Synonyms & related words for urges

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Words related to urges

Explore words related to urges — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include urger, exhort, urged, impulse, urging, recommend, impels, desire. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does urges come from?

The word urges breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root urge-, from Latin urgeo (“press, drive”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.