Synonyms & related words for supplication

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of supplication — including prayer, plea, entreaty, supplicating, invocation, beseeching. 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 supplication

Explore words related to supplication — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include supplicatory, suppliance, suppliant, suppliantly, petitionary, intercessional, beseecher, supplicant. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for supplication

Common synonyms for supplication include prayer, plea, entreaty, supplicating, invocation, beseeching, imploring, entreating — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does supplication come from?

The word supplication breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: sup-, from Latin sub (“under, below”); and -plic, from Latin plico (“fold”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.