Synonyms of pray

pray

verb

ˈprā 

as in to beg

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner

I pray you: tell me where they went

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beg
• petition
• ask
• beseech
• implore
• appeal (to)
• call upon
• entreat
• plead (to)
• supplicate
• conjure
• call on
• besiege
• importune
• require
• solicit
• invoke
• impetrate
• request
• desire
• sue
• compel
• insist
• force
• coerce
• sponge
• demand
• bludge
• claim
• cadge
• mooch
• command

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suggest
• please
• imply
• hint
• intimate
• satisfy
• appease
• gratify
• placate
• oblige
• pacify
• comfort
• conciliate
• quiet
• content
• console
• mollify

Examples of pray in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The vaults are considered hallowed ground: Native visitors often pray upon entering, Jim Regnier, a volunteer docent, told me. —Lia Picard, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2024

The pandemic required major changes in how religious services were conducted, with many congregants missing out on face-to-face contact and the community spirit of singing and praying together. —Autumn Alvarez, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024

Her parents were living out of a hotel to be near her, and although Pat and Lindsay hadn’t been particularly religious, the pastor who’d baptized Callan had been visiting weekly from Duxbury to pray. —Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024

Jen Murphy: Starts out with … praying and trying to set yourself right … to painting on the paint. —Michelle Miller, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2024