What is another word for beckons?

Pronunciation: [bˈɛkənz] (IPA)

Beckons is a term used to indicate a gesture or a call for someone. It is often used in the sense of an invitation or a summon. There are several synonyms for the verb "beckons" such as signal, gesture, invite, call, entice, lure, summon, request, command, and prompt. Depending on the context, each word can be used to express a specific tone or meaning. For example, "signal" implies a discreet or subtle gesture, while "prompt" suggests a more urgent or immediate need for someone's attention. Choosing the right synonym for "beckons" can help convey the intended message more effectively.

What are the hypernyms for Beckons?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Beckons

Something beckons or something drives.
"The Desert Valley"
Jackson Gregory
She beckons him to leave her alone; her weeping becomes more and more violent; her whole body sways, it seeks a support, it bends backwards.
"The Silent Mill"
Hermann Sudermann
It beckons him and calls to him: Come, come!
"Stories and Pictures"
Isaac Loeb Peretz

Famous quotes with Beckons

  • Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond.
    Ambrose Bierce
  • When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
    Khalil Gibran
  • No matter how complete the despair, no matter how bitter the cynicism, a possibility beckons of a world more beautiful and a life more magnificent than what we know today. Though we may rationalize it, it is not rational. We become aware of it in moments, gaps in the rush and press of modern life. These moments come to us alone in nature, or with a baby, making love, playing with children, caring for a dying person, making music for the sake of music or beauty for the sake of beauty. At such times, a simple and easy joy shows us the futility of the vast, life-consuming program of management and control.
    Charles Eisenstein
  • None of the heroes prepared for suffering and sacrifice, none of the common herd ready for service and obedience, will be inclined to listen to the call of their country once they discover the polluted sources from whence that call proceeds and recognize the monstrous finger of falsehood which beckons them to the battlefield.
    Arthur Ponsonby
  • Things always seem fairer when we look back at them, and it is out of that inaccessible tower of the past that Longing leans and beckons.
    James Russell Lowell

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