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appeal
Overview of noun appeal
The noun appeal has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (9) entreaty, prayer, appeal -- (earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm")
2. (8) appeal, appealingness, charm -- (attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her")
3. (8) appeal -- ((law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial; "their appeal was denied in the superior court")
4. solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering -- (request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for starving children")
Overview of verb appeal
The verb appeal has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (4) appeal -- (take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was found guilty but appealed immediately")
2. (2) appeal, invoke -- (request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble")
3. (1) attract, appeal -- (be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people")
4. appeal -- (challenge (a decision); "She appealed the verdict")
5. invoke, appeal -- (cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun appeal
4 senses of appeal
Sense 1
entreaty, prayer, appeal
=> request, asking
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
appeal, appealingness, charm
=> attractiveness
=> beauty
=> appearance, visual aspect
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
appeal
=> proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
=> due process, due process of law
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering
=> request, petition, postulation
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun appeal
3 of 4 senses of appeal
Sense 1
entreaty, prayer, appeal
=> adjuration
=> demagoguery, demagogy
=> supplication, plea
=> solicitation
=> suit
=> courtship, wooing, courting, suit
Sense 2
appeal, appealingness, charm
=> siren call, siren song
=> winsomeness
Sense 4
solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering
=> whip-round
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun appeal
4 senses of appeal
Sense 1
entreaty, prayer, appeal
=> request, asking
Sense 2
appeal, appealingness, charm
=> attractiveness
Sense 3
appeal
=> proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
Sense 4
solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering
=> request, petition, postulation
Antonyms of noun appeal
Member Holonyms of noun appeal
Substance Holonyms of noun appeal
Part Holonyms of noun appeal
Member Meronyms of noun appeal
Substance Meronyms of noun appeal
Part Meronyms of noun appeal
Meronyms of noun appeal
Holonyms of noun appeal
Attributes of noun appeal
Derived Forms of noun appeal
3 of 4 senses of appeal
Sense 1
entreaty, prayer, appeal
RELATED TO>(verb) appeal#2
=> appeal, invoke
Sense 2
appeal, appealingness, charm
RELATED TO>(verb) appeal#3
=> attract, appeal
Sense 3
appeal
RELATED TO>(verb) appeal#4
=> appeal
RELATED TO>(verb) appeal#1
=> appeal
Domain of noun appeal
1 of 4 senses of appeal
Sense 3
appeal
TOPIC>(noun) law#2, jurisprudence#2
Domain Terms of noun appeal
Familiarity of noun appeal
appeal used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun appeal
4 senses of appeal
Sense 1
entreaty, prayer, appeal
> request, asking
=> notification, notice
=> wish, indirect request
=> invitation
=> entreaty, prayer, appeal
=> prayer, petition, orison
=> call
=> charge, billing
=> trick or treat
=> questioning, inquiring
=> order
=> recall, callback
Sense 2
appeal, appealingness, charm
> attractiveness
=> adorability, adorableness
=> bewitchery, beguilement, animal magnetism
=> charisma, personal appeal, personal magnetism
=> sex appeal, desirability, desirableness, oomph
=> appeal, appealingness, charm
=> spiff
Sense 3
appeal
> proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
=> foreclosure
=> intervention
=> procedure
=> legal action, action, action at law
=> lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa
=> adoption
=> appeal
=> bankruptcy
=> receivership
=> litigation, judicial proceeding
=> naturalization, naturalisation
=> trial
=> trial
=> review
=> hearing
Sense 4
solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering
> request, petition, postulation
=> application
=> solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering
=> demand
Meronyms of noun appeal
4 senses of appeal
Holonyms of noun appeal
Grep of noun appeal
appeal
appeal board
appealingness
appeals board
appeals court
personal appeal
sex appeal
Antonyms of verb appeal
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb appeal
5 senses of appeal
Sense 1
appeal
=> challenge
=> invite, bid
=> request
=> ask
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 2
appeal, invoke
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 3
attract, appeal
Sense 4
appeal
=> challenge, take exception
=> object
=> disapprove, reject
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 5
invoke, appeal
=> mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
=> think of, have in mind, mean
=> associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb appeal
2 of 5 senses of appeal
Sense 2
appeal, invoke
=> plead
=> call on, turn
Sense 3
attract, appeal
=> capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
=> beckon
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb appeal
5 senses of appeal
Sense 1
appeal
=> challenge
Sense 2
appeal, invoke
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
Sense 3
attract, appeal
Sense 4
appeal
=> challenge, take exception
Sense 5
invoke, appeal
=> mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
'Cause To' of verb appeal
Derived Forms of verb appeal
4 of 5 senses of appeal
Sense 1
appeal
RELATED TO>(adj) appealable#1
=> appealable
RELATED TO>(adj) appellant#1
=> appellate, appellant
RELATED TO>(noun) appellant#1
=> appellant, plaintiff in error
RELATED TO>(noun) appeal#3
=> appeal
Sense 2
appeal, invoke
RELATED TO>(noun) appeal#1
=> entreaty, prayer, appeal
Sense 3
attract, appeal
RELATED TO>(noun) appeal#2
=> appeal, appealingness, charm
Sense 4
appeal
RELATED TO>(adj) appealable#1
=> appealable
RELATED TO>(adj) appellant#1
=> appellate, appellant
RELATED TO>(noun) appeal#3
=> appeal
Domain of verb appeal
Domain Terms of verb appeal
Familiarity of verb appeal
appeal used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb appeal
5 senses of appeal
Sense 1
appeal
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
appeal, invoke
*> Something ----s to somebody
Sense 3
attract, appeal
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 4
appeal
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
invoke, appeal
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
=> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb appeal
4 of 5 senses of appeal
Sense 1
appeal
> challenge
=> provoke, stimulate
=> counterchallenge
=> question, oppugn, call into question
=> impeach
=> impugn
=> defy, dare
=> call one's bluff
=> call out
=> remit, remand, send back
=> appeal
=> action, sue, litigate, process
=> litigate
Sense 2
appeal, invoke
> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> order
=> ask
=> encore
=> petition
=> demand
=> appeal, invoke
=> supplicate
=> apply
=> solicit, beg, tap
=> reserve
=> challenge
=> excuse, beg off
=> demand
=> claim
=> invite, call for
=> invite, ask in
=> desire
=> beg
=> claim, lay claim, arrogate
=> invite, ask over, ask round
=> call
=> ask out, invite out, take out
=> reserve, hold, book
Sense 4
appeal
> challenge, take exception
=> appeal
Sense 5
invoke, appeal
> mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
=> commend, remember
=> speak of the devil
=> remember
=> quote, cite
=> touch on
=> invoke, appeal
=> namedrop
=> raise, bring up
=> drag up, dredge up
=> cross-refer
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb appeal
Sense 1
appeal
=> challenge
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Sense 2
appeal, invoke
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
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Sense 3
attract, appeal
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Sense 4
appeal
=> challenge, take exception
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Sense 5
invoke, appeal
=> mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
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Grep of verb appeal
appeal
Grep of adj appeal
appealable
appealing
Grep of adv appeal
appealingly
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