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Detailed Synonyms for urge in English

urge:

to urge verbe (urges, urged, urging)

  1. to urge
    to drive; to prompt; to urge
    • drive verbe (drives, drove, driving)
    • prompt verbe (prompts, prompted, prompting)
    • urge verbe (urges, urged, urging)
  2. to urge
    insist; to persist; to urge; to press; to keep on
    • insist verbe
    • persist verbe (persists, persisted, persisting)
    • urge verbe (urges, urged, urging)
    • press verbe (presses, pressed, pressing)
    • keep on verbe (keeps on, kept on, keeping on)
  3. to urge
    to provoke; to urge; to arouse; to stimulate; put someone on to something
  4. to urge
    to encourage; to stimulate; to activate; to urge
    • encourage verbe (encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
    • stimulate verbe (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
    • activate verbe (activates, activated, activating)
    • urge verbe (urges, urged, urging)
  5. to urge
    to urge; remind forcefully; remind strongly
  6. to urge
    – force or impel in an indicated direction 1
    to urge; to press; to exhort; to urge on
    – force or impel in an indicated direction 1
    • urge verbe (urges, urged, urging)
      • I urged him to finish his studies1
    • press verbe (presses, pressed, pressing)
    • exhort verbe (exhorts, exhorted, exhorting)
    • urge on verbe (urges on, urged on, urging on)
  7. to urge
    – spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts 1
    to urge; to cheer; to inspire; to exhort; barrack; to urge on; to pep up; root on
    – spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts 1
    • urge verbe (urges, urged, urging)
    • cheer verbe (cheers, cheered, cheering)
      • The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers1
    • inspire verbe (inspires, inspired, inspiring)
    • exhort verbe (exhorts, exhorted, exhorting)
    • barrack verbe
    • urge on verbe (urges on, urged on, urging on)
    • pep up verbe (peps up, pepped up, pepping up)
    • root on verbe
  8. to urge
    – push for something 1
    to urge; to recommend; to advocate
    – push for something 1
    • urge verbe (urges, urged, urging)
    • recommend verbe (recommends, recommended, recommending)
      • The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day1
    • advocate verbe (advocates, advocated, advocating)

Conjugations for urge:

present
  1. urge
  2. urge
  3. urges
  4. urge
  5. urge
  6. urge
simple past
  1. urged
  2. urged
  3. urged
  4. urged
  5. urged
  6. urged
present perfect
  1. have urged
  2. have urged
  3. has urged
  4. have urged
  5. have urged
  6. have urged
past continuous
  1. was urging
  2. were urging
  3. was urging
  4. were urging
  5. were urging
  6. were urging
future
  1. shall urge
  2. will urge
  3. will urge
  4. shall urge
  5. will urge
  6. will urge
continuous present
  1. am urging
  2. are urging
  3. is urging
  4. are urging
  5. are urging
  6. are urging
subjunctive
  1. be urged
  2. be urged
  3. be urged
  4. be urged
  5. be urged
  6. be urged
diverse
  1. urge!
  2. let's urge!
  3. urged
  4. urging
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

urge [the ~] nom

  1. the urge
    the lust; the passion; the desire; the urge; the frenzy; the craze; the ardor; the rankness; the ardour
  2. the urge
    the instinct; the drive; the urge; the impulse
  3. the urge
    – a strong restless desire 1
    the urge; the itch
    – a strong restless desire 1
    • urge [the ~] nom
      • why this urge to travel?1
    • itch [the ~] nom
  4. the urge
    – an instinctive motive 1
    the urge; the impulse
    – an instinctive motive 1
    • urge [the ~] nom
    • impulse [the ~] nom
      • profound religious impulses1

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Related Definitions for "urge":

  1. a strong restless desire1
    • why this urge to travel?1
  2. an instinctive motive1
  3. force or impel in an indicated direction1
    • I urged him to finish his studies1
  4. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts1
  5. push for something1

Related Synonyms for urge