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Synonyms of appeal in English:

appeal


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See Spanish definition of llamamiento

verb

1‘police are appealing for information’

SYNONYMS
ask earnestly, ask urgently, request earnestly, request urgently, make an earnest request, make an urgent request, call, make a plea, plead, beg
sue

2‘Andrew appealed to me to help them’

SYNONYMS
implore, beg, beseech, entreat, call on, plead with, ask, request, petition, pray to, apply to, solicit, exhort, adjure, invoke
lobby
rare obtest, obsecrate, impetrate

3‘the thought of travelling appealed to me’

SYNONYMS
attract, be attractive to, interest, be of interest to, please, take someone's fancy, charm, engage, fascinate, intrigue, tempt, entice, allure, beguile, lure, invite, draw, whet someone's appetite
informal float someone's boat, tickle someone's fancy
ANTONYMS

bore, leave someone cold


noun

1‘an emotional appeal for help’

SYNONYMS
plea, earnest request, urgent request, entreaty, cry, cry from the heart, call, petition, prayer, supplication, solicitation, application, overture, suit
cri de cœur
de profundis
archaic orison
rare imploration, adjuration, obtestation, impetration, obsecration

2‘the cultural appeal of the island’

SYNONYMS
attraction, attractiveness, interest, allure, charm, enchantment, fascination, beauty, charisma, magnetism, temptation, seductiveness, drawing power, enticement
informal pull

3‘in March 1992, the Court allowed the appeal’

SYNONYMS
retrial, reconsideration, re-examination