Thesaurus results for SUPPLICANT

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adjective

Definition of supplicant

as in prayerful

asking humbly hated having to go before his boss like a supplicant beggar whenever he needed some time off to attend to personal matters

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noun

ˈsə-pli-kənt

as in suppliant

one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift the new governor soon had to deal with a long line of supplicants asking for jobs and other political favors

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Recent Examples of supplicant

Adjective

The prayer quickly ends, and another supplicant hands over his passport. — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 19 May 2025 Many officers presumed that the only way to advance up the ranks, or avoid a hazing, or even keep their jobs, was to be supplicant to the brass. — Marc J. Dunkelman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025

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One of its most common tools is to write a book, or have a book written, to introduce the presidential supplicant to voters. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026 Carney has transformed into a de facto spokesman for those middle powers, none of which want to turn into supplicants or get caught with their pants down between two superpowers, such as the United States and China, that are increasingly using coercion as a method of statecraft. — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for supplicant

Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplicant

Adjective

Tigua dancers of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo performed a prayerful ceremony traditional before a hunt.

— Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 June 2026
That’s the prayerful explanation for the nonsense that spouted this week from the leaders of a football conference that hopes to grow up and be the Big Ten someday.

— Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 29 May 2026

Definition of prayerful

Noun

And as happens with the testimonies of the suppliants at the Asclepieion, the stelae ferry the feelings and names of these distant others across the ages to us.

— Teju Cole, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
It was thought that Betelgeuse was bigger than the orbit of Jupiter in our Solar System, but recent studies suggest that the red suppliant star is about a third less than that at about 750 the radius of our Sun.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 June 2021

Definition of suppliant

Noun

Gobert was chief among the beggars imploring his teammates for a shred of consistency on that end of the floor.

— Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2026
So disguised as a beggar, Odysseus shows up at his palace, and he is not treated very nicely by the suitors who have camped out in his house.

— Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026

Definition of beggar

Noun

The petitioners and protesters are calling on the YMCA to pause the sale, explore alternatives that keep the branch open and hold public forums before making a final decision.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
Under the Independence City Charter, petitioners had a grace period of 10 days to submit additional signatures and clear any other errors.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026

Definition of petitioner

Noun

These fees place autopsy reports out of reach for most requesters, including journalists and researchers like me.

— Jonah Walters, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
One of their tactics was to charge record requesters not just for copying costs but for the time workers spent assembling the records.

— U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026

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