What is another word for entreat?
797 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɛntɹˈiːt], [ ɛntɹˈiːt], [ ɛ_n_t_ɹ_ˈiː_t]
Entreat is defined as to earnestly plead or request someone to do something. Some synonyms for this term include beseech, implore, beg, plea, appeal, solicit, and supplicate. Beseech indicates making a fervent and emotional appeal, imploring implies asking earnestly and urgently, while begging suggests making an earnest request while being humbled. To plea emphasizes the importunity of the request, while appeal suggests a more formal or legal request. Solicit implies a request made persistently, while supplicate emphasizes a sense of humility. No matter which synonym is used for entreat, they all indicate an earnest request made with either emotional or formal language.
Synonyms for Entreat:
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n.
• beseech • bid- bid .
- call .
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v.
• adjure • appeal- accost ,
- address ,
- apply ,
- approach ,
- buttonhole ,
- entice ,
- greet ,
- implore ,
- invite ,
- petition ,
- plead ,
- solicit ,
- supplicate .
- appealing to ,
- appeals to ,
- applies to ,
- applying to ,
- feeling one out ,
- feels one out ,
- feels out ,
- felt one out ,
- felt out ,
- gave a play ,
- gave a tumble ,
- gave play ,
- gave tumble ,
- give tumble ,
- gives a play ,
- gives a tumble ,
- gives play ,
- gives tumble ,
- giving a play ,
- giving a tumble ,
- giving play ,
- giving tumble ,
- made advance ,
- made overture ,
- made to ,
- made up to ,
- make to ,
- makes advance ,
- makes overture ,
- makes to ,
- makes up to ,
- making advance ,
- making overture ,
- making to ,
- making up to ,
- sounds out ,
- spake to ,
- speaks to ,
- takes aside ,
- taking aside ,
- talked to ,
- talks to ,
- took aside .
- Bummed ,
- Bumming ,
- Levied ,
- contend for ,
- contended for ,
- contending for ,
- contends for ,
- file for ,
- filed for ,
- files for ,
- filing for ,
- pro mote ,
- pro motes ,
- pro moting ,
- pro-mote ,
- pro-motes ,
- pro-moting ,
- promotes ,
- requisitioned .
- seek .
- Impetrate ,
- Impetrated ,
- Impetrating ,
- Obsecrate ,
- Obsecrated ,
- Obsecrating ,
- Obtest ,
- Obtested ,
- Obtesting ,
- be siege ,
- be sieged ,
- be sieges ,
- be sieging ,
- be-siege ,
- be-sieged ,
- be-sieges ,
- be-sieging ,
- call to ,
- called to ,
- calling to ,
- calls to ,
- crave ,
- impetrates ,
- nag ,
- obsecrates ,
- obtests .
- urge .
- Postulated ,
- Postulating ,
- de clare ,
- de clares ,
- de cree ,
- de creed ,
- de crees ,
- de-clare ,
- de-clares ,
- de-cree ,
- de-creed ,
- de-crees ,
- elect ,
- ex act ,
- ex acted ,
- ex acting ,
- ex acts ,
- ex-act ,
- ex-acted ,
- ex-acting ,
- ex-acts ,
- pray to ,
- prayed to ,
- praying to ,
- prays to ,
- pro claim ,
- pro claimed ,
- pro claiming ,
- pro claims ,
- pro-claiming ,
- pro-claims ,
- set apart ,
- sets apart ,
- setting apart .
- ask marriage ,
- asked in marriage ,
- asked marriage ,
- asking in marriage ,
- asking marriage ,
- asks in marriage ,
- asks marriage ,
- goes steady ,
- going with ,
- keeping company with ,
- kept company with ,
- made love to ,
- made time with ,
- makes love to ,
- makes time with ,
- making love to ,
- making time with ,
- paid addresses to ,
- paid court to ,
- pandered to ,
- pandering to ,
- panders to ,
- payed addresses to ,
- payed court to ,
- paying addresses to ,
- paying court to ,
- pays addresses to ,
- pays court to ,
- pop question ,
- ran after ,
- runs after ,
- seek hand of ,
- seeking hand of ,
- seeking the hand of ,
- seeks hand of ,
- seeks the hand of ,
- set cap ,
- set one cap ,
- set ones cap ,
- sets cap ,
- sets one cap ,
- sets one's cap ,
- sets ones cap ,
- setting cap ,
- setting one cap ,
- setting one's cap ,
- setting ones cap ,
- sought hand of ,
- sought the hand of ,
- went steady .
- necessitate ,
- plead for ,
- pleaded for ,
- pleading for ,
- pleads for ,
- pled for ,
- prayed for ,
- praying for ,
- prays for .
- DUNS ,
- Dunned ,
- Dunning ,
- clamor for ,
- clamored for ,
- clamoring for ,
- clamors for ,
- counter claim ,
- counter claimed ,
- counter claiming ,
- counter claims ,
- counter-claim ,
- counter-claimed ,
- counter-claiming ,
- counter-claims ,
- counterclaim ,
- counterclaimed ,
- counterclaiming ,
- counterclaims ,
- hit up ,
- hits up ,
- hitting up ,
- in quire ,
- in quired ,
- in quires ,
- in quiring ,
- in-quire ,
- in-quired ,
- in-quires ,
- in-quiring ,
- insist on ,
- insisted on ,
- insisting on ,
- insists on ,
- sue for ,
- sued for ,
- sues for ,
- suing for ,
- whistle for ,
- whistled for ,
- whistles for ,
- whistling for .
- be spake ,
- be speak ,
- be speaking ,
- be speaks ,
- be spoke ,
- be spoken ,
- be-spake ,
- be-speak ,
- be-speaking ,
- be-speaks ,
- be-spoke ,
- be-spoken ,
- de sire ,
- de sired ,
- de sires ,
- de siring ,
- de-sire ,
- de-sired ,
- de-sires ,
- de-siring .
- co unselling ,
- co-unselling ,
- exhort ,
- in cite ,
- in cites ,
- in-cite ,
- in-cited ,
- insist ,
- pre ached ,
- pre aching ,
- pre-ached ,
- pre-aching .
- go bended knee ,
- goes bended knee ,
- goes on bended knee ,
- going bended knee ,
- going on bended knee ,
- implores ,
- went bended knee ,
- went on bended knee .
- gave invitation ,
- give invitation ,
- gives invitation ,
- giving invitation ,
- had in ,
- had over ,
- haddest in ,
- haddest over ,
- hadst in ,
- hadst over ,
- has in ,
- has over ,
- hast in ,
- hast over ,
- hath in ,
- hath over ,
- have in ,
- have over ,
- having in ,
- having over ,
- in vite ,
- in-vite ,
- include as guest ,
- included as guest ,
- includes as guest ,
- including as guest ,
- invitationed ,
- invitationing ,
- invited ,
- send invitation ,
- sending invitation ,
- sends invitation ,
- sent invitation .
- Invocate ,
- Invocated ,
- Invocating ,
- commune with ,
- communed with ,
- communes with ,
- communing with ,
- cried for ,
- cries for ,
- cry for ,
- crying for ,
- invocates ,
- re cited ,
- re cites ,
- re citing ,
- re-cited ,
- re-cites .
- buttonholed ,
- buttonholes ,
- buttonholing ,
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- dis quiet ,
- dis quieted ,
- dis quieting ,
- dis quiets ,
- dis-quiet ,
- dis-quieted ,
- dis-quieting ,
- dis-quiets ,
- lean on ,
- leaned on ,
- leaning on ,
- leans on ,
- leant on ,
- pressurize ,
- pressurized ,
- pressurizes ,
- pressurizing ,
- railroad ,
- railroaded ,
- railroading .
- held out for ,
- hits for ,
- hits up for ,
- hitting for ,
- hitting up for ,
- holding out for ,
- holds out for ,
- re quest ,
- re quested ,
- re questing ,
- re quests ,
- re-quest ,
- re-quested ,
- re-questing ,
- re-quests .
- Hawked ,
- came on to ,
- come on to ,
- comes on to ,
- coming on to ,
- hawking ,
- panhandling ,
- pass hat ,
- pass the hat ,
- passed hat ,
- passed the hat ,
- passes hat ,
- passes the hat ,
- passing hat ,
- passing the hat ,
- re sorted ,
- re sorting ,
- re-sort ,
- re-sorted ,
- re-sorting ,
- re-sorts .
- bringing action ,
- bringing an action ,
- brings action ,
- brings an action ,
- brought action ,
- brought an action ,
- claimed damages ,
- claiming damages ,
- claims damages ,
- drag in to court ,
- dragged in to court ,
- dragged into court ,
- dragging in to court ,
- dragging into court ,
- drags in to court ,
- drags into court ,
- enter plea ,
- entered a plea ,
- entered plea ,
- entering a plea ,
- entering plea ,
- enters a plea ,
- enters plea ,
- filed a claim ,
- filed claim ,
- filed suit ,
- files a claim ,
- files claim ,
- files suit ,
- filing a claim ,
- filing claim ,
- filing suit ,
- had law on ,
- had the law on ,
- had up ,
- haddest law on ,
- haddest the law on ,
- haddest up ,
- hadst law on ,
- hadst the law on ,
- hadst up ,
- has law on ,
- has the law on ,
- has up ,
- hast law on ,
- hast the law on ,
- hast up ,
- hath law on ,
- hath the law on ,
- hath up ,
- haul in to court ,
- hauled in to court ,
- hauled into court ,
- hauling in to court ,
- hauling into court ,
- hauls in to court ,
- hauls into court ,
- have law on ,
- having law on ,
- having the law on ,
- having up ,
- in-dict ,
- instituted legal proceedings ,
- institutes legal proceedings ,
- instituting legal proceedings ,
- preferred charges against ,
- preferring charges against ,
- prefers charges against ,
- saw court ,
- saw in court ,
- see court ,
- seeing court ,
- seeing in court ,
- sees court ,
- sees in court ,
- take court ,
- takes court ,
- takes out after ,
- takes to court ,
- taking court ,
- taking out after ,
- took court ,
- took out after ,
- took to court .
- Urged ,
- fire up ,
- fires up ,
- firing up ,
- in duce ,
- in duces ,
- in spire ,
- in spired ,
- in spires ,
- in spiring ,
- in-duce ,
- in-duces ,
- in-spire ,
- in-spired ,
- in-spires ,
- in-spiring ,
- put to ,
- put up to ,
- puts to ,
- puts up to ,
- putting to ,
- putting up to ,
- re commend ,
- re commended ,
- re commending ,
- re commends ,
- re-commend ,
- re-commended ,
- re-commending ,
- re-commends ,
- spake for ,
- speak for ,
- speaking for ,
- speaks for ,
- spoke for .
- Desiderate ,
- Desiderated ,
- Desiderating ,
- Hoped ,
- Hungered ,
- Hungering ,
- desiderates ,
- look forward to ,
- looked forward to ,
- looking forward to ,
- looks forward to ,
- set heart on ,
- set one heart on ,
- set one's heart on ,
- set ones heart on ,
- sets heart on ,
- sets one heart on ,
- sets one's heart on ,
- sets ones heart on ,
- setting heart on ,
- setting one heart on ,
- setting one's heart on ,
- setting ones heart on ,
- sigh for ,
- sighed for ,
- sighing for ,
- sighs for ,
- spoil for ,
- spoiled for ,
- spoiling for ,
- spoils for ,
- spoilt for ,
- yenned ,
- yenning ,
- yens .
- aim for ,
- aimed for ,
- aiming for ,
- aims for ,
- bill and coo ,
- bill coo ,
- billed and coo ,
- billed coo ,
- billing and coo ,
- billing coo ,
- bills and coo ,
- bills coo ,
- keep company ,
- keeping company ,
- keeps company ,
- kept company ,
- made advances ,
- make advances ,
- makes advances ,
- making advances ,
- press one suit with ,
- press one's suit with ,
- press ones suit with ,
- press suit with ,
- pressed one suit with ,
- pressed one's suit with ,
- pressed ones suit with ,
- pressed suit with ,
- presses one suit with ,
- presses one's suit with ,
- presses ones suit with ,
- presses suit with ,
- pressing one suit with ,
- pressing one's suit with ,
- pressing ones suit with ,
- pressing suit with ,
- seek in marriage ,
- seek marriage ,
- seeking in marriage ,
- seeking marriage ,
- seeks in marriage ,
- seeks marriage ,
- set cap for ,
- set one cap for ,
- set one's cap for ,
- set ones cap for ,
- sets cap for ,
- sets one cap for ,
- sets one's cap for ,
- sets ones cap for ,
- setting cap for ,
- setting one cap for ,
- setting one's cap for ,
- setting ones cap for ,
- sought in marriage ,
- sought marriage .
Other synonyms:
- call-in .
- summon .
- stop .
- commission .
Other relevant words:
- Thumbing ,
- appeal to ,
- appealed to ,
- applied to ,
- apply to ,
- feel one out ,
- feel out ,
- feeling out ,
- feels ,
- give a play ,
- give a tumble ,
- give play ,
- make advance ,
- make overture ,
- make up to ,
- sound out ,
- sounded out ,
- sounding out ,
- speak to ,
- speaking to ,
- spoke to ,
- take aside ,
- talk to ,
- talking to ,
- thumb ,
- thumbed ,
- thumbs .
- Gallanted ,
- Gallanting ,
- Serenaded ,
- Serenading ,
- Sweethearting ,
- ask in marriage ,
- gallants ,
- go out with ,
- go steady ,
- go together ,
- go with ,
- goes out with ,
- going out with ,
- going steady ,
- groveling ,
- grovelling ,
- keep company with ,
- keeps company with ,
- make love to ,
- make time with ,
- pander to ,
- pay addresses to ,
- pay court to ,
- pop the question ,
- run after ,
- running after ,
- seek the hand of ,
- set one's cap ,
- spark ,
- spoon ,
- sweethearted ,
- take out ,
- takes out ,
- taking out ,
- took out ,
- went out with .
- appeal ,
- ask ,
- beg ,
- hit for ,
- hit up for ,
- hold out for ,
- request .
- bring action ,
- bring an action ,
- claim damages ,
- drag into court ,
- enter a plea ,
- file a claim ,
- file claim ,
- file suit ,
- follow up ,
- followed up ,
- haul into court ,
- have the law on ,
- have up ,
- institute legal proceedings ,
- litigate ,
- prefer charges against ,
- see in court ,
- take out after ,
- take to court ,
- taking to court .
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How to use "Entreat" in context?
There are various verbs which have the meaning of "to ask earnestly" in English. Here are a few examples:
-To entreat means to plead or to attempt to influence by gentle argument or petitions.
-To entreat means to beseech or supplicate.
-To entreat means to implore.
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