Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "beg" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

set aside

Derived Terms

I beg your pardon beg button beg for mercy beg for one's life beg for someone's life beg off beg parding beg pardon beg someone's pardon beg the question beg to differ beg yours begathon beggable begpacker begpacking begware bleg go begging good voice to beg bacon outbeg sit-up-and-beg soft begging unbegged

Etymologically Related To

bead bid

Context

legal proscribed

Subevents

being humiliated

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

ask for bespeak call for circumvent dodge duck elude evade fudge hedge parry plead put off quest request sidestep skirt

Type Of (IsA)

ask

Manner Of

hedge plead request

Related Terms

beggar

Related Terms

action and plead ask ask intensely ask repeatedly beg question beggar bey entreat getting getting something gift homeless homeless people humbly humbly ask intensely ottoman empire panhandling people plea plead pleading raise repeatedly request request gift vagrants wanting

Synonym Network

solicit

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.