Pray

//pɹeɪ//

Synonyms for "pray" (58 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (12)

beg please prithee adjure appeal appeal to apply apply to ask be good enough beseech

Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (17)

brace call for help call on call upon circulate a petition clamor for commune with god conjure crave cry for cry on cry to do entreat give thanks have the goodness i beg you

Related words (29)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

13 relation types

More general

2 entries

commune plead

Synonyms

3 entries

beg please prithee

Related terms

1 entries

precarious

derived

23 entries

nonpraying outpray plug and pray pray in aid pray tell pray the gay away pray to the porcelain god pray to the porcelain goddess prayable prayee prayer prayful praying Indian praying machine praying mantid praying mantis

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etymologically related_to

3 entries

deprecate imprecate precarious

has context

1 entries

religion

has first_subevent

7 entries

address god bow head close eyes concentrate kneel kneel down make sign of cross

has last_subevent

4 entries

do sign of cross end prayer with amen get off knees say amen

has prerequisite

20 entries

adopt right attitude believe believe in god close eyes first believe in god get down on knees go to church go to quiet place honeest with yourself ignorance kneel learn prayers look up on silent place religious repentent

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has subevent

27 entries

abandon science and physical laws address god adopt attitude of expectancy adopt attitude of hope adopt attitude of sincerity adopt attitude of solemnity appeal to spiritual entity bow head clear away fear close eyes conversation with god cut out distractions enlightenment feel hope feel peaceful fold hands

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manner of

1 entries

commune

motivated by_goal

19 entries

believe in deity express thoughts to god forgiveness go to heaven help from god help from supernatural source lonely need emotional strength need help praise god pretend have supernatural help religious solace speak to god stop being lonely talk to god

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related to

58 entries

action activity aid all religions asking asking god beg chants church church action church activity church thing churches clasp clasp hands communication

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Translations

301 translations across 132 languages.

Afrikaans

3 entries

bid verb (to petition a higher being)
bid verb (to talk to God)
smeek verb (to beg humbly for aid)

Ahom

3 entries

𑜈𑜩𑜨 verb (to petition a higher being)
𑜈𑜩𑜨 verb (to beg humbly for aid)
𑜈𑜩𑜨 verb (to talk to God)

Albanian

2 entries

lutem verb (to petition a higher being)
lutje verb (to petition a higher being)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

εὔχομαι verb (to petition a higher being)

Ao

1 entries

sarasadem (Chungli) verb (to petition a higher being)

Arabic

4 entries

دَعَا verb (to petition a higher being)
دَعَا verb (to talk to God)
صَلَّى verb (to petition a higher being)
صَلَّى verb (to talk to God)

Aramaic

1 entries

ܨܠܝ verb (to petition a higher being)

Armenian

3 entries

աղաչել verb (to beg humbly for aid)
աղոթել verb (to petition a higher being)
աղոթել verb (to talk to God)

Aromanian

4 entries

angrec verb (to petition a higher being)
auredz verb (to petition a higher being)
ncljin verb (to petition a higher being)
ngrec verb (to petition a higher being)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries

ܨܲܠܹܐ verb (to petition a higher being)
ܨܲܠܹܐ verb (to talk to God)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

dua etmək verb (to petition a higher being)

Basque

2 entries

otoitz egin verb (to petition a higher being)
otoiztu verb (to petition a higher being)

Bau Bidayuh

1 entries

bidoa verb (to petition a higher being)

Belarusian

2 entries

малі́цца verb (to petition a higher being)
памалі́цца verb (to petition a higher being)

Bengali

1 entries

প্রার্থনা করা verb (to petition a higher being)

Bikol Central

2 entries

pangadyi verb (to petition a higher being)
pangadyi verb (to talk to God)

Bulgarian

2 entries

мо́ля се verb (to petition a higher being)
моля verb (to beg humbly for aid)

Burmese

4 entries

ကိုးကွယ် verb (to petition a higher being)
ကိုးကွယ် verb (to talk to God)
ပူဇော် verb (to petition a higher being)
ရှိခိုး verb (to petition a higher being)

Catalan

4 entries

pregar verb (to petition a higher being)
pregar verb (to beg humbly for aid)
pregar verb (to talk to God)
resar verb (to petition a higher being)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗᎭ verb (to petition a higher being)

Chinese

2 entries

祈禱 /祈祷 verb (to petition a higher being)
祈禱 /祈祷 verb (to talk to God)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

祈禱 /祈祷 verb (to petition a higher being)
祈禱 /祈祷 verb (to talk to God)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

乞求 verb (to beg humbly for aid)
祈禱 /祈祷 verb (to petition a higher being)
祈禱 /祈祷 verb (to talk to God)
禱告 /祷告 verb (to petition a higher being)

Coptic

1 entries

ϣⲗⲏⲗ verb (to petition a higher being)

Czech

3 entries

modlit se verb (to petition a higher being)
modlit se verb (to talk to God)
pěkně prosit verb (to beg humbly for aid)

Danish

4 entries

bede verb (to petition a higher being)
bede verb (to beg humbly for aid)
bede verb (to talk to God)
tilbede verb (to petition a higher being)

Dutch

3 entries

bidden verb (to petition a higher being)
bidden verb (to talk to God)
smeken verb (to beg humbly for aid)

Eastern Bontoc

1 entries

monlowaro verb (to petition a higher being)

Elfdalian

1 entries

biða verb (to petition a higher being)

Esperanto

2 entries

preĝi verb (to petition a higher being)
preĝi verb (to talk to God)

Estonian

1 entries

palvetama verb (to petition a higher being)

Farefare

1 entries

pʋ'ʋsɛ verb (to petition a higher being)

Faroese

2 entries

biðja verb (to petition a higher being)
biðja verb (to talk to God)

Finnish

4 entries

anoa verb (to petition a higher being)
anoa verb (to beg humbly for aid)
pyytää verb (to petition a higher being)
rukoilla verb (to petition a higher being)

French

2 entries

prier verb (to petition a higher being)
prier verb (to talk to God)

Friulian

1 entries

preâ verb (to petition a higher being)

Galician

1 entries

rezar verb (to petition a higher being)

Georgian

3 entries

ვედრება verb (to beg humbly for aid)
ლოცვა verb (to petition a higher being)
ლოცვა verb (to talk to God)

German

4 entries

beten verb (to petition a higher being)
beten verb (to talk to God)
bitten verb (to beg humbly for aid)
erbitten verb (to beg humbly for aid)

Gothic

3 entries

𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽 verb (to petition a higher being)
𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to petition a higher being)
𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to talk to God)

Greek

2 entries

προσεύχομαι verb (to petition a higher being)
προσεύχομαι verb (to talk to God)

Greenlandic

1 entries

qinuvoq verb (to petition a higher being)

Hakka Chinese

2 entries

祈禱 /祈祷 verb (to petition a higher being)
祈禱 /祈祷 verb (to talk to God)

Hawaiian

1 entries

pule verb (to petition a higher being)

Hebrew

2 entries

הִתְפַּלֵּל verb (to petition a higher being)
התפלל verb (to talk to God)

Hindi

2 entries

प्रार्थना करना verb (to petition a higher being)
प्रार्थना करना verb (to talk to God)

Hungarian

2 entries

imádkozik verb (to petition a higher being)
imádkozik verb (to talk to God)

Icelandic

4 entries

biðja verb (to petition a higher being)
biðja verb (to beg humbly for aid)
biðja verb (to talk to God)
bæna verb (to beg humbly for aid)

Ilocano

1 entries

agkararag verb (to petition a higher being)

Indonesian

2 entries

berdoa verb (to petition a higher being)
berdoa verb (to talk to God)

Ingrian

4 entries

kyssyä verb (to petition a higher being)
kyssyä verb (to beg humbly for aid)
kyssyä verb (to talk to God)
rukoella verb (to petition a higher being)

Irish

2 entries

guigh verb (to petition a higher being)
guigh verb (to talk to God)

Istriot

1 entries

pragà verb (to petition a higher being)

Italian

3 entries

orare verb (to petition a higher being)
pregare verb (to petition a higher being)
pregare verb (to talk to God)

Japanese

4 entries

嘆願する verb (to beg humbly for aid)
祈る verb (to petition a higher being)
祈る verb (to talk to God)
祈祷する verb (to petition a higher being)

Jarai

1 entries

kơwưh verb (to beg humbly for aid)

Judeo-Italian

1 entries

אוּרַארֵי verb (to petition a higher being)

Kankanaey

4 entries

boyag verb (to petition a higher being)
kalalag verb (to petition a higher being)
lowalo verb (to petition a higher being)
sos-owa verb (to petition a higher being)

Kapampangan

1 entries

mangadi verb (to petition a higher being)

Kazakh

3 entries

дұға оқу verb (to petition a higher being)
намаз оқу verb (to petition a higher being)
сиыну verb (to talk to God)

Khmer

1 entries

អធិដ្ឋាន verb (to petition a higher being)

Kongo

1 entries

kusambila verb (to petition a higher being)

Korean

3 entries

기도하다 verb (to petition a higher being)
빌다 verb (to petition a higher being)
빌다 verb (to talk to God)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

дуба кылуу verb (to petition a higher being)
намаз окуу verb (to petition a higher being)

Ladin

2 entries

prië verb (to petition a higher being)
prië verb (to talk to God)

Lao

3 entries

ສວດ verb (to petition a higher being)
ສວດມົນ verb (to petition a higher being)
ອະທິຖານ verb (to petition a higher being)

Latin

3 entries

precor verb (to petition a higher being)
precor verb (to talk to God)
ōrō verb (to petition a higher being)

Latvian

1 entries

lūgt verb (to petition a higher being)

Ligurian

1 entries

pregâ verb (to petition a higher being)

Lithuanian

1 entries

maldauti verb (to petition a higher being)

Lombard

1 entries

pregà verb (to petition a higher being)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

bjatowaś verb (to petition a higher being)
módliś se verb (to petition a higher being)

Lutuv

1 entries

thlaachuo verb (to petition a higher being)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

bieden verb (to petition a higher being)

Macedonian

1 entries

моли се verb (to petition a higher being)

Malay

3 entries

berdoa verb (to petition a higher being)
sembah verb (to talk to God)
sembahyang verb (to talk to God)

Maltese

1 entries

talab verb (to petition a higher being)

Mongolian

2 entries

залбирах verb (to petition a higher being)
мөргөх verb (to petition a higher being)

Māori

3 entries

inoi verb (to petition a higher being)
inoi verb (to talk to God)
minono verb (to beg humbly for aid)

Navajo

1 entries

sodilzin verb (to petition a higher being)

Norman

2 entries

prier verb (to petition a higher being)
prier verb (to talk to God)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

diʼa kirin verb (to petition a higher being)
nimêj kirin verb (to talk to God)

Northern Sami

1 entries

rohkadallat verb (to petition a higher being)

Northern Thai

1 entries

ᩋᨵᩥᨭᩛᩣ᩠ᨶ verb (to petition a higher being)

Norwegian

1 entries

be verb (to talk to God)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

be verb (to petition a higher being)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

be verb (to petition a higher being)

Old Church Slavonic

2 entries

молити verb (to talk to God)
молити сѧ verb (to petition a higher being)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

молити сѧ verb (to petition a higher being)

Old English

2 entries

ġebiddan verb (to petition a higher being)
ġebiddan verb (to talk to God)

Old Irish

2 entries

guidid verb (to petition a higher being)
guidid verb (to talk to God)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

دعا ایتمك verb (to petition a higher being)
عبادت ایتمك verb (to petition a higher being)
عبادت ایتمك verb (to talk to God)

Persian

4 entries

دعا کردن verb (to petition a higher being)
عبادت کردن verb (to petition a higher being)
عبادت کردن verb (to talk to God)
نماز خواندن verb (to talk to God)

Polish

4 entries

błagać verb (to beg humbly for aid)
modlić się verb (to petition a higher being)
modlić się verb (to talk to God)
pomodlić się verb (to petition a higher being)

Portuguese

4 entries

orar verb (to petition a higher being)
orar verb (to talk to God)
pregar verb (to petition a higher being)
rezar verb (to petition a higher being)

Romanian

4 entries

ruga verb (to petition a higher being)
ruga verb (to beg humbly for aid)
ruga verb (to talk to God)
închina verb (to petition a higher being)

Romansch

1 entries

urar verb (to petition a higher being)

Russian

4 entries

моли́ть verb (to beg humbly for aid)
моли́ться verb (to petition a higher being)
моли́ться verb (to talk to God)
помоли́ть verb (to beg humbly for aid)

Sango

1 entries

sambela verb (to petition a higher being)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

dèan ùrnaigh verb (to petition a higher being)
guidh verb (to petition a higher being)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

moliti se verb (to petition a higher being)
молити се verb (to petition a higher being)

Shan

3 entries

ယွၼ်းသူး verb (to petition a higher being)
ယွၼ်းသူး verb (to beg humbly for aid)
သူးတွင်း verb (to petition a higher being)

Slovak

1 entries

modliť sa verb (to petition a higher being)

Slovene

2 entries

moliti verb (to talk to God)
moliti se verb (to petition a higher being)

Sotho

2 entries

rapela verb (to petition a higher being)
rapela verb (to talk to God)

Southern Altai

2 entries

сурап јайнаар verb (to petition a higher being)
јалбарар verb (to petition a higher being)

Southern Kalinga

1 entries

malluwaru verb (to petition a higher being)

Spanish

4 entries

orar verb (to petition a higher being)
orar verb (to talk to God)
rezar verb (to petition a higher being)
rezar verb (to talk to God)

Swahili

3 entries

kusali verb (to petition a higher being)
sali verb (to beg humbly for aid)
sali verb (to talk to God)

Swedish

4 entries

be verb (to petition a higher being)
be verb (to beg humbly for aid)
be verb (to talk to God)
bedja verb (to talk to God)

Tagalog

2 entries

magdasal verb (to petition a higher being)
manalangin verb (to petition a higher being)

Tai Dam

2 entries

ꪵꪒ꪿ꪎꪷ verb (to petition a higher being)
ꪼꪪ꫁ꪫꪮꪙ verb (to petition a higher being)

Tajik

3 entries

дуо хондан verb (to petition a higher being)
дуъо кардан verb (to petition a higher being)
ибодат кардан verb (to petition a higher being)

Tamil

2 entries

பிரார்த்தி verb (to petition a higher being)
வேண்டு verb (to petition a higher being)

Telugu

1 entries

ప్రార్థించు verb (to talk to God)

Thai

4 entries

สวด verb (to petition a higher being)
สวดมนต์ verb (to petition a higher being)
อธิษฐาน verb (to petition a higher being)
อ้อนวอน verb (to beg humbly for aid)

Tibetan

4 entries

ཁ་ཏོན verb (to petition a higher being)
ཁ་ཏོན་བྱེད་པ verb (to petition a higher being)
ཁ་འདོན་བྱེད་པ verb (to petition a higher being)
སྨོན་ལམ་འདེབས་པ verb (to petition a higher being)

Turkish

2 entries

Hüda'ya dua etmek verb (to talk to God)
dua etmek verb (to petition a higher being)

Turkmen

1 entries

doga okamak verb (to petition a higher being)

Ukrainian

2 entries

моли́тися verb (to petition a higher being)
помоли́тися verb (to petition a higher being)

Unami

1 entries

patama verb (to petition a higher being)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

modlić so verb (to petition a higher being)

Urdu

1 entries

عبادت کرنا verb (to petition a higher being)

Uzbek

1 entries

duo qilmoq verb (to petition a higher being)

Venetan

1 entries

pregar verb (to petition a higher being)

Vietnamese

3 entries

cầu verb (to talk to God)
cầu nguyện verb (to petition a higher being)
cầu nguyện verb (to talk to God)

Vilamovian

1 entries

baota verb (to petition a higher being)

Walloon

1 entries

priyî verb (to petition a higher being)

Welsh

1 entries

gweddïo verb (to petition a higher being)

West-Frisian

1 entries

beade verb (to talk to God)

Yiddish

4 entries

בעטן verb (to petition a higher being)
בעטן verb (to beg humbly for aid)
בעטן גאָט verb (to talk to God)
דאַוונען verb (to petition a higher being)

Zazaki

4 entries

bımbarek (diq) verb (to beg humbly for aid)
dua kerden verb (to petition a higher being)
mehebet verb (to talk to God)
nemaz kerden verb (to talk to God)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We all knelt down to pray.

Source: tatoeba (22845)

Pray forgive me!

Source: tatoeba (38855)

Pray with all your heart.

Source: tatoeba (268979)

Let's pray to God, and He will answer our prayers.

Source: tatoeba (269629)

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