Synonyms of soliciting

soliciting 1 of 3

adjective

as in prayerful

asking humbly

a soliciting tone is better when asking for lenient treatment you don't deserve

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prayerful
• pleading
• begging
• persistent
• entreating
• suppliant
• imploring
• supplicatory
• beseeching
• supplicating
• insistent
• supplicant
• importunate

soliciting

2 of 3

noun

as in begging

Related Words

• begging
• pleading
• petition
• request
• entreaty
• supplication
• appeal
• imploring
• beseeching
• collect
• suit
• invocation
• vespers
• thanksgiving
• matins
• prayer
• litany
• grace
• evensong
• orison
• requiescat

soliciting

3 of 3

verb

present participle of solicit

1

as in interviewing

to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information

solicited several opinions about which job he should accept

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interviewing
• surveying
• canvassing
• polling
• questioning
• interrogating
• circularizing
• feeling (out)
• sounding (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reporting

2

as in requesting

to make a request for

always ready to solicit donations for a charity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• requesting
• seeking
• desiring
• speaking (for)
• requiring
• suing (for)
• calling (for)
• pleading (for)
• urging
• asking (for)
• demanding
• inviting
• claiming
• applying (for)
• importuning
• invoking
• begging (for)
• wishing (for)
• questing
• clamoring (for)
• pressing (for)
• bespeaking
• insisting (on)
• enjoining
• petitioning (for)
• requisitioning
• exacting

3

as in asking

to make a request of

solicited him to join the team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• asking
• requesting
• inviting
• begging
• petitioning
• hitting (up)
• praying
• requiring
• calling on
• invoking
• imploring
• beseeching
• appealing (to)
• conjuring
• importuning
• entreating
• pleading (to)
• supplicating
• demanding
• enjoining
• exacting
• pressing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• requiring
• forcing
• compelling
• coercing
• obliging
• constraining

4

as in petitioning

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

solicit the President for relief funds

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

5

as in luring

to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage

how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for "male enhancement" by shameless appeals to their vanity?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• luring
• tempting
• seducing
• persuading
• enticing
• betraying
• baiting
• decoying
• alluring
• leading on
• beguiling
• trapping
• fascinating
• inveigling
• entrapping
• enchanting
• drawing in
• snaring
• ensnaring
• catching
• snowing
• meshing
• roping (in)
• enmeshing
• charming
• tangling
• captivating
• magnetizing
• bewitching
• wiling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warning
• alerting
• cautioning
• warding (off)
• driving (away or off)
• forewarning
• turning away
• repulsing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of soliciting

Noun

The man who was shot was possibly under the influence, according to the person who reported the soliciting. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026

Truist is seeking compensatory damages, an injunction against further soliciting and hiring of its employees, and attorney fees. — Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2026

Christopher George Santanelli, 42, is being held in the Broward County Main Jail on a charge of an authority figure soliciting or engaging in a romantic relationship with a student, jail records show. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026

Verb

In 2008, Epstein avoided federal charges by pleading guilty to state charges of procuring a minor for prostitution and soliciting prostitution. — Abby Ellin, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026

Modern leaders should heed these warnings by setting clear boundaries, actively soliciting team feedback, and continuously self-assessing to avoid the costly mistakes Odysseus endured. — Dr. Samantha Madhosingh, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

According to publicly available records, the organization did not register with the California Attorney General — a legal requirement for nonprofits soliciting or disbursing charitable funds — until July 2024. — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department has been soliciting video, photos and firsthand accounts from people who were on the island. — ABC News, 22 July 2026

Hundreds of men have been cited by the sheriff’s office in recent years for soliciting a prostitute. — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

Henderson said attorneys at DTLA never told him that soliciting clients for the firm was against the law. — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

The report accuses the group of funding its programming through opaque and questionable avenues, including soliciting foreign funds, misleading donors and selling access to the president. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 2 July 2026

Later that day, a major business group asked me which of the myriad pro-democracy groups soliciting their support actually deserve it. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 28 June 2026