Synonyms for prayer
Most common
petition orison plea entreaty supplication devotion rosary contemplation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
3. Supplication
Other
rosary, devotion, contemplation, litany, collect, rogation, bead dated, obsecration rare, precation rare
Definitions
- n. 1
A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
Through prayer I ask for God's guidance.
- n. 2
An act of praying.
- n. 3
The specific words or methods used for praying.
Christians recite the Lord's Prayer.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- prayers → petitions, requests, orisons, entreaties…
Example sentences
- petition The petition has garnered over 10,000 signatures.
- plea Sami took a plea deal to have charges reduced.
- entreaty She looked at me with a passionate expression of entreaty.
- supplication She clasped her hands together in supplication.
- devotion The senator avowed his devotion to his constituents.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prayer | rising | |
| petition | falling | |
| orison | falling | |
| plea | falling | |
| entreaty | rising | |
| supplication | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- suit1, plea1, bead1
- 6 letters
- appeal2, rosary3, litany3, orison
- 7 letters
- request2, collect2
- 8 letters
- petition3, devotion3, entreaty3, rogation
- 9 letters
- precation
- 10 letters
- invocation4, supplicant3
- 11 letters
- obsecration
- 12 letters
- intercession4, supplication
- 13 letters
- contemplation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (appeal2 = 2 syllables).