beckonings

Gestures urging approach

Beckonings are gestures or signals that summon or invite someone to approach or follow.

The word usually appears in figurative contexts—the beckonings of fate, the beckonings of adventure—suggesting calls that draw someone toward something, whether tempting or ominous.

She ignored the beckonings of her former life.

invitation

summons

Formal court notification

callContact by phone
overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
solicitationSeeking to obtain

bid · appeal · proposal · welcome · urging · inducement · offer · entreaty · request · proposition

allure

charm

Attractive personal quality

enchantmentMagical influence over someone
fascinationIntense absorbed interest
appealFormal review request

magnetism · captivation · enticement · lure · glamour · charisma · attraction · bewitchment · desirability · attractiveness

gesture

wave

Oscillating motion through medium

signalMessage-conveying cue
nodBrief head tilt
motionChange in position

summons · cue · flourish · beck · indicate · point · hand signal · come-hither · finger wag · arm wave

temptation

lure

Thing that tempts

sirenWailing alert device
desireIntense wanting
cravingPowerful urge to have

urge · indulgence · forbidden fruit · taboo · obsession · compulsion · whim · yearning · longing · tantalizing

Opposites

gesture/signal direction

beckoningsdismissals

Formal removal from position

shooing · waving away · banishments · repulsions · brushing away

invitation vs. rejection

beckoningsrejections

Formal refusals given

rebuffs · spurnings · refusals · cold shoulders · snubs

attraction vs. repulsion

beckoningsrepulsions

Acts of driving away

deterrents · discouragements · aversions · deterrences

Phrases

beckoning catFortune-bringing waving figurine

Family

beckoning

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