Skip to content

appeal

/əˈpiːl/noun, verb2 syllables

Appeal means: request for a sum of money.

Synonyms for appeal10

noun, as in request for a sum of money

solicitation, collection, ingathering

noun, as in earnest or urgent request

entreaty, prayer

noun, as in attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

appealingness, charm

verb, as in request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection

invoke

verb, as in be attractive to

attract

verb, as in cite as an authority; resort to

invoke

also used for appeal

adjure

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does appeal mean?9

noun

1

request for a sum of money“an appeal to raise money for starving children”

2

earnest or urgent request“an entreaty to stop the fighting”

3

attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates“his smile was part of his appeal to her”

4

(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”

verb

1

request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection“appeal to somebody for help”

2

be attractive to“The idea of a vacation appeals to me”

3

cite as an authority; resort to“He invoked the law that would save him”

4

take a court case to a higher court for review“He was found guilty but appealed immediately”

5

challenge (a decision)“She appealed the verdict”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with appeal?25

Show 40 near rhymes
behewemesheseethesehereneedthreebetweeneachteamkeeppleasefreeweekmeanseenbelieveleastmeansneedsleavepolicestreetmeetfieldseemsdeheartvweekseastreceivedeatgreenleaguekeychief

All 25 rhymes for appeal, grouped by syllable

Appeal in a sentence

  • Between you and me, his idea doesn't appeal to me very much.ET
  • Any potential competitor needs to have strong technical specifications, functionality and visual appeal.Cangarejo
  • She's very pretty, but she has no appeal._undertoad
  • If you want to succeed, you have to appeal to the lowest common denominator.mailohilohi
  • Much to my surprise, my song appealed to many young people.CK
  • When the girl was lost, her parents appealed to the public for information.Source_VOA
  • The production has visual appeal for the audience.unknown
  • Her eyes held a look of silent appeal.trieuho

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of appeal

as a noun

plural
appeals

as a verb

past tense
appealed
present participle
appealing
third-person singular
appeals
past participle
appealed