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

Need another word that means the same as “prayer”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “prayer” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Prayer” are: appeal, entreaty, supplicant, supplication, orison, petition, invocation, intercession, devotion, religious worship, worship, religious observance

Prayer as a Noun

Definitions of "Prayer" as a noun

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

  • An earnest hope or wish.
  • The act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving.
  • A solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or another deity.
  • Someone who prays to God.
  • Reverent petition to a deity.
  • A fixed text used in praying.
  • A religious service, especially a regular one, at which people gather in order to pray together.
  • Earnest or urgent request.

Synonyms of "Prayer" as a noun (12 Words)

appealA serious, urgent, or heartfelt request.
An appeal for help.
devotionFeelings of ardent love.
She was the epitome of wifely devotion.
entreatyEarnest or urgent request.
An entreaty to stop the fighting.
intercessionThe action of saying a prayer on behalf of another.
He only escaped ruin by the intercession of his peers with the king.
invocation(in the Christian Church) a form of words such as ‘In the name of the Father’ introducing a prayer, sermon, etc.
His invocation of the ancient powers of Callanish.
orisonReverent petition to a deity.
petitionReverent petition to a deity.
A divorce petition.
religious observanceA member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience.
religious worshipA member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience.
supplicantOne praying humbly for something.
We are equals and not supplicants begging for work.
supplicationA prayer asking God’s help as part of a religious service.
He fell to his knees in supplication.
worshipThe activity of worshipping.
Worship of the Mother Goddess.

Usage Examples of "Prayer" as a noun

  • I'll say a prayer for him.
  • The priest sank to his knees in prayer.
  • The peace of God is ours through prayer.
  • 500 people were detained as they attended Friday prayers.
  • It is our prayer that the current progress on human rights will be sustained.

Associations of "Prayer" (30 Words)

appealBe attractive to.
An appeal for help.
begAcquire food or money from someone by begging.
A piece of bread which I begged from a farmer.
beseechAsk for or request earnestly.
They earnestly beseeched his forgiveness.
buddhismThe teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffer.
calvaryA hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified.
churchTake a woman who has recently given birth to church for a service of thanksgiving.
Don t be late for church.
conjureImplore (someone) to do something.
She had forgotten how to conjure up the image of her mother s face.
entreatAsk someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.
His friends entreated him not to go.
entreatyAn earnest or humble request.
An entreaty to stop the fighting.
imploreBeg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.
I implore mercy.
invocationAn incantation used to invoke a deity or the supernatural.
His invocation of the ancient powers of Callanish.
litanyA litany contained in the Book of Common Prayer.
The patient recited a litany of complaints.
majesticallyWith impressive beauty or scale.
The steep slopes of the valley floor rise majestically skywards.
monkUnited States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982.
mosque(Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret.
offertoryAn anthem accompanying the offertory.
They donated the money to a collection which was brought up at the offertory.
petitionReverent petition to a deity.
The organization is petitioning the EU for a moratorium on the patent.
pleaAn answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed.
He changed his plea to not guilty.
pleadMake 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.
Don t go she pleaded.
pleaseUsed in polite requests or questions.
It pleased him to be seen with someone in the news.
prayAddress a deity a prophet a saint or an object of worship say a prayer.
Pray to the Lord.
priestessA female priest of a non-Christian religion.
solicitationThe act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money.
A solicitation to the king for relief.
suppliantMaking or expressing a plea, especially to someone in power or authority.
A suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness.
supplicantOne praying humbly for something.
A supplicant serf before an ill tempered monarch.
supplicateAsk for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer.
The plutocracy supplicated to be made peers.
supplicationA prayer asking God’s help as part of a religious service.
He fell to his knees in supplication.
synagogueA Jewish assembly or congregation.
templeA thing regarded as holy or likened to a temple especially a person s body.
The veins in his temple throbbed.
temporalCharacteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world.
Our temporal existence.
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