Synonyms for prayer
ˈpreɪ ərprayer

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1. prayer

   Synonyms:
   petition, supplication, entreaty, orison, benediction, suit, request

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1. prayer, supplicationnoun

   the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)

   "the priest sank to his knees in prayer"

   Synonyms:
   entreaty, orison, supplication, supplicant, invocation, plea, appeal, petition

2. prayer, petition, orisonnoun

   reverent petition to a deity

   Synonyms:
   entreaty, orison, postulation, supplication, supplicant, appeal, petition, request

3. entreaty, prayer, appealnoun

   earnest or urgent request

   "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"

   Synonyms:
   entreaty, orison, supplication, ingathering, supplicant, collection, charm, appeal, petition, solicitation, appealingness

4. prayernoun

   a fixed text used in praying

   Synonyms:
   orison, supplicant, appeal, supplication, entreaty, petition

5. prayer, supplicantnoun

   someone who prays to God

   Synonyms:
   entreaty, orison, supplication, supplicant, requester, appeal, petition, petitioner, suppliant

Matched Categories

1. • Request
   • Sacred Text

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1. benediction

   Submitted by Jibtek180979 on July 3, 2020  

2. namaz

   prayer to be performed by muslims 5 times a day.

   namaz is the second pillar of islam.

   Submitted by rinat on September 3, 2019  

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1. prayernoun

   Synonyms:
   supplication, entreaty, suit, petition, request, SUFFRAGE

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1. prayernoun

   Synonyms:
   invocation, orison, collect, suffrage, supplication, obsecration, litany, rogation, rosary, euchologion, secreta, entreaty, intercession

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1. List of paraphrases for "prayer":

   prayers, please, pray, praying, sentence, kindly, worship, salat

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1. Brad Whiteis:

   But then it kind of hit me how powerful it was, he just started learning how to pray at church. But he only has prayed a few times, for toys or to win a video game, so this prayer was different.

2. Jeff Levin:

   Healing prayer is being used more as a complementary treatment rather than as an alternative one.

3. Williamson County:

   But you know what? I think God gets your attention in different ways. I just wish him the best, and I hope he gets everything that he needs to get well and take care of whatever issues he's got going on. There's power in prayer.

4. Anthony Pinto:

   I love my family, they might use these mental rituals like prayer or counting to neutralize that anxiety or to try to make that anxiety go away as a way to cope.

5. Saadi Shirazi:

   Whoso associates with the wicked will be accused of following their ways, though their principles may have made no impression upon him; just as if a person were in the habit of frequenting a tavern, he would not be supposed to go there for prayer, but to drink intoxicating liquor.