appeal
Challenge the verdict
Appeal’s many meanings as both noun and verb fall into the categories of general and legal.
A legal appeal is a request for a decision, verdict, or order to be reviewed by a higher court: The plaintiff filed an appeal.
An appeal can also be a request for money or help, as well as the quality that makes something attractive: The movie will have appeal for dating teenagers, but few others will be interested.
The related verb meaning is followed by for: Police appealed for help from people who may have witnessed the accident.
Formal request or defense
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- petitionFormal written appeal
- solicitationSeeking to obtain
- supplicationHumble plea for help
imploration · prayer · call · invitation · overture · application · submission · proposal
Art of persuasive language
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- convinceCause to believe
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- influencePower to affect others
sway · propaganda · debate · lobby · campaign · discourse · oratory · articulate
Trial venue or sports surface
- verdictOfficial court decision
- judgeOne who decides
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- overturnReverse or invalidate
tribunal · reversal · remand · hearing · brief · ruling · petition · docket
Attractive, tempting quality
- magnetismForce between poles
- charmAttractive personal quality
- fascinationIntense absorbed interest
- desirabilityQuality of being sought
enticement · glamour · charisma · captivation · seduction · temptation · lure · enchantment
Sports match official
- howzatCricket dismissal query
- wicketSmall subsidiary entrance
- dismissalRemoval from position
- decisionSettled course of action
batsman · fielder · bowler · review · finger · shout · claiming
Dominant cultural current
- trendyCurrently in vogue
- fashionableCurrently in style
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
bestseller · viral · crowd-pleasing · crossover · universal · widespread · fanbase · accessible
plea
Formal request or defense
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- petitionFormal written appeal
- solicitationSeeking to obtain
supplication · imploration · prayer · call · invitation · overture · application · submission · proposal · bid
rhetoric
Art of persuasive language
influence · sway · propaganda · debate · lobby · campaign · discourse · oratory · articulate · compelling
court
Trial venue or sports surface
- verdictOfficial court decision
- judgeOne who decides
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
overturn · tribunal · reversal · remand · hearing · brief · ruling · petition · docket · precedent
allure
Attractive, tempting quality
- magnetismForce between poles
- charmAttractive personal quality
- fascinationIntense absorbed interest
desirability · enticement · glamour · charisma · captivation · seduction · temptation · lure · enchantment · irresistibility
umpire
Sports match official
decision · batsman · fielder · bowler · review · finger · shout · claiming
mainstream
Dominant cultural current
- trendyCurrently in vogue
- fashionableCurrently in style
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
hit · bestseller · viral · crowd-pleasing · crossover · universal · widespread · fanbase · accessible · relatable
- Beauty Qualitiesbeauty, elegance, grace, prettiness, radiance
- official proceduresregistration, application, filing, permit, license
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- persuasion tacticscharm, butter up, flattery, flatter, coax
- speech topicspersuasion, debate, motivation, eulogy, politics
- allureattraction, attract, magnetism, charisma, attractiveness
appealrepulsiveness
Quality inspiring strong aversion
repulsion · disgust · revulsion · offensiveness · unpleasantness
appealfirst instance
Earliest example of something
upholding · final judgment · acquiescence · affirmance · affirmation
- sex appealAttractive, desirable quality
- mainstream appeal
- curb appealProperty's visual attractiveness outside
- appeal toSeek favor from
- mass appealAttraction to many people
- beyond appeal
appealing, appealed, appeals, appellation, appellant, appellate, appealable, unappealable, reappeal