Synonyms of exhorts

exhorts

verb

present tense third-person singular of exhort

as in urges

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

• urges
• encourages
• nudges
• prompts
• goads
• coaxes
• prods
• eggs (on)
• pushes
• spurs
• propels
• implores
• beseeches
• presses
• stimulates
• provokes
• hurries
• adjures
• cajoles
• importunes
• drives
• rushes
• pressures
• incites
• wheedles
• hustles
• nags
• foments
• instigates
• high-pressures
• stirs (up)
• needles
• blandishes
• soft-soaps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discourages
• deters
• dissuades
• inhibits
• brakes
• restrains
• constrains
• curbs
• checks
• holds back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exhorts

In Paris, signage exhorts Métro riders to hydrate regularly, stay attentive to those who are most vulnerable, et cetera. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 27 June 2026

On her deathbed, Mary exhorts her son to take advantage of this situation in grotesquely self-serving terms at odds with the movie’s overall soak-the-rich ethos. — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026

Carol, a reclusive and disgruntled bestselling romantasy author, exhorts her reticent audience of five immune English speakers to reclaim human agency against the milquetoast, obsequious blob and join her in a quest to reverse the happiness apocalypse. — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 8 Nov. 2025

There is also a growing rhetoric that exhorts the virtues of blue-collar labor. — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025