Synonyms of supplication

supplication

noun

as in prayer

an earnest request

the Red Cross made an urgent supplication for donations of food and blankets for the earthquake victims

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prayer
• plea
• appeal
• petition
• pleading
• cry
• entreaty
• desire
• solicitation
• application
• suit
• adjuration
• demand
• conjuration
• suppliance
• call
• insistence
• requisition
• claim

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of supplication

Given the dramatic manner in which the hulking piers marched down the center of the institution’s narrow corridor, flanked by the photographer’s three-inch-square Polaroids, hung as if in awed supplication, the effect verged on hyperbole, the gnomic ceding to the grandiose. — James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026

Like the appeals made by women during the antiquity to midwife goddesses, prayer and supplication were ways to affirm intentions for healthy pregnancies, calm labors, and living children. — Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026

Under Jordan’s steely command, deep house, disco, and UK garage all bend in supplication to the almighty groove. — Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2025

Late nights and anxious supplications. — Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025