urging
Pushing someone onward
Urging is the act of strongly encouraging or pressing someone toward action.
It implies persistence and earnestness beyond mere suggestion: Despite her urgings, he refused to see a doctor.
The word often appears in the plural to suggest repeated attempts at persuasion: He finally gave in to their urgings.
Formal review request
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- petitionFormal written appeal
- implorationEarnest, urgent appeal
beseeching · pleading · exhortation · solicitation · adjuration · importunity · begging · cajoling
Giving reminders to continue
- cueingSignaling when to start
- signalingConveying information nonverbally
- remindingCausing to recall
- nudgingLight push to prompt
prodding · triggering · spurring · alerting · suggesting · hinting · indicating · pointing
Cause to act
- inspireStir to action
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- spurIncentive or heel device
stimulate · champion · foster · bolster · empower · galvanize · exhort · persuade
Unyielding demand for something
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- relentlessnessUnstoppable persistence
- doggednessUnyielding determination to continue
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
steadfastness · unrelenting · unwavering · adamant · importuning · repeated · constant · continual
appeal
Formal review request
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- petitionFormal written appeal
imploration · beseeching · pleading · exhortation · solicitation · adjuration · importunity · begging · cajoling · wheedling
prompting
Giving reminders to continue
nudging · prodding · triggering · spurring · alerting · suggesting · hinting · indicating · pointing · directing
motivate
Cause to act
spur · stimulate · champion · foster · bolster · empower · galvanize · exhort · persuade · coax
insistence
Unyielding demand for something
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- relentlessnessUnstoppable persistence
- doggednessUnyielding determination to continue
tenacity · steadfastness · unrelenting · unwavering · adamant · importuning · repeated · constant · continual · incessant
compelling
Powerfully engaging or persuasive
- pressuringExerting influence to compel
- forcingCompelling through pressure
- drivingControlling a vehicle
pushing · obliging · coercing · insisting · demanding · prodding · goading · impelling · constraining · pressing
- promptsprompt, prompts, prompting, cue, hint
- incitementinciting, instigating, provoking, incitement, instigation
- advocacypetition, advocating, protest sign, championing, picket sign
- encouragementpraises, hang in there, supports, keep going, motivates
- persuadingpersuading, convincing, coaxing, influencing, swaying
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
urgingdiscouraging
Causing loss of confidence
dissuading · dissuasion · deterring · discouragement · opposing
urgingrestraining
Holding something back
holding back · inhibiting · checking · curbing · suppressing
urgingacquiescing
Consenting without protest
accepting · deferring · yielding · leaving alone · standing back