appeal
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
earnest or urgent request
an entreaty to stop the fighting
Types & categories
- asking hypernym
- adjuration hyponym
- demagoguery hyponym
- plea hyponym
- solicitation hyponym
- suit hyponym
- courtship hyponym
Related & opposite
- appeal derivation
Sense 2 verb
take a court case to a higher court for review
He was found guilty but appealed immediately
Types & categories
- challenge hypernym
Related & opposite
- appeal derivation
- appellant derivation
- appealable derivation
- appellant derivation
Sense 3 noun
attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
his smile was part of his appeal to her
Types & categories
- attractiveness hypernym
- siren call hyponym
- winsomeness hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
appeal to somebody for help
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- invocation derivation
- appeal derivation
- invocation derivation
Sense 5 noun
(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
Types & categories
- proceeding hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
be attractive to
The idea of a vacation appeals to me
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- repulse antonym
- charm derivation
- attractiveness derivation
- attractive feature derivation
- attraction derivation
- attractive derivation
Sense 7 noun
request for a sum of money
an appeal to raise money for starving children
Types & categories
- request hypernym
- whip-round hyponym
Sense 8 verb
challenge (a decision)
She appealed the verdict
Types & categories
- take exception hypernym
Related & opposite
- appeal derivation
- appealable derivation
- appellant derivation
Sense 9 verb
cite as an authority; resort to
He invoked the law that would save him
Types & categories
- mention hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | appeal |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | asking |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adjuration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | demagoguery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | plea |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | solicitation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | courtship |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | appeal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | appellant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | appealable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | appellant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | challenge |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | influence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | entrance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | attract |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | appealing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | likable |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | attractiveness |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | siren call |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | winsomeness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | invocation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | appeal |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | invocation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | request |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | plead |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | call on |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | appeal |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | appeal |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | proceeding |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | repulse |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | charm |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | attractiveness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | attractive feature |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | attraction |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | attractive |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | entrance |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | beckon |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | request |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | whip-round |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | appeal |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | appealable |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | appellant |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | take exception |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | mention |