What does "urge" mean?

A strong desire to do something.

What is a synonym for "urge"?

Common synonyms include: cheer, encourage, entreat, impel, impulse, incite.

//ɜːd͡ʒ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·Middle school level

Noun

1
A strong desire to do something.
"After seeing the advert for a soft drink, I had a sudden urge to buy a bottle."
2
a strong restless desire wordnet
3
an instinctive motive wordnet

Verb

1
To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. transitive
"Lo hapless Tydeus, whose ill-fated hand / Had slain his brother, leaves his native land, / And seized with horror in the shades of night, / Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight[…]"
2
force or impel in an indicated direction wordnet
3
To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity. transitive
"My boss urged me to reconsider my decision to leave the company, even offering a pay rise."
4
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts wordnet
5
To provoke; to exasperate. transitive
"Vrge not my fathers anger (Eglamoure) / But thinke vpon my griefe (a Ladies griefe) / And on the iuſtice of my flying hence, / To keepe me from a moſt vnholy match, / Which heauen and fortune ſtill rewards with plagues."

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push for something wordnet
7
To press hard upon; to follow closely. transitive
"Man ? and for ever ? wretch ! what wouldst thou have ? / Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave."
8
To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon. transitive
"to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case"
9
To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with. obsolete, transitive
"to urge an ore with intense heat"
10
To press onward or forward. transitive
11
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist. transitive