pray

Main Entry:
pray [prey]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: plead; call upon for help, answer
Synonyms: adjure, appeal, ask, beseech, brace, commune with, crave, cry for, entreat, implore, importune, invocate, invoke, petition, recite, request, say, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge
Main Entry: ask
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: request
Synonyms: angle, appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bite*, bum*, call for, charge, claim, command, contend for, crave, demand, entreat, file for, hit*, hustle*, implore, impose, knock*, levy, mooch, order, petition, plead, pray, promote*, request, requisition, seek, solicit, sue, supplicate, touch*, urge
Antonyms: answer, claim, command, insist, tell
Main Entry: beg
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: request
Synonyms: abjure, advocate, apply to, ask, beseech, besiege, call to, canvass, conjure, crave, desire, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, invoke, nag, obsecrate, obtest, petition, plead, pray, press, requisition, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge, woo, worry
Antonyms: answer
Main Entry: beseech
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: beg
Synonyms: adjure, appeal, ask, call upon, crave, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, petition, plead, pray, solicit, sue, supplicate
Antonyms: give, offer
Main Entry: conjure
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: appeal to, implore
Synonyms: adjure, ask, beg, beseech, brace, crave, entreat, importune, pray, supplicate, urge
Antonyms: disgust, turn off
Main Entry: demand
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ask strongly for something
Synonyms: abuse, appeal, apply, arrogate, badger, beg, beseech, besiege, bid, challenge, charge, cite, claim, clamor for, coerce, command, compel, constrain, counterclaim, direct, dun, enjoin, entreat, exact, expect, force, hit, hit up, impetrate, implore, importune, inquire, insist on, interrogate, knock, nag, necessitate, oblige, order, pester, petition, postulate, pray, press, question, request, require, requisition, solicit, stipulate, sue for, summon, supplicate, tax, urge, whistle for
Antonyms: give, grant, offer, reply
Main Entry: entreat
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: plead with
Synonyms: appeal to, ask, beg, beseech, blandish, coax, conjure, crave, enjoin, exhort, implore, importune, invoke, pester, petition, plague, pray, press, request, supplicate, urge, wheedle
Antonyms: answer, command, demand
Main Entry: hope
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: long for, dream about
Synonyms: anticipate, aspire, assume, await, be sure of, believe, cherish, contemplate, count on, deem likely, depend on, desire, expect, feel confident, foresee, hang in, have faith, hold, keep fingers crossed, knock on wood, look at sunny side, look forward to, pray, presume, promise oneself, rely, suppose, surmise, suspect, sweat it, sweat it out, sweat*, take heart, think to, trust, watch for, wish
Antonyms: despair, disbelieve, fear
Main Entry: implore
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: beg
Synonyms: appeal, beseech, conjure, crave, entreat, go on bended knee, importune, plead, pray, solicit, supplicate, urge
Antonyms: answer
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