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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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
Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024
Speakers seemed alternately angry and supplicant, aware, at some level, their efforts probably won’t work.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2021
Jeff Rabhan, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
The advisee may present herself as a supplicant but end up an aggressor, demanding and scornful.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
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Adjective
For the first time in years, Xi appeared to have successfully positioned the United States as supplicant in the bilateral relationship.
—Matt Pottinger, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2024
Speakers seemed alternately angry and supplicant, aware, at some level, their efforts probably won’t work.
—Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2021
Noun
And when Spotify emerged as the dragon-slaying supplicant of the new world order and came calling, music squeezed several years and every crumb on the plate to close a collective deal— not just for licensing fees, but ownership stakes in Ek’s startup to the tune of 20%.
—Jeff Rabhan, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
The advisee may present herself as a supplicant but end up an aggressor, demanding and scornful.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supplicant
Adjective
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Korie told Fox News Digital the decision to return to television was prayerful and carefully considered.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
25 July 2025
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After prayerful reflection and discussion, our team, alongside our Board of Directors, has made the decision to move in a different direction from the band for this year’s festival.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
24 June 2025
Noun
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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
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Like other Te Deums, the work is both laudatory and suppliant, petitioning the divine for continued mercy.—
Hannah Edgar,
chicagotribune.com,
21 Aug. 2021
Noun
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Got a lot of mountains to climb, had to leave some beggars behind.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The trust’s beneficiaries—his solicitor Diana Rawstron and his daughter Rose Boyt—were instructed to distribute it according to his private wishes.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Royal says that her uncle, Philip, Slough’s brother, is a solicitor in the UK and he’s written to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in the UK, asking it to investigate their family's case with Swiss authorities.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In May, recall petitioners submitted 10,500 valid signatures to qualify the initiative for Tuesday’s ballot.—
Janie Har,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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In order to get the PPO, the petitioner must provide proof that the other party might physically hurt, threaten or stalk them.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The owner then digitally signs the request with the private key to prove to the CA that the requester does, in fact, have control of the private key.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
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After staff informed the requester about the expansive scope, that person did not respond.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Supplicant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supplicant. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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