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Supplicant

Entreating; asking submissively.

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Similar meaning 6

Beseeching 84% connected

of Beseech

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Beseeching 84% connected

of Beseech

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Imploring 84% connected

of Implore

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Imploring 84% connected

of Implore

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Pleading 84% connected

of Plead

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Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Pleading 84% connected

of Plead

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Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Broader term 2

Applicant 76% connected

One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner.

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Applier 76% connected

He who, or that which, applies.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 8

Beadsman 76% connected

Alt. of Bedesman

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Beadswoman 76% connected

Alt. of Bedeswoman

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Bedesman 76% connected

A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.

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Bedeswoman 76% connected

Fem. of Beadsman.

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Besieger 76% connected

One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged.

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Canvasser 76% connected

One who canvasses.

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Postulant 76% connected

One who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate.

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Solicitor 76% connected

One who solicits.

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Derivationally related 2

Supplicate 74% connected

To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Supplicate 74% connected

To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 5

Petitioner 92% connected

One who presents a petition.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Prayer 92% connected

One who prays; a supplicant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Requester 92% connected

One who requests; a petitioner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Suppliant 92% connected

Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Supplicatory 92% connected

Containing supplication; humble; earnest.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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