considerable, great, growing, obvious, powerful, special, strong
immediate, instant (esp. BrE)
the book's immediate appeal to young children

enduring, lasting, timeless
Her charming children's stories have timeless appeal.

limited, little
broad, crossover, mainstream, mass, popular, populist, universal, wide, widespread
a publication designed for mass appeal

aesthetic, commercial, electoral, emotional, intellectual, visual
Unfortunately the movie lacks commercial appeal.

sex

have, hold
His views hold no appeal for me.

retain
lose
broaden, extend, widen
We are trying to broaden the appeal of classical music.

boost, enhance, increase

lie in sth
His considerable appeal lies in his quiet, gentle manner.

appeal for
College lost its appeal for her in the second year.

desperate, emergency (esp. BrE), emotional, urgent
direct, personal
fresh (BrE)
a fresh appeal for witnesses to come forward

issue, make
They made a direct appeal to the government for funding.

appeal for
an appeal for help

appeal to
an appeal to reason

formal (esp. BrE)
court, legal
She won the right to make another court appeal.

further
There is a possibility of a further appeal to a higher court.

bring, file (AmE), lodge (BrE), make
He's bringing an appeal against the size of the fine.

drop
They have agreed to drop the appeal.

exhaust
All appeals have been exhausted and his execution is imminent.

win
lose
consider
His lawyer is considering an appeal to the Supreme Court.

allow (formal), hear
The judge has agreed to allow his appeal.
The court will hear the appeal on June 10.

uphold (esp. BrE)
His appeal was upheld and he was released immediately.

deny, dismiss, reject, throw out (esp. BrE), turn down (esp. BrE)

fail
succeed

appeal court (BrE), appeals court (AmE)
tribunal (BrE)
hearing
appeal judge (BrE), appeals judge (AmE)
appeals procedure, appeals process
system (esp. BrE)

on appeal
On appeal it was held that the judge was correct.
The case was upheld on appeal.

under appeal
a case currently under appeal

appeal against
an appeal against his conviction of fraud

appeal for
an appeal for leniency

appeal to
an appeal to the High Court

court of appeal (BrE), court of appeals (AmE)
grounds of appeal (BrE)
a right of appeal
You have the right of appeal to the Constitutional Court.

pending appeal
The players have been suspended pending appeal.

charity (esp. BrE), fund-raising

hold, launch
An appeal is to be launched on behalf of the refugees.

back, support

raise sth (esp. BrE)
The appeal raised over three million pounds.

fund (BrE)

directly
He went over the heads of union officials, appealing directly to the workforce.

for, to
Police appealed to the public for information about the crime.

successfully, unsuccessfully
directly

against
She appealed unsuccessfully against her conviction for murder.

to
He has decided to appeal to the European Court.

give sb leave to appeal, grant sb leave to appeal (both BrE)

really, strongly
The prospect of teaching such bright children appealed to her enormously.
The idea of retiring early really appeals to me.

directly
primarily
Computer games used to appeal primarily to boys.

to
These characters will appeal directly to children's imaginations.

Appeal is used with these nouns as the object:
conviction, decision, dismissal, ruling, sentence, suspension, verdict