Synonyms for urge
ɜrdʒurge

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1. urgeverb

   Synonyms:
   stimulate, incite, impel, animate, encourage, instigate

2. urgeverb

   A strong desire; an itch to do something.

   Synonyms:
   incite, animate, impel, instigate, encourage, stimulate

3. urgeverb

   To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.

   Synonyms:
   stimulate, impel, incite, animate, instigate, encourage

4. urgeverb

   To provoke; to exasperate.

   Synonyms:
   incite, encourage, impel, stimulate, animate, instigate

5. urgeverb

   To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.

   Synonyms:
   encourage, animate, incite, impel, stimulate, instigate

6. urgeverb

   : To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.

   Synonyms:
   stimulate, incite, impel, animate, encourage, instigate

7. urgeverb

   To press onward or forward.

   Synonyms:
   incite, instigate, stimulate, animate, impel, encourage

8. urgeverb

   To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

   Synonyms:
   encourage, instigate, impel, incite, stimulate, animate

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1. urge

   To influence (Latin in, in or into, and fluo, flow) is to affect, modify, or act upon by physical, mental, or moral power, especially in some gentle, subtle, and gradual way; as, vegetation is influenced by light; every one is influenced to some extent by public opinion; influence is chiefly used of power acting from without, tho it may be used of motives regarded as forces acting upon the will. Actuate refers solely to mental or moral power impelling one from within. One may influence, but can not directly actuate another; but one may be actuated to cruelty by hatred which another's misrepresentation has aroused. Prompt and stir are words of mere suggestion toward some course of action; dispose, draw, incline, influence, and lead refer to the use of mild means to awaken in another a purpose or disposition to act. To excite is to arouse one from lethargy or indifference to action. Incite and instigate, to spur or goad one to action, differ in the fact that incite may be to good, while instigate is always to evil (compare ABET). To urge and impel signify to produce strong excitation toward some act. We are urged from without, impelled from within. Drive and compel imply irresistible influence accomplishing its object. One may be driven either by his own passions or by external force or urgency; one is compelled only by some external power; as, the owner was compelled by his misfortunes to sell his estate. Compare COMPEL; DRIVE.

   Synonyms:
   actuate, compel, dispose, draw, drive, excite, impel, incite, incline, induce, influence, instigate, lead, move, persuade, prompt, stir, sway

   Antonyms:
   deter, discourage, dissuade, hinder, impede, inhibit, prevent, restrain, retard

   Preposition:
   Actuated to crime by revenge.

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1. urge

   Synonyms:
   press, push, drive, impel, propel, force, importune, solicit, animate, incite, instigate, stimulate, hasten, expedite, accelerate, despatch

   Antonyms:
   repress, bold, retain, inhibit, coerce, restrain, cohibit, hinder, retard, discourage, damp, obstruct

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1. urge, impulsenoun

   an instinctive motive

   "profound religious impulses"

   Synonyms:
   pulsing, whim, nerve impulse, nervous impulse, impetus, momentum, impulsion, caprice, pulse, neural impulse, impulse, pulsation, itch

2. urge, itchverb

   a strong restless desire

   "why this urge to travel?"

   Synonyms:
   itch, impulse, itchiness, itching, scabies

3. urge, urge on, press, exhortverb

   force or impel in an indicated direction

   "I urged him to finish his studies"

   Synonyms:
   weigh, fight, beseech, agitate, press out, conjure, urge on, root on, bid, constrict, press, weight-lift, iron out, exhort, iron, weightlift, campaign, barrack, advocate, entreat, compact, squeeze, compress, pep up, recommend, adjure, contract, inspire, crusade, push, cheer

4. recommend, urge, advocateverb

   push for something

   "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

   Synonyms:
   inspire, exhort, root on, press, preach, commend, urge on, recommend, pep up, barrack, cheer, advocate

5. cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep upverb

   spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

   "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"

   Synonyms:
   jeer, juice up, animate, pep up, press, scoff, root on, enliven, cheer, urge on, instigate, flout, advocate, invigorate, inspire, exalt, ginger up, exhort, hearten, jolly along, prompt, revolutionize, jazz up, recreate, cheer up, barrack, recommend, inhale, chirk up, embolden, breathe in, revolutionise, jolly up, gibe

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1. urgeverb

   Synonyms:
   push, press, impel, drive, force onward, push on, press on

2. urgeverb

   Synonyms:
   solicit, importune, beg, entreat, beseech, implore, conjure

3. urgeverb

   Synonyms:
   incite, animate, encourage, instigate, stimulate, goad, spur

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1. urgeverb

   Synonyms:
   egg, importune, exhort, impel, force, incite, instigate, goad

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1. List of paraphrases for "urge":

   urges, urged, urging, invite, ask, encourage, call, appeal, exhort, insist

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How to use urge in a sentence?

1. The wise Pharoah Moe:

   You urge time when you are expecting your salary, you urge time when you want to meet your beloved, you urge time when you wish to see your children grow up. And when time is urged, you astonishly exclaim! Maybe this is the true theory of relativity..

2. Benny Tai:

   The government that uses police batons to maintain its authority is a government that is beyond reason, for the sake of the occupier safety and for the sake of the original intention of love and peace, as we prepare to surrender, we three urge students to retreat, to put down deep roots in the community and transform the movement to extend the spirit of the umbrella movement.

3. Geoffrey Adams:

   We urge Syria to use the opportunity of the team's next visit to Damascus to provide credible evidence and documentation to support its assurances that it has fully abandoned its chemical weapons program.

4. Fanta Doumbia:

   Our organizations urge the Senegalese government to present the draft law on abortion in the National Assembly as soon as possible.

5. H. L. Mencken:

   The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.