Synonyms for plead
Definitions
- v. 1
To beg, beseech, or implore, especially emotionally.
He was pleading for mercy.
- v. 2
To offer by way of excuse.
Not wishing to attend the banquet, I pleaded illness.
Related words
- Word family
- pleader plea pleasant please pleasurable pleasure
- Phrases
- plead the fifth
Forms
- Past participle
- pled
e.g. pled → begged, asked, entreated, implored…
Example sentences
- pray Let's pray to God, and He will answer our prayers.
- 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.
- cry The girl began to cry at the sight of the big dog.
By length
- 3 letters
- ask1, cry1, beg1
- 4 letters
- pray1, urge1
- 5 letters
- press1, claim1, argue2, crave1
- 6 letters
- appeal2, excuse2, invoke2, allege2, adduce, adjure, obtest
- 7 letters
- request2, procure2, solicit3, conjure2, implore2, beseech2, entreat
- 8 letters
- maintain2, advocate3
- 9 letters
- importune
- 10 letters
- supplicate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (argue2 = 2 syllables).