urge

Noun

• a strong restless desire
  • why this urge to travel?
    

• an instinctive motive
  • profound religious impulses
    

Verb

• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  • The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
    

• push for something
  • The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day
    

• force or impel in an indicated direction
  • I urged him to finish his studies
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  itch , impulse , cheer , root on , inspire , barrack , urge on , exhort , pep up , recommend , advocate , press