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Synonyms for exhort

25 synonyms
8 antonyms
1 meaning

verb

Most common

urge encourage admonish persuade

All synonyms

Verb

1. Urge

urge, encourage, admonish, persuade, implore, urge on, enjoin, advise, inspire, incite, counsel, cheer, stimulate, advocate, recommend, press, prompt, charge, charre UK, pep up informal, barrack, induce, goad

Other

Antonyms

dissuade, discourage, deter

All antonyms of exhort →

Definitions

v. 1
To urge; to advise earnestly.

Forms

Past participle: exhorted
e.g. exhorted → urged, encouraged, admonished, persuaded…

Example sentences

encourage You often encourage me to be good and hardworking.
urge Try to resist the urge to pick your nose, darling.
persuade Will it do me any good to try to persuade him now?
admonish No words were able to admonish him.
preach The main duty of a priest is to preach in church.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
exhort		steady
encourage		steady
urge		falling
persuade		steady
admonish		steady
preach		rising

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

By length

4 letters: urge¹, goad¹
5 letters: press¹, cheer¹
6 letters: charge¹, advise², prompt¹, preach¹, induce², incite², enjoin², charre, enhort
7 letters: counsel², inspire², implore², barrack²
8 letters: advocate³, persuade², admonish³
9 letters: recommend³, encourage³, stimulate³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (advise² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: exhorter
Italiano: esortare
Español: amonestar
Deutsch: ermahnen