Dictionary

Definition of Pray

• (n. & v.) See Pry.
• (v. i.) To make request with earnestness or zeal, as for something desired; to make entreaty or supplication; to offer prayer to a deity or divine being as a religious act; specifically, to address the Supreme Being with adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving.
• (v. t.) To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech.
• (v. t.) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
• (v. t.) To effect or accomplish by praying; as, to pray a soul out of purgatory.

Synonyms of Pray

• Implore
• Beg
• Solicit
• Tap
• Ask
• Crave
• Entreat
• Petition
• Request
• Beseech
• Demand
• Require
• Supplicate
• Commune

Antonyms of Pray

• Claim
• Deny
• Enforce
• Exact
• Extort
• Insist
• Refuse
• Reject
• Command

Homophones of Pray

• Prey