Synonyms of exhorting

exhorting

verb

present participle of exhort

as in urging

to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action

the speaker exhorted the graduating students to go forth and try to make a difference in the world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• urging
• encouraging
• nudging
• prompting
• goading
• spurring
• coaxing
• prodding
• pushing
• propelling
• imploring
• egging (on)
• pressing
• beseeching
• stimulating
• hurrying
• driving
• cajoling
• provoking
• importuning
• rushing
• pressuring
• hustling
• wheedling
• inciting
• adjuring
• fomenting
• nagging
• instigating
• needling
• stirring (up)
• blandishing
• high-pressuring
• soft-soaping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discouraging
• deterring
• checking
• dissuading
• restraining
• inhibiting
• curbing
• constraining
• braking
• holding back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exhorting

Designing for human error works; exhorting humans not to err does not. — Alan Rencher, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Jackson also said Trump will continue exhorting Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which would make significant election and voting reforms. — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 21 July 2026

His firm, Strategy, has a business based around acquiring Bitcoin, with Saylor using his outsize social media presence to post memes exhorting others to do the same. — Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026

After a steal and dunk by Reed put UConn back up by six, Huskies coach Dan Hurley began waving his arms wildly at the fans behind his bench, exhorting them to be louder. — CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026

Trump has spent years dehumanizing immigrants, exhorting law enforcement to treat suspects more roughly, and attacking the rule of law. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026

In its opening scene, from George Harrison’s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh, Preston starts singing the warmly exhorting gospel song that gives the film its name. — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024

San Diego Clippers coach Paul Hewitt sometimes resembles a third-base coach, waving his arms forward rapidly, exhorting his players to race the ball up the floor after a rebound or forced turnover. — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2024

On an August day in 2011, a man stood outside City Hall in Newark, New Jersey, exhorting a crowd through a wireless microphone. — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024