Synonyms of urge

urge 1 of 2

verb

as in to encourage

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

the public service announcement urges pet owners to spay or neuter their pets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• encourage
• nudge
• exhort
• prompt
• spur
• push
• goad
• coax
• prod
• implore
• press
• propel
• beseech
• stimulate
• hurry
• rush
• provoke
• pressure
• importune
• egg (on)
• drive
• cajole
• adjure
• incite
• hustle
• nag
• instigate
• blandish
• wheedle
• foment
• needle
• stir (up)
• soft-soap
• high-pressure

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discourage
• deter
• check
• restrain
• dissuade
• curb
• brake
• inhibit
• constrain
• hold back

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• discourage
• deter
• check
• restrain
• dissuade
• curb
• brake
• inhibit
• constrain
• hold back

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urge

2 of 2

noun

as in desire

a strong wish for something

I'm trying to resist the urge to eat another piece of cake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• desire
• craving
• longing
• thirst
• hunger
• appetite
• wish
• hankering
• passion
• yearning
• compulsion
• itch
• lust
• need
• drive
• impulse
• pining
• taste
• love
• will
• want
• eagerness
• zeal
• appetency
• thirstiness
• yen
• jones
• liking
• letch
• impatience
• impulsion
• requirement
• necessity
• obsession
• weakness
• greed
• cupidity
• rapacity
• avarice
• greediness
• acquisitiveness
• avidity
• covetousness
• mania
• rapaciousness
• avariciousness
• cacoëthes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disgust
• hatred
• nausea
• dislike
• revulsion
• repugnance
• disinclination
• repulsion
• distaste
• allergy
• loathing
• abhorrence
• aversion
• indifference
• abomination
• disliking
• apathy
• disfavor
• unconcern
• averseness
• nonchalance
• insouciance

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• disgust
• hatred
• nausea
• dislike
• revulsion
• repugnance
• disinclination
• repulsion
• distaste
• allergy
• loathing
• abhorrence
• aversion
• indifference
• abomination
• disliking
• apathy
• disfavor
• unconcern
• averseness
• nonchalance
• insouciance

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