Synonyms & related words for pleading

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of pleading — including beseeching, imploring, begging, entreating, demurrer, adjuratory. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to pleading

Explore words related to pleading — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include pleas, pleadingly, pleaded, surrebutter, suppliantly, surrejoinder, petitionary, suppliant. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for pleading

Common synonyms for pleading include beseeching, imploring, begging, entreating, demurrer, adjuratory, precatory — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does pleading come from?

The word pleading breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root plea-, from Latin placitum (“that which pleases”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.