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Synonyms for imploring

  • adjective
  • noun

Most common

appealing pleading supplicant suppliant precatory adjuratory precative supplicatory

All synonyms

Adjective

pleading, appealing, supplicant, suppliant, precatory, adjuratory, precative, supplicatory

Noun

supplication, obsecration

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The act of one who implores; imploration.

Forms

Plural
implorings → supplications, obsecrations…

Example sentences

  • appealing My mother says she doesn't find rock appealing.
  • pleading It's no use pleading because they'll never give in.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
imploringrising
appealingrising
pleadingsteady
supplicantrising
suppliantsteady
precatorysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

8 letters
pleading2
9 letters
appealing3, suppliant, precatory, precative
10 letters
supplicant3, adjuratory
11 letters
obsecration
12 letters
supplication, supplicatory

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pleading2 = 2 syllables).