Synonyms for precatory
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Imploring — expressing a wish
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Expressing a wish.
Related words
- Word family
- precation
Example sentences
- pleading It's no use pleading because they'll never give in.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| precatory | steady | |
| pleading | steady | |
| imploring | rising | |
| suppliant | steady | |
| precative | falling | |
| aspirational | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- pleading2
- 9 letters
- imploring3, suppliant, precative
- 12 letters
- aspirational, supplicatory
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pleading2 = 2 syllables).