cadging

The word “cadging” has 2 syllables: cadg-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈkædʒɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for cadging?

In the thesaurus, “cadging” has 28 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for cadging along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for cadging

  • asking
  • begging
  • beseeching
  • besieging
  • bludging
  • claiming
  • coercing
  • commanding
  • compelling
  • conjuring
  • demanding
  • desiring
  • entreating
  • forcing
  • impetrating
  • imploring
  • importuning
  • insisting
  • invoking
  • mooching
  • petitioning
  • praying
  • requesting
  • requiring
  • soliciting
  • sponging
  • suing
  • supplicating

Meanings of cadging

  • verb
    1. To beg.
    2. To obtain something by wit or guile; to convince people to do something they might not normally do.
    3. To carry hawks and other birds of prey.
    4. To carry, as a burden.
    5. To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc.
    6. To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.

Example Sentences

  • Despite his apparent wealth, he was often caught cadging freebies at community events.
  • The artful beggar perfected the skill of cadging sympathy and alms from passersby.
  • At the market, street performers were seen cadging for attention and loose change.
  • The resourceful traveler excelled at cadging discounts and upgrades during journeys.
  • In the park, the stray dog could be seen skillfully cadging scraps from kindhearted visitors.

On this page you'll find 28 synonyms or another words to cadging, such as: asking, begging, beseeching, besieging, bludging, claiming, coercing.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

calling on

  • asking
  • banking on
  • begging
  • beseeching
  • besieging
  • bludging
  • cadging
  • calculating
  • claiming
  • coercing
  • commanding
  • committing
  • compelling
  • confiding
  • conjuring
  • counting
  • demanding
  • depending
  • desiring
  • enjoining
  • entreating
  • entrusting
  • exacting
  • figuring on
  • forcing
  • impetrating
  • imploring
  • importuning
  • insisting
  • intrusting
  • inviting
  • invoking
  • leaning
  • looking to
  • mooching
  • petitioning
  • praying
  • pressing
  • reckoning
  • relying
  • requesting
  • requiring
  • soliciting
  • sponging
  • standing on
  • suing
  • supplicating
  • trusting

calling upon

  • asking
  • banking on
  • begging
  • beseeching
  • besieging
  • bludging
  • cadging
  • calculating
  • claiming
  • coercing
  • commanding
  • committing
  • compelling
  • confiding
  • conjuring
  • counting
  • demanding
  • depending
  • desiring
  • enjoining
  • entreating
  • entrusting
  • exacting
  • figuring on
  • forcing
  • impetrating
  • imploring
  • importuning
  • insisting
  • intrusting
  • inviting
  • invoking
  • leaning
  • looking to
  • mooching
  • petitioning
  • praying
  • pressing
  • reckoning
  • relying
  • requesting
  • requiring
  • soliciting
  • sponging
  • standing on
  • suing
  • supplicating
  • trusting

impetrating

  • asking
  • begging
  • beseeching
  • besieging
  • bludging
  • cadging
  • calling on
  • calling upon
  • claiming
  • coercing
  • commanding
  • compelling
  • conjuring
  • demanding
  • desiring
  • entreating
  • forcing
  • imploring
  • importuning
  • insisting
  • invoking
  • mooching
  • petitioning
  • praying
  • requesting
  • requiring
  • soliciting
  • sponging
  • suing
  • supplicating

imploring

  • agreeable
  • answer adoration
  • anxious
  • appeal
  • application
  • asking
  • begging
  • benediction
  • beseeching
  • besieging
  • bludging
  • cadging
  • calling on
  • calling upon
  • claiming
  • coaxing
  • coercing
  • collect
  • commanding
  • commiserable
  • communion
  • compelling
  • conjuring
  • craving
  • cute
  • demanding
  • deplorable
  • desiring
  • devotion
  • distressing
  • doleful
  • dolorous
  • driving
  • emanate
  • engaging
  • entrancing
  • entreating
  • entreaty
  • evensong
  • forcing
  • goad
  • grace
  • grievous
  • heart-wrenching
  • heartbreaking
  • heartrending
  • impetrating
  • imploration
  • importunate
  • importuning
  • imprecation
  • in need
  • insistence
  • insistent
  • insisting
  • invocation
  • invoking
  • lamentable
  • litany
  • lovable
  • matins
  • melancholy
  • mooching
  • mournful
  • moving
  • nice
  • orison
  • persistent
  • persuasion
  • petition
  • petitioning
  • pitiable
  • pitiful
  • plaintive
  • plea
  • pleading
  • poignant
  • poor
  • prayer
  • prayerful
  • praying
  • present
  • request
  • request for help
  • requesting
  • requiescat
  • requiring
  • rogation
  • rueful
  • ruined
  • sad
  • service
  • soliciting
  • sorrowful
  • sponging
  • suing
  • suit
  • suppliant
  • supplicant
  • supplicating
  • supplication
  • supplicatory
  • tempting
  • thanksgiving
  • vespers
  • woeful
  • worship
  • wretched

importuning

  • asking
  • begging
  • beseeching
  • besieging
  • bludging
  • cadging
  • calling on
  • calling upon
  • claiming
  • coercing
  • commanding
  • compelling
  • conjuring
  • demanding
  • desiring
  • entreating
  • forcing
  • impetrating
  • imploring
  • insisting
  • invoking
  • mooching
  • petitioning
  • praying
  • requesting
  • requiring
  • soliciting
  • sponging
  • suing
  • supplicating

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