urge

Meaning

Noun

A strong desire; an itch to do something.

Verb

1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
2. To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
3. To provoke; to exasperate.
4. To press hard upon; to follow closely.
5. To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
6. (obsolete) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.
7. To press onward or forward.
8. To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

Synonyms

impel

encourage

incite

stimulate

instigate

prompt

press

spur

spur on

exhort

drive

prod

persuade

induce

stir up

abet

hasten

force

stir

push

trigger

provocate

recommend

impulse

beg

advise

insist

inspire

demand

urge on

goad

egg on

provoke

hustle

compel

coax

encouragement

advice

importune

rouse

influence

passion

cajole

hurry

instigation

incitement

beseech

desire

advocate

barrack

hurry up

promote

arouse

stimulation

exhortation

impetus

persist

cheer

excite

craving

entreat

pep up

invite

convince

lust

bid

move

ask

root on

solicit

admonish

inducement

rush

wheedle

blandish

whip

motivate

craze

need

call upon

insist firmly

instruct explicitly

request

instruct

crave

repeat

🔁

order repeatedly

itch

pray

🛐

claim

quicken

stimulus

create

plead

nag

reiterate

implore

pressure

importunity

cause

pinch

constrain

pester

appetite

stomach

suggest

support

suppose

take

talk over

teach

throw over

beg hard

urging

vehemence

vehemency

warn

whim

wish

wishing

yen

💴

cry out for

plead with

press for

put pressure on

strong desire

summon up

try to persuade

torture severely

motivation

religion

put pressure

be importunate

impluse

press hard upon

ask earnestly

try to compel

use compulsion to

abetment

accelerate

advance

affirm

agitate

aid

animate

appetence

appetency

arrogate

aspiration

awaken

bear on

bring about

bring forth

brunt

call

call for

call in

call on

call up

caprice

challenge

command

commove

conscript

cry

😢

dash

💨

direct

discuss

drive on

dun

dwell

eagerness

educate

effectuate

elan

embolden

enforce

engage

engender

enjoin

enlist

enroll

entail

enthusiasm

entice

evocation

exact

expel

flatter

foment

foster

further

goose

🪿

govern

hankering

help

hound

hungriness

immodest

impetuosity

impress

impulsion

inclination

innervate

inspiration

invigorate

jog

maintain

make

momentum

motive

necessary

necessity

nudge

occasion

oppress

order

organise

organize

petition

pin down

please

poke

precipitance

prevail

produce

prompting

propel

provocation

pursue

put

remind

require

seduce

set up

sharpen

spark off

speed up

squash

squeeze

stipulate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɜːd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Latin urgeō (“urge”).