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Synonyms for appeal

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

suit petition entreaty application cri de coeur

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Petition

petition, entreaty, suit, request, call, invite, address, prayer, summon, invocation

2. Solicitation

solicitation, collection, ingathering

3. Charm

charm, appealingness rare

Other

application, cri de coeur, imploration rare

Verb

1. Invoke

invoke, plead, call on, implore, entreat, solicit, supplicate, adjure

Other

attract, sue, go up for informal

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

  2. n. 2

    The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.

  3. n. 3

    A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.

    I have an appeal against the lower court decision.

  4. v. 1

    Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

    Dissatisfied with the judge’s ruling, she decided to appeal.

Related words

Word family
appellant appellate appellee appealing appealingness
Phrases
sex appeal appeal to authority appeal court appeal to emotion appeal to nature court of appeal curb appeal street appeal

Forms

Plural
appeals → petitions, entreaties, suits, requests…
Past participle
appealed
e.g. appealed → invoked, pled, implored, entreated…

Choose the right word

or Appeal?

To appeal is strictly to call for some form of help or support.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • suit It seems that Alice is very pleased with the suit.
  • petition The petition has garnered over 10,000 signatures.
  • entreaty She looked at me with a passionate expression of entreaty.
  • application Fill in this application form and send it at once.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
appealfalling
suitsteady
petitionfalling
entreatyrising
applicationsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
sue1
4 letters
call1, suit1
5 letters
charm1, plead1
6 letters
prayer1, invite2, summon2, invoke2, adjure
7 letters
address2, request2, attract2, solicit3, implore2, entreat
8 letters
petition3, entreaty3
10 letters
collection3, invocation4, supplicate
11 letters
application4, ingathering, imploration
12 letters
solicitation5
13 letters
appealingness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (invite2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
appel
Italiano
chiamata
Español
llamamiento
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Ruf
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apel·lació