
Antonyms: |
denial, rejection |
| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | question, request |
Synonyms: |
appeal, application, arrogation, bid, bidding, call, call for, charge, claim, clamor, command, counterclaim, entreatment, entreaty, exaction, impetration, imploration, importunity, imposition, inquiry, insistence, interest, interrogation, lien, necessity, need, occasion, order, petition, plea, prayer, pursuit, requirement, requisition, rush, sale, search, solicitation, stipulation, suit, supplication, trade, ultimatum, use, vogue, want |
Antonyms: |
grant, offer, reply |
| Main Entry: | emphasis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, prominence |
Synonyms: |
accent, accentuation, attention, decidedness, force, headline, highlight, impressiveness, insistence, intensity, moment, positiveness, power, preeminence, priority, significance, strength, stress, underlining, underscoring, weight |
Antonyms: |
insignificance, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | enforcement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | requirement to obey; implementation of rule(s) |
Synonyms: |
administration, application, carrying out, coercion, compulsion, compulsory law, constraint, duress, enforcing, exaction, execution, fulfilling, imposition, impulsion, insistence, lash, martial law, necessitation, obligation, prescription, pressure, prosecution, reinforcement, spur, whip |
Antonyms: |
abandon, disregard, forgetfulness, neglect, renunciation, slight |
| Main Entry: | incentive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lure, inducement |
Synonyms: |
allurement, bait, carrot, catalyst, come-on, consideration, determinant, drive, encouragement, enticement, excuse, exhortation, goad, ground, impetus, impulse, incitement, influence, insistence, inspiration, instigation, motivation, motive, persuasion, provocation, purpose, rationale, reason, reason why, spring, spur, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus, temptation, urge, whip |
| Notes: | the temporal orientation of incentive is toward the future; that of inducement is toward the past |
Antonyms: |
block, hindrance, turn-off |
| Main Entry: | will |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | last wishes; command |
Synonyms: |
bequest, bestowal, declaration, decree, device, directions, dispensation, disposition, estate, heritage, inheritance, insistence, instructions, legacy, order, property, testament |
| Main Entry: | urgency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imperativeness |
Synonyms: |
exigency, importance, importunateness, insistence, need, pressing, seriousness |
| Main Entry: | urging |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | persuading |
Synonyms: |
begging, beseeching, coaxing, driving, goad, imploring, insistence, persuasion, pleading |
| Main Entry: | urgency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance |
Synonyms: |
criticality, desperation, exigency, imminence, importunity, incitement, insistence, instancy, necessity, need, pressure, seriousness, stress |