Synonyms of pray

pray

verb

ˈprā 

as in to beg

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

I pray you: tell me where they went

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pray

After the oscillating light and dark, after the speeding forward, after the commuting or praying or both, this moment seems to hold an extra teaching. — Ben Corn, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026

Lizzie goes to the woods behind her home and prays, asking her father and stepmother to forgive her. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026

Every Sunday morning on the Wind River Reservation, congregants gather at Foundations for Nations Church to pray while protesters outside do the same. — Savannah Peters, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

At the start of Friday’s practice, Nabers got down on one knee and prayed. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026