Synonyms for beg
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1. beg, implore, pray(verb)

   call upon in supplication; entreat

   "I beg you to stop!"

   Synonyms:
   pray, implore, solicit, tap

2. solicit, beg, tap(verb)

   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, tapdance, implore, woo, hook

3. beg(verb)

   ask to obtain free

   "beg money and food"

   Synonyms:
   pray, implore, solicit, tap

4. beg(verb)

   dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted

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

   Synonyms:
   pray, implore, solicit, tap

English Synonyms and Antonyms(1.50 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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 Antonyms(2.00 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. beg

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

   Antonyms:
   insist, exact, extort, require, demand

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. beg(v. a.)

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

2. beg(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   assume, take for granted, consider as true

3. beg(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   solicit charity, ask alms

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. beg(v)

   Synonyms:
   beseech, supplicate, implore, ask alms

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1. List of paraphrases for "beg":

   begging, implore, beseech, supplier

How to pronounce beg?

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US English

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British

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Australian

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Indian

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How to use beg in a sentence?

1. Yasemin Baban:

   A dog cannot talk and cannot say what he is suffering from. A dog doesn't know to beg. A human, worst-case scenario, can at least steal to stay alive. They can explain themselves. A dog has no chances in a city like this.

2. Anuj Somany:

   If the so-called celebrity has been doing so much charity as shown by the news media, then wondering where is the requirement to beg donation from the common men of the society.

3. Vasiliki Ilia Marinaki:

   They are afraid to go to Turkey, they told me that they will definitely be tortured. They told me exactly 'we are going to beg for death, we are going to be dead anyway'.

4. Diane Yaqco:

   We plea and beg the international community to intervene immediately, we have been driven out of our ancestral lands. We have been killed and crucified. The international community must act now to save lives of others kidnapped.

5. Bernie Ecclestone:

   They don't have to beg (for food) any more because we've looked after them. It's not nice for the team. We've done all we can do, plus, let's hope now that somebody else does something.

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