Synonyms and Antonyms of appeal (to)
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner
- when supplies at the food bank ran desperately low, officials appealed to the public for some much-needed replacements
beg, beseech, besiege, conjure, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, petition, plead (to), pray, solicit, supplicate
bludge [chiefly Australian & New Zealand], cadge, mooch, sponge
ask, desire, invoke, request, sue
claim, coerce, command, compel, demand, force, insist, require
hint, imply, intimate, suggest
appease, conciliate, gratify, mollify, oblige, pacify, placate, please, satisfy
comfort, console, content, quiet