Synonyms of exhorting

exhorting

verb

present participle of exhort

as in urging

to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action

the speaker exhorted the graduating students to go forth and try to make a difference in the world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• urging
• encouraging
• nudging
• prompting
• goading
• spurring
• coaxing
• prodding
• pushing
• propelling
• imploring
• egging (on)
• pressing
• beseeching
• stimulating
• hurrying
• driving
• cajoling
• provoking
• importuning
• rushing
• pressuring
• hustling
• wheedling
• inciting
• adjuring
• fomenting
• nagging
• instigating
• needling
• stirring (up)
• blandishing
• high-pressuring
• soft-soaping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discouraging
• deterring
• checking
• dissuading
• restraining
• inhibiting
• curbing
• constraining
• braking
• holding back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exhorting

In its opening scene, from George Harrison’s 1971 Concert for Bangladesh, Preston starts singing the warmly exhorting gospel song that gives the film its name. —David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024

On an August day in 2011, a man stood outside City Hall in Newark, New Jersey, exhorting a crowd through a wireless microphone. —Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024