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Words related to urge

Related / Similar Words: itch, impulse, urge on, press, exhort, cheer, inspire, barrack, pep up, recommend, advocate

Definition:

a strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?";

an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses";

force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies";

urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers";

push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day";

Hyponyms: abience, adience, death instinct, death wish, wanderlust, itchy feet, rush, hurry, push, bear on, preach, advocate, cheerlead

Derivational Morphology: itch, spoil, exhortation, incitement, pressure, goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring, cheerer, cheering, shouting, importunity, urgency, recommendation

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