Synonyms of praying

praying

verb

present participle of pray

as in begging

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

I pray you: tell me where they went

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of praying

Souleymane’s journey’s is sluiced by simple but touching scenes such as his bonding with his brother sewing and with grandfather praying and metaphorical shots of the wash of the ocean on Dakar’s beaches. — John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026

As the roundtable concluded, leaders from each faith took turns praying. — ABC News, 31 July 2026

Lora is calling the effort a recovery operation, but says the missing girl's family is praying for a miracle. — Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 31 July 2026

The other is praying an elite center from another team shakes free. — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 21 July 2026

But with city leaders praying for tax revenues to stabilize after a turbulent few years, Councilmember Charlene Wang hopes to effectively establish a backup plan for a slow-to-recover downtown economy. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 19 July 2026

Typically, at this age, the B and C-listers typically turn into self-help gurus who suddenly start praying to some butterfly goddess while on a retreat in Costa Rica. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026

Several people were crying, others were praying, and conversations throughout the cabin shifted from confusion to genuine fear. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

After their first union, Eamonn (the handsome son, of course) wakes to Aneeka praying. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026