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supplicant

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of supplicant

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 of supplicant

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

begging, importunate, insistent, persistent

supplicant

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of supplicant

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 of supplicant

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

beggar, mendicant, panhandler

cadger, moocher, schnorrer

asker, requester, suer

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