Synonyms of entreat

entreat 1 of 3

verb (1)

as in to beg

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner

she began her letter by entreating me to forgive the belatedness of her reply

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beg
• petition
• beseech
• implore
• ask
• pray
• supplicate
• importune
• conjure
• call upon
• appeal (to)
• plead (to)
• besiege
• require
• call on
• solicit
• invoke
• impetrate
• compel
• request
• sue
• desire
• insist
• coerce
• force
• cadge
• bludge
• demand
• claim
• sponge
• mooch
• command

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suggest
• imply
• please
• hint
• satisfy
• appease
• gratify
• oblige
• placate
• intimate
• conciliate
• pacify
• comfort
• mollify
• content
• quiet
• console

entreating

2 of 3

adjective

as in pleading

asking humbly

it was hard to refuse such an amusingly entreating panhandler

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pleading
• prayerful
• begging
• soliciting
• suppliant
• imploring
• beseeching
• persistent
• supplicating
• supplicatory
• insistent
• supplicant
• importunate

entreating

3 of 3

verb (2)

present participle of entreat

as in begging

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner

she began her letter by entreating me to forgive the belatedness of her reply

Synonyms & Similar Words

• begging
• petitioning
• imploring
• beseeching
• asking
• praying
• supplicating
• conjuring
• importuning
• appealing (to)
• besieging
• calling upon
• soliciting
• requiring
• pleading (to)
• impetrating
• requesting
• invoking
• calling on
• desiring
• suing
• forcing
• insisting
• coercing
• compelling
• cadging
• demanding
• sponging
• claiming
• bludging
• mooching
• commanding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• implying
• suggesting
• intimating
• hinting
• obliging
• gratifying
• pleasing
• appeasing
• satisfying
• conciliating
• pacifying
• comforting
• consoling
• placating
• contenting
• mollifying
• quieting