urge
Press someone strongly
Urge is a strong impulse or desire pushing toward action: I felt the urge to laugh at the worst possible moment.
As a verb, to urge is to advocate strongly or press someone toward something: She urged him to reconsider, They urged caution.
You can urge a horse forward or urge a bill through committee.
The word carries a sense of pressure—internal when it's a feeling, external when it's persuasion.
Force something away
insist · demand · squeeze · constrain · impel · pressurize · lean on · strong-arm
Intense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- thirstNeed for fluid
appetite · lust · ache · need · want · passion · compulsion · itch
Sudden arbitrary desire
- capriceUnpredictable urge or notion
- spontaneityActing without forethought
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
reflex · gut feeling · hunch · itch · twitch · snap decision
Urge forward with support
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- recommendSuggest with approval
- adviseGive counsel to
- counselExpert guidance offered
exhort · entreat · implore · beseech · plead · appeal · press · push
Existing since birth
- primalFirst in origin
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- fight-or-flightAcute threat reaction
- maternalOf or like mothers
paternal · territorial · sexual · predatory · protective · herd instinct · gut instinct
Impetus toward a goal
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
energy · zeal · vigor · enthusiasm · initiative · perseverance · tenacity · dedication
Formal request or defense
- appealFormal review request
- requestFormal act of seeking
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- imploringUrgently requesting with emotion
beseeching · exhortation · call · cry · prayer · petition · solicitation · behest
push
Force something away
coerce · insist · demand · squeeze · constrain · impel · pressurize · lean on · strong-arm · prod
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
thirst · appetite · lust · ache · need · want · passion · compulsion · itch · hankering
whim
Sudden arbitrary desire
- capriceUnpredictable urge or notion
- spontaneityActing without forethought
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
instinct · reflex · gut feeling · hunch · itch · twitch · snap decision
encourage
Urge forward with support
counsel · exhort · entreat · implore · beseech · plead · appeal · press · push · lobby
innate
Existing since birth
- primalFirst in origin
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- fight-or-flightAcute threat reaction
maternal · paternal · territorial · sexual · predatory · protective · herd instinct · gut instinct
motivation
Impetus toward a goal
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
momentum · energy · zeal · vigor · enthusiasm · initiative · perseverance · tenacity · dedication · commitment
plea
Formal request or defense
- appealFormal review request
- requestFormal act of seeking
- supplicationHumble plea for help
imploring · beseeching · exhortation · call · cry · prayer · petition · solicitation · behest · adjuration
- desireswant, wish, desire, wanting, yearning
- hungerhunger, hungry, starving, starvation, famished
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- persuasion tacticscharm, butter up, flattery, flatter, coax
- U-wordsugly, ultimate, ultra, umbrella, unable
- wantingwant, desire, crave, yearn, long
urgediscourage
Diminish someone's confidence
dissuade · deter · talk out of · restrain · inhibit
urgeaversion
Intense dislike or repugnance
repulsion · revulsion · repugnance · disgust · abhorrence
urgeindifference
Lack of interest
apathy · unconcern · insouciance · nonchalance · disinterest
- urgent careWalk-in medical facility
- urge onEncourage to proceed
- urgent messageCommunication needing quick response
- the urgeStrong inner drive
- urgent needPressing demand for action
- primal urgeFundamental instinctual drive
urgent, urged, urging, urgency, insurgent, urges, resurgence, insurgency, insurgence