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

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

Le Pen, a favorite to win next year’s French presidential election, has previously called to end all immigration into France, and once compared Muslims praying in the street to Nazi occupation. — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 13 July 2026

Friends and family are praying for the safe return of a 63-year-old Long Beach woman who is still missing after going on a dirt bike ride in San Bernardino County last week. — Rina Nakano, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Then my cousin started praying and asking him to let himself be found. — Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026