| alluring | | |
| adj. | 1. alluring, beguiling, enticing, tempting | highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire.; "an alluring prospect"; "her alluring smile"; "the voice was low and beguiling"; "difficult to say no to an enticing advertisement"; "a tempting invitation" |
| ~ seductive | tending to entice into a desired action or state. |
| appealing | | |
| adj. | 1. appealing | able to attract interest or draw favorable attention.; "He added an appealing and memorable figure to popular American mythology"; "an appealing sense of humor"; "the idea of having enough money to retire at fifty is very appealing" |
| ~ attention-getting, catchy | likely to attract attention.; "a catchy title for a movie" |
| ~ attractive | having power to arouse interest.; "an attractive opportunity"; "the job is attractive because of the pay" |
| adj. | 2. appealing, likable, likeable, sympathetic | (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings.; "the sympathetic characters in the play" |
| ~ drama | the literary genre of works intended for the theater. |
| becharm | | |
| v. (social) | 1. becharm, charm | control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft. |
| ~ glamour, hex, jinx, witch, bewitch, enchant | cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something. |
| ~ control, command | exercise authoritative control or power over.; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance | attract; cause to be enamored.; "She captured all the men's hearts" |
| ~ hold | hold the attention of.; "The soprano held the audience"; "This story held our interest"; "She can hold an audience spellbound" |
| ~ attract, appeal | be attractive to.; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people" |
| ~ work | gratify and charm, usually in order to influence.; "the political candidate worked the crowds" |
| induce | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. bring on, induce | cause to arise.; "induce a crisis" |
| ~ bring forth, generate | bring into existence.; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami" |
| v. (communication) | 2. cause, get, have, induce, make, stimulate | cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" |
| ~ decide | cause to decide.; "This new development finally decided me!" |
| ~ persuade | cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm.; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" |
| ~ bring | induce or persuade.; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well" |
| ~ solicit | incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination.; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents" |
| ~ encourage | spur on.; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife" |
| ~ let | actively cause something to happen.; "I let it be known that I was not interested" |
| ~ lead | cause to undertake a certain action.; "Her greed led her to forge the checks" |
| ~ instigate, prompt, inspire | serve as the inciting cause of.; "She prompted me to call my relatives" |
| ~ suborn | induce to commit perjury or give false testimony.; "The President tried to suborn false witnesses" |
| ~ compel, obligate, oblige | force somebody to do something.; "We compel all students to fill out this form" |
| v. (creation) | 3. hasten, induce, rush, stimulate | cause to occur rapidly.; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" |
| ~ effect, effectuate, set up | produce.; "The scientists set up a shock wave" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. induce | reason or establish by induction. |
| ~ logical system, system of logic, logic | a system of reasoning. |
| ~ conclude, reason, reason out | decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion.; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" |
| v. (creation) | 5. induce, induct | produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes. |
| ~ natural philosophy, physics | the science of matter and energy and their interactions.; "his favorite subject was physics" |
| ~ give rise, bring about, produce | cause to happen, occur or exist.; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system" |
| urge | | |
| n. (motive) | 1. impulse, urge | an instinctive motive.; "profound religious impulses" |
| ~ motivation, motive, need | the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior.; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives" |
| ~ abience | (psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object. |
| ~ adience | (psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object. |
| ~ death instinct, death wish, thanatos | (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die. |
| ~ itchy feet, wanderlust | very strong or irresistible impulse to travel. |
| n. (feeling) | 2. itch, urge | a strong restless desire.; "why this urge to travel?" |
| ~ desire | the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state. |
| v. (communication) | 3. exhort, press, urge, urge on | force or impel in an indicated direction.; "I urged him to finish his studies" |
| ~ hurry, rush | urge to an unnatural speed.; "Don't rush me, please!" |
| ~ push, bear on | press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action.; "He pushed her to finish her doctorate" |
| ~ advocate, preach | speak, plead, or argue in favor of.; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house" |
| ~ advise, counsel, rede | give advice to.; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" |
| v. (communication) | 4. advocate, recommend, urge | push for something.; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" |
| ~ propose, suggest, advise | make a proposal, declare a plan for something.; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" |
| v. (communication) | 5. barrack, cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on | spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts.; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" |
| ~ cheerlead | act as a cheerleader in a sports event. |
| ~ encourage | inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to. |
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