to beckon

Examples

• All

• As a new age beckons, it is time to fight for them again.

  Academic text (2007)

• Something wild, open and free, beckoned my feet, grateful of movement, of change, of oxygen.

  Mercy (2021)

• Ladies and gentlemen, sorry to interrupt, but cocktails beckon us tonight.

  The Romantics (2010)

• So Africa beckons, Africa is open for business.

  Evan Carmichael

• Mother, is that you beckoning me into the light?

  Over the Hedge (2006)

• - Look within yourself at the light that beckons you.

  Alien Private Eye (1989)

• The whole wide mainland beckoned, and he was eager to see it all.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Well, for nights thereafter children saw her walk the riverbank, beckoning them to her.

  The Brothers Grimm (2005)

• Europe beckons once more.

  The United Way (2021)

• Adventure beckons.

  The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)

Synonyms

A

to attract

vsto beckon

991 1.9

Make people notice or want something

suggests an approach or interest rather than only drawing attention

L

to lure

vsto beckon

270 3.7

To get someone to do something by offering a reward or making false promises

merely appears to call someone closer rather than actively tempting with offers

I

to invite

vsto beckon

93 4.4

To make someone want to come closer or start a conversation

seems attractive and suggests someone should approach

E

to entice

vsto beckon

61 4.9

To persuade someone to do something by offering something they want

shows attractiveness without necessarily offering a reward or trick

Antonyms

R

repulsive

59 5.5

Causing strong dislike or disgust, like a very bad smell

U

uninviting

2 4.6

Not pleasant or welcoming and likely to keep people away

How Inviting

to tempt

146 3.3

to entice

61 4.9

to beckon

22 4.4

to invite

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology