Help
Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Urge
Urge verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.
How words are described
| physical | physical help | physical urge |
| genuine | genuine help | genuine urge |
| real | real help | real urge |
| big | big help | big urge |
| Other adjectives: great, new, mental, last, occasional. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Even his motivation to help Parry begins as a selfish urge to assuage his own guilt, which is destroying him (he even says as much: "I thought that if I could help him...things would change for me.").
Source: Film / The Fisher King -
Samurai Jack combines a burning urge to do good with a deep respect for traditions and a desire to help others.
Source: Lawful Good - If any of your parents can't help but desire that you were different, and can't resist the urge to force you in whatever direction they believe is better for you, you are probably screwed.
Source: Why Couldn't You Be Different?
Cite this Source
Urge and Help. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/help/urge
Help & Urge. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/help/urge>.
Urge or Help. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/help/urge.
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