Synonyms of prayers

prayers

noun

plural of prayer

1

as in petitions

an address to God or a deity

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• petitions
• orisons
• thanksgivings
• requests
• pleadings
• collects
• invocations
• litanies
• appeals
• supplications
• suits
• vespers
• graces
• entreaties
• matins
• requiescats
• evensongs

2

as in appeals

an earnest request

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appeals
• pleas
• petitions
• desires
• cries
• supplications
• pleadings
• entreaties
• solicitations
• suits
• adjurations
• demands
• applications
• conjurations
• suppliances
• calls
• requisitions
• insistences
• claims

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of prayers

Jewish clergy, interfaith leaders and community members came together at the Horowitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza for a 45-minute service featuring prayers, songs and firsthand accounts of the violence that unfolded 88 years ago. — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

Sometimes Lisa Huberman, the social action engagement associate at UMBC Hillel, arrives with Jewish students preparing for a Friday evening gathering while Muslim students are concluding their prayers. — Kyle Desrosiers-Levine, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026

Indians kick off Diwali festivities The Associated Press Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India, particularly for Hindus, and widely marked by prayers, family gatherings and the lighting of fireworks. — Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026

In the story, a young girl is performing the aarti [a Hindu ritual where a lamp is lit and prayers are offered] when her grandmother notices a menstrual stain on her clothes. — Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 7 Nov. 2026

Traditions vary by region but commonly include lights, fireworks, feasting, new clothes and prayers. — ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026

Just put in the effort and the prayers and have a little bit of luck and keep rolling on, baby. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026

Best of luck to Aneha on getting a brand deal when your 12-episode reality show stint only earned you 10,000 followers, and thoughts and prayers with Cam for his upcoming surgery to implant a spine and a pair of balls. — Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026

Chris is a great friend to Connecticut and to me personally, and Annie and I are keeping him and his family in our prayers. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026