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suppliant

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of suppliant

one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift

didn't 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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