exhorts
Presses with fervor
Exhorts is the third-person singular of exhort, meaning to urge strongly or encourage earnestly.
The word suggests passionate appeal rather than casual suggestion: The coach exhorts his players to give everything they have.
Religious and political contexts favor exhort—preachers exhort congregations, leaders exhort citizens to action.
Urge with desperation
- beseechPlead urgently with someone
- urgeStrong inner drive
- enjoinCommand or legally forbid
- adjureSolemnly urge or request
entreat · admonish · appeal · persuade · counsel · advocate · press · encourage
One who instructs
- teamOrganized cooperative unit
- rallyGathering for a cause
- inspireStir to action
- encouragementSupport spurring continued effort
pep talk · locker room · halftime · athletes · captain · morale · determination · effort
Skilled public speaker
- crowdLarge public gathering
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- rallyGathering for a cause
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
activist · movement · masses · revolution · mobilize · protest · demonstration · manifesto
Religious sermon deliverer
- sermonClergy's worship address
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- flockAnimals gathered together
evangelist · revival · repentance · salvation · admonition · homily · pastoral · righteousness
implore
Urge with desperation
adjure · entreat · admonish · appeal · persuade · counsel · advocate · press · encourage · charge
coach
One who instructs
encouragement · pep talk · locker room · halftime · athletes · captain · morale · determination · effort · perseverance
orator
Skilled public speaker
campaign · activist · movement · masses · revolution · mobilize · protest · demonstration · manifesto · agenda
preacher
Religious sermon deliverer
- sermonClergy's worship address
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
flock · evangelist · revival · repentance · salvation · admonition · homily · pastoral · righteousness · faithful
exhortshints
Indirect suggestions
suggests · implies · insinuates · alludes · intimates