| 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. |
| persuade | | |
| v. (social) | 1. carry, persuade, sway | win approval or support for.; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters" |
| ~ carry | win in an election.; "The senator carried his home state" |
| ~ act upon, influence, work | have and exert influence or effect.; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate" |
| v. (communication) | 2. 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!" |
| ~ hustle | pressure or urge someone into an action. |
| ~ bring around, bring round | cause to adopt an opinion or course of action.; "His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school" |
| ~ badger | persuade through constant efforts. |
| ~ sell | persuade somebody to accept something.; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers" |
| ~ chat up | talk to someone with the aim of persuading him. |
| ~ talk into | persuade somebody to do something. |
| ~ rope in | draw in as if with a rope; lure.; "The agent had roped in several customers" |
| ~ blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle, palaver | influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.; "He palavered her into going along" |
| ~ convince, win over, convert | make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something.; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product" |
| ~ brainwash | persuade completely, often through coercion.; "The propaganda brainwashed many people" |
| ~ cause, induce, stimulate, make, get, have | 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" |
| ~ assure | assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence.; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe" |
| ~ influence, charm, tempt | induce into action by using one's charm.; "She charmed him into giving her all his money" |
| ~ prevail | use persuasion successfully.; "He prevailed upon her to visit his parents" |
| ~ drag | persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting.; "He dragged me away from the television set" |
| ~ tempt | try presumptuously.; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert" |
| ~ seduce, score, make | induce to have sex.; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" |
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