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suppliant

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of suppliant

one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift

  • didnʼt like being in the position of a suppliant, having to ask her parents to help her pay the rent on her apartment
Synonyms of suppliant

petitioner, pleader, solicitor, suitor, supplicant
Words Related to suppliant

beggar, mendicant, panhandler

cadger, moocher, schnorrer

asker, requester, suer

suppliant

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of suppliant

asking humbly

  • the suppliant thief pleaded for a second chance
Synonyms of suppliant

beseeching, entreating, imploring, pleading, prayerful, soliciting, supplicant, supplicating, supplicatory
Words Related to suppliant

begging, importunate, insistent, persistent

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