| Main Entry: | pray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plead; call upon for help, answer |
Synonyms: |
adjure, appeal, ask, beseech, brace, commune with, crave, cry for, entreat, implore, importune, invocate, invoke, petition, recite, request, say, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge |
| Main Entry: | appeal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
Synonyms: |
address, adjure, advance, apply, ask, beg, beseech, bid, call, call upon, claim, contest, crave, demand, entreat, hit on, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, propose, proposition, question, refer, require, resort to, solicit, strike, submit, sue, supplicate, urge |
Antonyms: |
deny, disclaim, recall, refuse, renounce, retract, revoke |
| Main Entry: | ask |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
Synonyms: |
angle, appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bite*, bum*, call for, charge, claim, command, contend for, crave, demand, entreat, file for, hit*, hustle*, implore, impose, knock*, levy, mooch, order, petition, plead, pray, promote*, request, requisition, seek, solicit, sue, supplicate, touch*, urge |
Antonyms: |
answer, claim, command, insist, tell |
| Main Entry: | beg |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
Synonyms: |
abjure, advocate, apply to, ask, beseech, besiege, call to, canvass, conjure, crave, desire, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, invoke, nag, obsecrate, obtest, petition, plead, pray, press, requisition, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge, woo, worry |
Antonyms: |
answer |
| Main Entry: | beseech |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beg |
Synonyms: |
adjure, appeal, ask, call upon, crave, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, petition, plead, pray, solicit, sue, supplicate |
Antonyms: |
give, offer |
| Main Entry: | conjure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appeal to, implore |
Synonyms: |
adjure, ask, beg, beseech, brace, crave, entreat, importune, pray, supplicate, urge |
Antonyms: |
disgust, turn off |
| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask strongly for something |
Synonyms: |
abuse, appeal, apply, arrogate, badger, beg, beseech, besiege, bid, challenge, charge, cite, claim, clamor for, coerce, command, compel, constrain, counterclaim, direct, dun, enjoin, entreat, exact, expect, force, hit, hit up, impetrate, implore, importune, inquire, insist on, interrogate, knock, nag, necessitate, oblige, order, pester, petition, postulate, pray, press, question, request, require, requisition, solicit, stipulate, sue for, summon, supplicate, tax, urge, whistle for |
Antonyms: |
give, grant, offer, reply |
| Main Entry: | entreat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plead with |
Synonyms: |
appeal to, ask, beg, beseech, blandish, coax, conjure, crave, enjoin, exhort, implore, importune, invoke, pester, petition, plague, pray, press, request, supplicate, urge, wheedle |
Antonyms: |
answer, command, demand |
| Main Entry: | hope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | long for, dream about |
Synonyms: |
anticipate, aspire, assume, await, be sure of, believe, cherish, contemplate, count on, deem likely, depend on, desire, expect, feel confident, foresee, hang in, have faith, hold, keep fingers crossed, knock on wood, look at sunny side, look forward to, pray, presume, promise oneself, rely, suppose, surmise, suspect, sweat it, sweat it out, sweat*, take heart, think to, trust, watch for, wish |
Antonyms: |
despair, disbelieve, fear |
| Main Entry: | implore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beg |
Synonyms: |
appeal, beseech, conjure, crave, entreat, go on bended knee, importune, plead, pray, solicit, supplicate, urge |
Antonyms: |
answer |