- suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory - humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"
Antonym: imperative (indirect, via beseeching)
- prayer, supplicant - someone who prays to God
--1 is a kind of religionist, religious person
--1 has particulars: beadsman, bedesman - petitioner, suppliant, supplicant - one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors"
--2 is a kind of applicant, applier
--2 has particulars: besieger; postulant; solicitor, canvasserDerived form: verb supplicate1