English

Detailed Synonyms for urge in English

urge:

to urge verb (urges, urged, urging)

  1. to urge
    to drive; to prompt; to urge
    • drive verb (drives, drove, driving)
    • prompt verb (prompts, prompted, prompting)
    • urge verb (urges, urged, urging)
  2. to urge
    insist; to persist; to urge; to press; to keep on
    • insist verb
    • persist verb (persists, persisted, persisting)
    • urge verb (urges, urged, urging)
    • press verb (presses, pressed, pressing)
    • keep on verb (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 verb (encourages, encouraged, encouraging)
    • stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
    • activate verb (activates, activated, activating)
    • urge verb (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 verb (urges, urged, urging)
      • I urged him to finish his studies1
    • press verb (presses, pressed, pressing)
    • exhort verb (exhorts, exhorted, exhorting)
    • urge on verb (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 verb (urges, urged, urging)
    • cheer verb (cheers, cheered, cheering)
      • The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers1
    • inspire verb (inspires, inspired, inspiring)
    • exhort verb (exhorts, exhorted, exhorting)
    • barrack verb
    • urge on verb (urges on, urged on, urging on)
    • pep up verb (peps up, pepped up, pepping up)
    • root on verb
  8. to urge
    – push for something 1
    to urge; to recommend; to advocate
    – push for something 1
    • urge verb (urges, urged, urging)
    • recommend verb (recommends, recommended, recommending)
      • The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day1
    • advocate verb (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 ~] noun

  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 ~] noun
      • why this urge to travel?1
    • itch [the ~] noun
  4. the urge
    – an instinctive motive 1
    the urge; the impulse
    – an instinctive motive 1
    • urge [the ~] noun
    • impulse [the ~] noun
      • 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