Synonyms for beseech
- verb
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To beg or implore something of (a person).
Related words
- Word family
- beseecher
Forms
- Past participle
- beseeched
e.g. beseeched → entreated, begged, implored, supplicated…
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Entreat implies a special earnestness of asking, and beseech, a still added and more humble intensity; beseech was formerly often used as a polite intensive for beg or pray; as, I beseech you to tell me.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- beg I beg your pardon; I didn't quite catch your name.
- implore "I implore you not to do this, Jack," she cried.
- entreat I entreat you to go and see him.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| beseech | steady | |
| beg | steady | |
| implore | rising | |
| entreat | rising | |
| supplicate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- ask1, bid1, beg1
- 4 letters
- pray1, urge1
- 5 letters
- press1, plead1, crave1
- 6 letters
- invite2, invoke2, adjure, obtest
- 7 letters
- request2, procure2, solicit3, conjure2, implore2, entreat
- 8 letters
- petition3
- 9 letters
- importune
- 10 letters
- supplicate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (invite2 = 2 syllables).