Word URGE: meanings, synonyms & antonyms

urge

🇺🇸 [ɜːrdʒ]

Meanings

To strongly encourage or recommend someone to do something. It implies a strong desire or necessity to take action. The term can also refer to a powerful feeling or impulse to act in a certain way.

Examples

• I urge you to reconsider your decision before it's too late.
• She felt an urge to help those in need.
• His parents urged him to apply for the scholarship.

Synonyms

encourage • press • advocate

Antonyms

discourage • dissuade • prevent