Entry Word: beg

Function: verb

Meaning: to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner <she begged her mother to let her go on the Girl Scout camporee>

Synonyms appeal (to), beseech, conjure, entreat, implore, importune, petition, plead (to), pray, solicit, supplicate

Related Words mooch, sponge; ask, desire, invoke, request, sue; claim, coerce, command, compel, demand, force, insist, require

Phrases call on (or call upon)

Near Antonyms hint, imply, intimate, suggest; appease, conciliate, gratify, mollify, oblige, pacify, placate, please, satisfy; comfort, console, content, quiet