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prayer

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of prayer

1 an address to God or a deity

he always directed a bedside prayer to God before going to sleep

Synonyms of prayer

Words Related to prayer

collect, grace, invocation, litany, requiescat, thanksgiving

evensong, matins, vespers

appeal, begging, beseeching, entreaty, imploring, petition, pleading, request, soliciting, suit, supplication

2 an earnest request

we hope that the governor will hear our prayer and do something about this pressing problem

Synonyms of prayer

adjuration, appeal, conjuration, cry, desire, entreaty, petition, plea, pleading, solicitation, suit, suppliance, supplication

Words Related to prayer

application, requisition

call, claim, demand, insistence

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