urge
1. an instinctive motive (Freq. 2)
- profound religious impulses
• Syn:
impulse
• Hypernyms:
motivation, motive, need
• Hyponyms:
abience, adience, death instinct, death wish, Thanatos,
wanderlust, itchy feet
2. a strong restless desire (Freq. 2)
- why this urge to travel?
• Syn:
itch
• Derivationally related forms:
itch (for: itch)
• Hypernyms:
desire
1. force or impel in an indicated direction (Freq. 36)
- I urged him to finish his studies
• Syn:
urge on, press, exhort
• Derivationally related forms:
exhortatory (for: exhort), exhortation (for: exhort), pressure (for: press), urgent, urging
• Hypernyms:
rede, advise, counsel
• Hyponyms:
rush, hurry, push, bear on, preach, advocate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- Sam cannot urge Sue
- They urge him to write the letter
2. push for something (Freq. 11)
- The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day
• Syn:
recommend, advocate
• Derivationally related forms:
urgent, urgency, recommendation (for: recommend)
• Hypernyms:
propose, suggest, advise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
3. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts (Freq. 1)
- The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
• Syn:
cheer, root on, inspire, barrack, urge on,
exhort, pep up
• Derivationally related forms:
exhortatory (for: exhort), exhortation (for: exhort), urgent, urging, cheerer (for: cheer), cheering (for: cheer)
• Hypernyms:
encourage
• Hyponyms:
cheerlead
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They urge him to write the letter
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