BESEECH: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BESEECH?

Need another word that means the same as “beseech”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “beseech” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Beseech” are: adjure, bid, conjure, entreat, press, implore, beg, importune, plead with, appeal to, exhort, ask urgently, petition, call on, supplicate, pray to

Beseech as a Verb

Definitions of "Beseech" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “beseech” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat.
• Ask for or request earnestly.

Synonyms of "Beseech" as a verb (16 Words)

adjure	Ask for or request earnestly. I adjure you to tell me the truth.
appeal to	Be attractive to.
ask urgently	Require or ask for as a price or condition.
beg	Acquire food or money from someone by begging. A piece of bread which I begged from a farmer.
bid	Make a statement during the auction undertaking to make a certain number of tricks with a stated suit as trumps if the bid is successful and one becomes the declarer. Nineteen companies have indicated their intention to bid for the contract.
call on	Lure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal.
conjure	Implore (someone) to do something. A special tune that conjures up a particular time and place.
entreat	Ask earnestly or anxiously for (something. A message had been sent entreating aid for the Navahos.
exhort	Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts. Come on you guys exhorted Linda.
implore	Beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something. He implored her to change her mind.
importune	Beg persistently and urgently. The president would importune them to try harder.
petition	Write a petition for something to somebody request formally and in writing. The custodial parent petitioned the court for payment of the arrears.
plead with	Make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts.
pray to	Address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer.
press	Create by pressing. Pressed flowers.
supplicate	Ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly. The plutocracy supplicated to be made peers.

Usage Examples of "Beseech" as a verb

• They beseeched him to stay.
• ‘You have got to believe me,’ Violet beseeched him.
• They earnestly beseeched his forgiveness.

Associations of "Beseech" (30 Words)

adjure	Command solemnly. I adjure you to tell me the truth.
appeal	A serious, urgent, or heartfelt request. He was found guilty but appealed immediately.
asking	The verbal act of requesting.
beg	Acquire food or money from someone by begging. I beg you to stop.
cadge	Ask for and get free; be a parasite. He cadged fivers off old school friends.
conjure	Call (an image) to the mind. They hoped to conjure up the spirit of their dead friend.
desperately	In intense despair. The soil desperately needed potash.
entreat	Ask for or request earnestly. The King I fear hath ill entreated her.
entreaty	Earnest or urgent request. An entreaty to stop the fighting.
exhortation	A communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action. Exhortations to consumers to switch off electrical appliances.
implore	Beg earnestly for. I implore mercy.
invitation	A tempting allurement. A wedding invitation.
invite	Invite someone to one s house. His use of the word did little but invite criticism.
lamentation	The passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping. Scenes of lamentation.
necessary	Needed to be done, achieved, or present; essential. It s not necessary for you to be here.
necessity	The state or fact of being required. The necessity of providing parental guidance.
paging	The system of numbering pages. The public address system in the hospital was used for paging.
perforce	Used to express necessity or inevitability. Amateurs perforce have to settle for less expensive solutions.
petition	Present a petition to an authority in respect of a particular cause. A steady stream of petitions to Allah were audible.
plea	(law) a defendant’s answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer. Her plea of a headache was not entirely false.
plead	Make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts. The youth pleaded guilty to murdering the girl.
pray	Address a deity a prophet a saint or an object of worship say a prayer. Ladies and gentlemen pray be seated.
prayer	Earnest or urgent request. The priest sank to his knees in prayer.
request	The verbal act of requesting. She requested an extra bed in her room.
solicit	Make a solicitation or petition for something desired. He called a meeting to solicit their views.
solicitation	The act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money. He was a regular target for solicitation of funds.
suppliant	Humbly entreating. Their faces were wary and suppliant.
supplicant	Making or expressing a plea, especially to someone in power or authority. Supplicants prostrate themselves on the floor.
supplicate	Make a humble, earnest petition. The plutocracy supplicated to be made peers.
woo	Seek the favour, support, or custom of. Pop stars are being wooed by film companies eager to sign them up.