urge

/ˈɝdʒ/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. force or impel in an indicated direction
   “I urged him to finish his studies”
2. push for something
   “The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day”
3. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
   “The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers”

noun

1. an instinctive motive
   “profound religious impulses”
2. a strong restless desire
   “why this urge to travel?”

Synonyms for urge

• urge on
• press
• exhort
• recommend
• advocate
• cheer
• root on
• inspire
• barrack
• pep up
• impulse
• itch

Words that rhyme with urge

• purge
• surge
• scourge
• emerge
• verge
• converge
• diverge
• splurge
• submerge
• merge
• upsurge
• dirge
• serge
• spurge
• berge
• birge
• burdge
• reemerge
• virge