Synonyms of supplicant

supplicant 1 of 2

adjective

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

supplicant

2 of 2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suppliant
• beggar
• solicitor
• petitioner
• requester
• pleader
• suitor
• mendicant
• panhandler
• cadger
• moocher
• suer
• schnorrer
• asker

Example Sentences

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

Noun

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