Synonyms for BEG
bɛgbeg

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1. beg

   One asks what he feels that he may fairly claim and reasonably expect; "if a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father," Luke xi, 11; he begs for that to which he advances no claim but pity. Demand is a determined and often an arrogant word; one may rightfully demand what is his own or his due, when it is withheld or denied; or he may wrongfully demand that to which he has no claim but power. Require is less arrogant and obtrusive than demand, but is exceedingly strenuous; as, the court requires the attendance of witnesses. Entreat implies a special earnestness of asking, and beseech, a still added and more humble intensity; beseech was formerly often used as a polite intensive for beg or pray; as, I beseech you to tell me. To implore is to ask with weeping and lamentation; to supplicate is to ask, as it were, on bended knees. Crave and request are somewhat formal terms; crave has almost disappeared from conversation; request would seem distant between parent and child. Pray is now used chiefly of address to the Supreme Being; petition is used of written request to persons in authority; as, to petition the legislature to pass an act, or the governor to pardon an offender.

   Synonyms:
   ask, beseech, crave, demand, entreat, implore, petition, pray, request, require, solicit, supplicate

   Antonyms:
   claim, command, deny, enforce, exact, extort, insist, refuse, reject

   Preposition:
   Ask a person for a thing; ask a thing of or from a person; ask after or about one's health, welfare, friends, etc.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 3 votes

1. beg

   Synonyms:
   ask, request, entreat, supplicate, beseech, implore, pray, petition, crave

   Antonyms:
   insist, exact, extort, require, demand

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1. beg, implore, prayverb

   call upon in supplication; entreat

   "I beg you to stop!"

   Synonyms:
   pray, implore, solicit, beg, tap

2. solicit, beg, tapverb

   make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently

   "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"

   Synonyms:
   court, solicit, pray, exploit, accost, wiretap, tip, rap, romance, tap, pink, knock, intercept, bug, beg, tapdance, implore, woo, hook

3. begverb

   ask to obtain free

   "beg money and food"

   Synonyms:
   pray, implore, solicit, tap

4. begverb

   dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted

   "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion"

   Synonyms:
   pray, implore, solicit, tap

Matched Categories

1. • Evade
   • Request

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1. begverb

   Synonyms:
   crave, solicit, beseech, implore, supplicate, conjure, pray for, petition for, seek by petition, ask earnestly

2. begverb

   Synonyms:
   assume, take for granted, consider as true

3. begverb

   Synonyms:
   solicit charity, ask alms

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 votes

1. begverb

   Synonyms:
   beseech, supplicate, implore, ask alms

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1. List of paraphrases for "beg":

   begging, implore, beseech, supplier

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1. Tara Nettleton:

   My daughter made the mistake of a lifetime. Today she is a parent alone in a foreign and vicious land, looking after a widowed 14-year-old and four other young children, i accept that some will be critical of my daughter, who followed her heart and has paid an enormous price. Mr Abbott, I beg you, please help bring my child and grandchildren home.

2. Archbishop Jerome Listecki:

   Mistakes were made in the Lawrence Murphy case, the mistakes were not made in Rome in 1996, 1997 and 1998. The mistakes were made here, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, in the 1970s, the 1980s and the 1990s, by the church, by civil authorities, by church officials, and by bishops. And for that, I beg your forgiveness in the name of the church and in the name of this Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

3. Art Caplan:

   I think the publicity helps and lets more people know' maybe there's a last ditch thing I ought to pursue,' but at the end of the day, creating a world in which you say there's a right to try, if it's nothing more than a right to beg a company, that right already exists, and you're really not doing much to help anybody gain access to much of anything.

4. Sayed Abdullah:

   We beg the government and the Taliban to let us go either back to Kandahar or Ghazni. There are many women and children.

5. Cynthia Cortes:

   We're doing our part from wherever we are around the world to bring light into the Venezuelan plight. And there's invaders in our embassy that are not Venezuelans, this is the Venezuelan people for Venezuelan democracy ; this is not about right or left in the world. I hope and I beg that people don't use my country and the suffering of my people for their own personal flags that have nothing to do with what's going on.