Synonyms of supplicants

supplicants

noun

plural of supplicant

as in suppliants

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

• suppliants
• beggars
• petitioners
• solicitors
• pleaders
• requesters
• suitors
• mendicants
• panhandlers
• moochers
• cadgers
• suers
• schnorrers
• askers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of supplicants

Instead, Paulie’s trusted lieutenants move from person to person, talking with various would-be partners and supplicants, and then go back and whisper in Paulie’s ear. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026

More than anything, in the halo headpieces that are her signature accessory, Mary recalls a medieval religious icon, the Holy Virgin as fictional diva, touching down on stages in major markets to be adored by seas of light-waving supplicants. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026

When leaders approach partnerships from that frame—not as supplicants but as operators of critical systems—the conversation changes. — Richard Neal, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 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

Even Putin, not known for sparing the blushes of supplicants, seems embarrassed on Erdogan’s behalf. — Bobby Ghosh, Time, 22 Dec. 2025

At best, the rulers who met in Doha on Monday act as supplicants, relying on the whims of a unpredictable US president to intercede with Israel’s leader. — Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025

Thirsty attendees jostled through the rooms, foisting their shoulders through a sea of supplicants, holding out their glasses for a few precious drops of carbonic Trousseau, or Xarel-lo pet-nat, or ramato Pinot Gris, or whole-cluster Marquette. — Senior Wine Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2018