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

Need another word that means the same as “plead”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “plead” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Plead” are: beg, entreat, beseech, implore, appeal to, petition, supplicate, importune, pray to, request, ask earnestly, call on, adjure, claim, use as an excuse, assert, allege

Plead as a Verb

Definitions of "Plead" as a verb

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

• Offer as an excuse or plea.
• Enter a plea, as in courts of law.
• Present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context.
• 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.
• Address a court as an advocate on behalf of a party.
• Offer or present as an excuse for doing or not doing something.
• Appeal or request earnestly.
• Invoke (a reason or a point of law) as an accusation or defence.
• State formally in court whether one is guilty or not guilty of the offence with which one is charged.
• Make an emotional appeal.

Synonyms of "Plead" as a verb (17 Words)

adjure	Command solemnly. I adjure you to tell me the truth.
allege	Report or maintain. He alleged that he was the victim of a crime.
appeal to	Cite as an authority; resort to.
ask earnestly	Inquire about.
assert	Assert to be true. It was time to assert himself.
beg	Acquire food or money from someone by begging. They had to beg for food.
beseech	Ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat. They beseeched him to stay.
call on	Indicate a decision in regard to.
claim	Lay claim to as of an idea. They claimed on the maximum allowable amount.
entreat	Ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something. His friends entreated him not to go.
implore	Call upon in supplication; entreat. I implore mercy.
importune	Approach (someone) to request or offer sexual services, especially as a prostitute. Reporters importuned him with pointed questions.
petition	Write a petition for something to somebody request formally and in writing. The custodial parent petitioned the court for payment of the arrears.
pray to	Address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer.
request	Express the need or desire for. The letter requested him to report to London.
supplicate	Make a humble, earnest petition. He supplicated the King for clemency.
use as an excuse	Avail oneself to.

Usage Examples of "Plead" as a verb

• ‘Don't go,’ she pleaded.
• She was pleading insanity.
• The idea that in public relations work someone is paid to plead a special case is disliked.
• On trial for attempted murder, she pleaded self-defence.
• He pleaded family commitments as a reason for not attending.
• I pleaded with him to stop.
• She pleaded with them not to gag the boy.
• The youth pleaded guilty to murdering the girl.
• She pleaded not guilty.
• The Constitution prohibits a retired Supreme Court judge from pleading before any court.
• Anne pleaded to go with her.

Associations of "Plead" (30 Words)

accost	Approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively. Reporters accosted him in the street.
appeal	A request for donations to support a charity or cause. Appeal to somebody for help.
asking	The verbal act of requesting.
beg	Acquire food or money from someone by begging. He begged their forgiveness.
beseech	Ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat. They beseeched him to stay.
cadge	A padded wooden frame on which hooded hawks are carried to the field. He cadged fivers off old school friends.
conjure	Call (an image) to the mind. She conjured him to return.
desperately	In intense despair. He desperately needed a drink.
entreat	Ask for or request earnestly. His friends entreated him not to go.
entreaty	An earnest or humble request. An entreaty to stop the fighting.
exhortation	An address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something. No amount of exhortation had any effect.
implore	Beg earnestly for. Please don t talk that way Ellen implored.
invitation	A situation or action that tempts someone to do something or makes a particular outcome likely. A herb garden where guests can only go at the invitation of the chef.
invite	Invite someone to one s house. We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee.
lamentation	The passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping. Scenes of lamentation.
necessary	The action or item needed. It s not necessary for you to be here.
perforce	Used to express necessity or inevitability. Amateurs perforce have to settle for less expensive solutions.
petition	Write a petition for something to somebody request formally and in writing. The Act allowed couples to petition for divorce after one year of marriage.
plea	(law) a defendant’s answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer. He changed his plea to not guilty.
please	Satisfy aesthetically. She was quiet and eager to please.
pray	Address a deity a prophet a saint or an object of worship say a prayer. I prayed that James wouldn t notice.
prayer	A religious service, especially a regular one, at which people gather in order to pray together. 500 people were detained as they attended Friday prayers.
request	A tune or song played on a radio programme typically accompanied by a personal message in response to a listener s request. I requested information from the secretary.
solicit	Make a solicitation or petition for something desired. He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents.
solicitation	The act of accosting someone and offering one’s or someone else’s services as a prostitute. People objected to receiving telephone solicitations.
suppliant	A person making a humble or earnest plea to someone in power or authority. A suppliant for her favors.
supplicant	Making or expressing a plea, especially to someone in power or authority. We are equals and not supplicants begging for work.
supplicate	Ask humbly (for something. Supplicate for permission.
supplication	The act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving. He fell to his knees in supplication.
woo	Seek the favour, support, or custom of. He wooed her with quotes from Shakespeare.