urge
urge is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- transitive verb. To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
- transitive verb. To provoke; to exasperate.
- transitive verb. To press hard upon; to follow closely
- transitive verb. To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case.
- transitive verb. To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
- intransitive verb. To press onward or forward.
- intransitive verb. To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
- noun. a strong restless desire
"why this urge to travel?"
- noun. an instinctive motive
"profound religious impulses"
- verb. force or impel in an indicated direction
"I urged him to finish his studies"
- verb. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
"The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
- verb. push for something
"The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
Synonyms
itch, impulse, exhort, press, barrack, cheer, inspire, advocate, recommend
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in urge:
Common word forms
urged, urger, urges, urging, urgeful
Words from these letters
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