Definition for Plead:

• To allege as an excuse or defense.

Synonyms for Plead:

• n.

  •
  • arraign,
  • ask,
  • call,
  • allow,
  • bring,
  • appear.
  •
  • dissuade,
  • encourage,
  • convince,
  • prod,
  • motivate,
  • persuade,
  • present,
  • spur.
  •
  • avouch,
  • debate,
  • advocate,
  • vouch,
  • examine,
  • prosecute,
  • respond,
  • cross examine.
  •
  • conjure,
  • be,
  • CH.

• v.

  •appeal (verb)
  • beg,
  • entreat,
  • address,
  • petition,
  • invite,
  • supplicate,
  • solicit,
  • appeal,
  • greet,
  • accost,
  • entice,
  • apply.
  •beg, request (verb)
  • entreaty.
  •plead (verb)
  • excuse.
  •pleading (verb)
  • Begging.
  •request (verb)
  • probe,
  • question,
  • demand,
  • summon,
  • seek,
  • wish,
  • want,
  • desire,
  • requisition,
  • bid,
  • query,
  • inquire.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • nickel-and-dime,
  • panhandle,
  • pray,
  • ask for.
  •
  • crave,
  • bum,
  • explain,
  • dun,
  • dictate.
  •
  • charge.
  •
  • order.
  •appeal
  • call upon.
  •approach
  • appeal to,
  • apply to.
  •defend
  • stick up for,
  • stand up for,
  • speak up for.
  •importune
  • work on.
  •mediate
  • intercede.
  •Other relevant words:
  • marshal,
  • beseechingly,
  • do penance,
  • defence,
  • refer to,
  • recant,
  • ply,
  • goad,
  • thrash out,
  • effigy,
  • assert,
  • argumentation,
  • have it out,
  • lie,
  • woo,
  • announce,
  • coax,
  • conjuring,
  • contest,
  • state,
  • imprecate,
  • defense,
  • pleading,
  • asseverate,
  • spar,
  • presentation,
  • bring on,
  • argue over,
  • claim,
  • bring to bear,
  • run to,
  • bandy words,
  • cavil,
  • call for help,
  • case,
  • vindicate,
  • declare,
  • attest,
  • rally,
  • prompt,
  • lobby,
  • bicker,
  • performance,
  • submit,
  • high pressure,
  • talk,
  • Discept,
  • apology,
  • adduce,
  • solicitation,
  • deploy,
  • contend,
  • lock horns,
  • plea,
  • pretend,
  • Propugn,
  • plead for,
  • bade,
  • swear,
  • call on,
  • dispute,
  • humble oneself,
  • acknowledge,
  • sue for,
  • evoke,
  • assign,
  • bulwark,
  • Implead,
  • be sorry for,
  • prayer,
  • soft-soap,
  • support,
  • argument,
  • produce,
  • argufy,
  • make,
  • advance,
  • logomachize,
  • moot,
  • pressure,
  • cite,
  • call for,
  • bring forward,
  • justification,
  • say,
  • polemize,
  • keep in countenance,
  • array,
  • cross swords,
  • polemicize,
  • pettifog,
  • reason,
  • blandish,
  • avow,
  • controversy,
  • rest,
  • constrain,
  • reclaim,
  • egg on,
  • be penitent,
  • give and take,
  • jawbone,
  • join issue,
  • hint,
  • sweet-talk,
  • insist upon,
  • besiege,
  • hassle,
  • imploringly,
  • wheedle,
  • quote,
  • pleadingly,
  • rue,
  • brace,
  • beset,
  • affirm,
  • contention,
  • aver,
  • bear out,
  • maintain,
  • beg pardon,
  • protect,
  • cover,
  • apologise,
  • tax,
  • supplication,
  • depiction,
  • rationalize,
  • push,
  • adjure,
  • apply for,
  • bespeak,
  • induce,
  • offer,
  • think better of,
  • incite,
  • introduce,
  • disclose,
  • picture,
  • show,
  • bidding,
  • invocation,
  • require,
  • cry,
  • wrangle,
  • clamor for,
  • imploring,
  • quibble,
  • bring into court,
  • cry for,
  • image,
  • rampart,
  • application,
  • cajole,
  • recommend,
  • representation,
  • beseeching.

Paraphrases for Plead:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    appeal, invoke, Invoking, implore, argue, defend, advocate, urge, declare, confess, ask, allege, uphold, upholding, beg, litigate, claim, pray, request, requested, requests, please, assert, prevail.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    call.

Antonyms for Plead:

• v.

  • beg, request
    punish, refuse, sentence, answer, reply, decide.
  • present a defense
    deny, ignore.

Hypernym for Plead:

• v.

  • communication
    beseech, implore, pray, entreat, adjure, beg, demur, press, conjure, bid.

Hyponym for Plead:

• v.

  • communication
    appeal, excuse, allege, invoke, say, aver, rationalize, apologize, rationalise, declare, apologise.