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All exhort synonyms

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verb exhort

  • urge — to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
  • press — to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
  • push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
  • encourage — Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
  • insist — to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
  • pressure — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
  • spur — a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
  • goad — a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
  • prod — to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
  • warn — to give notice, advice, or intimation to (a person, group, etc.) of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or anything else unfavorable: They warned him of a plot against him. She was warned that her life was in danger.
  • admonish — If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
  • advise — If you advise someone to do something, you tell them what you think they should do.
  • beseech — If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously.
  • call upon — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
  • caution — Caution is great care which you take in order to avoid possible danger.
  • enjoin — Instruct or urge (someone) to do something.
  • incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
  • persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
  • preach — to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
  • bid — A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it.
  • counsel — Counsel is advice.
  • entreat — Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.
  • plead — to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
  • prick — a puncture made by a needle, thorn, or the like.
  • prompt — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
  • propel — to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
  • stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • egg on — to incite or urge; encourage (usually followed by on).
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