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urges - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: urge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: very strong desire
Synonyms: appetite, compulsion, craving, drive, fancy, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, itch*, longing, lust, motive, passion, pressure, stimulant, stimulus, sweet tooth*, weakness, wish, yearning, yen, appetition, druthers, fire in belly
Antonyms: dislike, hate
Main Entry: urge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: beg, push for, encourage
Synonyms: adjure, advance, advise, advocate, ask, attract, beseech, champion, charge, commend, compel, conjure, counsel, countenance, drive, egg on*, endorse, entreat, exhort, favor, force, further, goad, hasten, impel, implore, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, maneuver, move, plead, press, promote, prompt, propel, propose, push, rationalize, recommend, request, sanction, solicit, spur, stimulate, support, tempt, wheedle, appeal to, fire up, insist on, put up to, speak for
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade
Main Entry: abet
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: assist, help in wrongdoing
Synonyms: advocate, back, condone, egg on*, encourage, endorse, goad, incite, instigate, prod, promote, provoke, sanction, spur, support, urge
Antonyms: counter, deter, discourage, frustrate, hinder, hurt, impede, obstruct, resist
Main Entry: advance
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: promote or propose an idea
Synonyms: adduce, allege, ballyhoo, beat the drum for, benefit, boost, cite, encourage, foster, further, hype*, introduce, offer, plug*, present, proffer, puff*, push, serve, splash, spot, submit, suggest, urge, get ink for, lay forward, make a pitch for, put forward, put on the map, set forth, throw spotlight on
Notes: advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal
Antonyms: hesitate, stop, withdraw
Main Entry: advise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: offer recommendation
Synonyms: admonish, advocate, caution, charge, commend, counsel, direct, dissuade, encourage, enjoin, exhort, forewarn, guide, instruct, move, opine, point out, preach, prepare, prescribe, prompt, recommend, steer, suggest, tout, update, urge, warn, give a pointer, give a tip, kibitz, level with, put bug in ear, put in two cents
Antonyms: betray, deceive, delude, fool, lie, pretend, trick
Main Entry: advocate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: support idea or cause publicly
Synonyms: advance, advise, back, bless, bolster, boost*, build up, champion, countenance, defend, encourage, favor, further, go for, go to bat for*, justify, plug*, promote, propose, push, recommend, side, support, tout, uphold, urge, vindicate, argue for, be in corner, brace up, campaign for, get on bandwagon, give a leg up, give a lift, go with, hold with, plead for, plump for*, press for, ride shotgun for, root for, run interference for, say so, speak for, spread around, stump for
Antonyms: assail, attack, criticize, impugn, oppose, protest
Main Entry: animate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bring to life
Synonyms: activate, arouse, cheer, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, exalt, excite, fire, gladden, hearten, impel, incite, inform, inspire, instigate, invigorate, kindle, move, quicken, revive, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, vivify, inspirit, liven, make alive, revivify, vitalize
Antonyms: deaden, discourage, kill
Main Entry: appeal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: request
Synonyms: address, adjure, advance, apply, ask, beg, beseech, bid, call, claim, contest, crave, demand, entreat, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, propose, proposition, question, refer, require, solicit, strike, submit, sue, supplicate, urge, call upon, hit on, resort to
Antonyms: deny, disclaim, recall, refuse, renounce, retract, revoke
Main Entry: appetite
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: desire for food, worldly goods
Synonyms: craving, demand, fondness, greed, hankering, hunger, inclination, itch*, liking, longing, lust, passion, penchant, proclivity, propensity, relish, soft spot*, stomach, sweet tooth*, taste, thirst, urge, voracity, weakness, willingness, yearning, yen, zeal, zest, appetence, appetency, appetition, big eyes, gluttony, ravenousness
Antonyms: antipathy, aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repulsion, revulsion
Main Entry: ask
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: request
Synonyms: angle, appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bite*, bum*, call for, charge, claim, command, crave, demand, entreat, hit*, hustle*, implore, impose, knock*, levy, mooch*, order, petition, plead, pray, promote*, request, requisition, seek, solicit, sue, supplicate, touch*, urge, contend for, file for
Antonyms: answer, claim, command, insist, tell
Main Entry: ask
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: invite
Synonyms: bid, propose, suggest, summon, urge, call upon
Antonyms: ignore, disinvite
Main Entry: aspiration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: goal, hope
Synonyms: aim, ambition, craving, desire, direction, dream, eagerness, endeavor, hankering, inclination, longing, object, objective, passion, pursuit, push, right stuff*, urge, vocation, wish, work, yearning, ambitiousness, fire in the belly
Main Entry: beg
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: request
Synonyms: abjure, advocate, ask, beseech, besiege, canvass, conjure, crave, desire, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, nag, petition, plead, pray, press, requisition, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge, woo, worry, apply to, call to, impetrate, obsecrate, obtest
Antonyms: answer
Main Entry: cajole
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: attempt to coax; flatter
Synonyms: banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick*, brownnose*, build up, butter up*, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, induce, influence, inveigle, jolly, lure, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil*, push, seduce, snow*, soap*, soften, stroke, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, apple polish, argue into, get around, get next to, hand a line, lay it on thick, make up to, play up to, rub the right way, soft-soap, spread it on, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, work on, work over
Antonyms: bully, force, repel
Main Entry: call
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: need, cause for action
Synonyms: claim, excuse, grounds, justification, necessity, obligation, occasion, reason, right, urge
Main Entry: carry
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: win; accomplish
Synonyms: affect, capture, drive, effect, gain, get, impel, impress, influence, inspire, move, prevail, secure, spur, strike, sway, touch, urge, be victorious
Antonyms: fail, lose
Main Entry: caution
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: warn, advise
Synonyms: admonish, alert, exhort, flag, forewarn, give the high sign, give the lowdown on, pull one's coat, put one wise, tip off, tip*, urge, wave a red flag, wise one up
Main Entry: coax
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: persuade
Synonyms: allure, barter, beguile, blandish, blarney, butter up*, cajole, come on, con, decoy, entice, flatter, get, hook, importune, induce, influence, inveigle, lure, pester, plague, press, soothe, tease, tempt, urge, wangle, wheedle, argue into, arm-twist, jawbone, prevail upon, rope in, soft-soap, sweet-talk, talk into, work on, worm
Antonyms: allow, not care
Main Entry: coerce
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: compel, press
Synonyms: beset, browbeat, bulldoze*, bully, concuss, constrain, cow, dragoon, drive, force, high pressure, hinder, impel, intimidate, lean on, make, make an offer they can't refuse, menace, oblige, pressurize, push, put the squeeze on, repress, restrict, shotgun, strong-arm, suppress, terrorize, threaten, twist one's arm, urge
Antonyms: leave alone
Main Entry: compel
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: force to act
Synonyms: bulldoze*, coerce, constrain, drive, enforce, exact, hustle, impel, make, necessitate, oblige, restrain, squeeze, urge, concuss, crack down, dragoon, make necessary, put the arm on, put the chill on, shotgun, throw weight around, turn on the heat
Antonyms: block, check, delay, deter, hinder, impede, obstruct, stop
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