Synonyms for supplication
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Noun
1. Prayer
prayer, entreaty, invocation, imploring, plea, petition, solicitation, suit, orison, obtestation dated
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Definitions
- n. 1
An act of supplicating; a humble request.
Forms
- Plural
- supplications → prayers, entreaties, invocations, implorings…
Example sentences
- prayer Sami set his alarm to wake up for the dawn prayer.
- invocation Tom Jackson gave the invocation at the meeting.
- entreaty She looked at me with a passionate expression of entreaty.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| supplication | rising | |
| prayer | rising | |
| invocation | rising | |
| imploring | rising | |
| entreaty | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- suit1, plea1
- 6 letters
- prayer1, orison
- 8 letters
- petition3, entreaty3
- 9 letters
- imploring3
- 10 letters
- invocation4
- 11 letters
- obtestation
- 12 letters
- solicitation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (petition3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- supplication