implore

The word “implore” has 2 syllables: im-plore

It's pronounced as /ɪmˈplɔr/


What is synonym and antonym for implore?

In the thesaurus, “implore” has 35 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for implore along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for implore

  • appeal
  • ask
  • beg
  • beseech
  • besiege
  • bludge
  • cadge
  • call on
  • call upon
  • claim
  • coerce
  • command
  • compel
  • conjure
  • crave
  • demand
  • desire
  • entreat
  • force
  • go on bended knee
  • impetrate
  • importune
  • insist
  • invoke
  • mooch
  • petition
  • plead
  • pray
  • request
  • require
  • solicit
  • sponge
  • sue
  • supplicate
  • urge

Antonyms for implore

  • appease
  • comfort
  • command
  • conciliate
  • console
  • content
  • demand
  • gratify
  • hint
  • imply
  • intimate
  • mollify
  • oblige
  • pacify
  • placate
  • please
  • quiet
  • satisfy
  • suggest

Meanings of implore

  • verb
    1. To beg urgently or earnestly.
    2. To call upon or pray to earnestly; to entreat.

Example Sentences

  • I implore you to reconsider your decision.
  • They implore the government to take immediate action.
  • She implores her friends for forgiveness after the misunderstanding.
  • The villagers implore help to rebuild their homes after the flood.
  • He implored the judge for leniency during the trial.

On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to implore, such as: appeal, appease, ask, beg, beseech, besiege, bludge.

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

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  • sponge
  • sue
  • supplicate

call forth

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call on

  • abjure
  • abnegate
  • adjure
  • appoint
  • ask
  • ask alms
  • authorize
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  • bank on
  • bar
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  • beg
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  • benefit
  • beseech
  • besiege
  • bid
  • bite
  • bludge
  • brace
  • bum
  • burn
  • buzz
  • cadge
  • calculate
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  • charge
  • chat
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  • claim
  • clamor for
  • coerce
  • come around
  • come by
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  • commit
  • compel
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  • give directions
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  • impetrate
  • implore
  • importune
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  • inflict
  • inhibit
  • insist
  • inspect
  • instruct
  • interdict
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  • invite
  • invoke
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  • lean
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  • look around
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  • mark out
  • mendicate
  • mooch
  • negate
  • negative
  • nick
  • nickel up
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  • oblige
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  • pass the hat
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  • petition
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  • press
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  • prohibit
  • put foot down
  • put the bite on
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  • rebuff
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  • reckon
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  • score
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  • sponge
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  • take charge
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  • talk
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  • task
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  • trust
  • turn down
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  • veto
  • want
  • warn
  • withhold

call upon

  • acquaint
  • adjure
  • administer
  • admonish
  • advance
  • advise
  • advocate
  • announce
  • appeal
  • apply
  • appoint
  • apprise
  • arouse
  • ask
  • ask alms
  • assemble
  • assert oneself
  • authorize
  • ban
  • bank on
  • bar
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  • beep
  • beg
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  • blow in
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  • call together
  • captain
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  • dominate
  • draft
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  • egg on
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  • encourage
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  • expect
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  • freeload
  • gather
  • give directions
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  • give orders
  • give out
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  • govern
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  • guide
  • hail
  • handle
  • head
  • hit up
  • hold down
  • hustle
  • impart
  • impetrate
  • implore
  • importune
  • impose
  • incite
  • inflict
  • influence
  • inform
  • inhibit
  • insist
  • insist upon
  • instruct
  • interdict
  • intrust
  • invite
  • invoke
  • involve
  • keep posted
  • knock
  • lay down the law
  • lay open
  • leak
  • lean
  • leave word
  • let in on
  • let know
  • let slip
  • level
  • levitate
  • live hand to mouth
  • look for
  • look in on
  • look to
  • look up
  • maintain
  • make known
  • manipulate
  • mark out
  • mendicate
  • mention
  • minister
  • mobilize
  • mooch
  • motion
  • muster
  • nick
  • nickel up
  • notify
  • obligate
  • oblige
  • officiate
  • open up
  • operate
  • ordain
  • order
  • ordinate
  • oversee
  • panhandle
  • pass the hat
  • persuade
  • petition
  • pilot
  • play tricks
  • plead
  • ply
  • pop in
  • postulate
  • pray
  • preach
  • prescribe
  • preside
  • press
  • pressure
  • prick
  • proclaim
  • prod
  • prohibit
  • prompt
  • propel
  • propose
  • proposition
  • push for
  • put before
  • put foot down
  • put in for
  • put the bite on
  • put the touch on
  • question
  • raise
  • rally
  • recall
  • recite
  • reckon
  • reel off
  • refer
  • regulate
  • rely
  • report
  • represent
  • request
  • require
  • requisition
  • resort to
  • restrain
  • reveal
  • ring
  • rouse
  • rule
  • rule out
  • run
  • run the show
  • run-in
  • say
  • score
  • scrounge
  • seek
  • send for
  • set
  • sign
  • signal
  • solicit
  • solicit charity
  • speak
  • spit it out
  • sponge
  • sponge on
  • spur
  • stand on
  • state
  • steer
  • stimulate
  • stop
  • stop by
  • stop in
  • strike
  • submit
  • subpoena
  • sue
  • suggest
  • summon
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • supplicate
  • take
  • take care of
  • take charge
  • take over
  • take the helm
  • take the lead
  • tap
  • task
  • tell
  • toll
  • touch
  • train
  • trust
  • turn up
  • urge
  • use
  • utter
  • voodoo
  • want
  • warn
  • watch
  • watch over
  • wield

make much of

  • accent
  • accentuate
  • acclaim
  • admire
  • adulate
  • advertise
  • advocate
  • affirm
  • aggrandize
  • applaud
  • apple-polish
  • appreciate
  • approve
  • articulate
  • assert
  • baby
  • bear down
  • bear down on
  • beg
  • beg for mercy
  • beseech
  • blandish
  • bless
  • boost
  • bootlick
  • bow and scrape
  • bow down
  • brag about
  • brown-nose
  • build up
  • butter up
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  • charge
  • charm
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  • clap
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  • cower
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  • dignify
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  • eat crow
  • eat dirt
  • eat humble pie
  • elevate
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  • exalt
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  • fall all over
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  • festival
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  • hand it to
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  • headline
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  • hold reception for
  • holiday
  • honor
  • humble oneself
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  • implore
  • impress
  • indicate
  • ingratiate oneself with
  • insist on
  • italicize
  • kneel
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  • kudize
  • labor the point
  • laud
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  • limelight
  • lionize
  • magnify
  • maintain
  • make a point
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  • make emphatic
  • make over
  • make up to
  • mark
  • mollycoddle
  • nurse
  • overplay
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  • pat on the back
  • pay homage
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  • pay tribute
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  • pet
  • pinpoint
  • play up
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  • please
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  • praise
  • press
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  • promote
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  • punctuate
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  • rave
  • rave over
  • recommend
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  • revere
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  • rhapsodize
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  • roll out the red carpet
  • roose
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  • salute
  • sanction
  • satisfy
  • sing praises of
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  • slobber over
  • smile on
  • snivel
  • soft-soap
  • soothe
  • speak highly of
  • spoil
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  • stoop
  • stress
  • stroke
  • suck up to
  • take off hat to
  • toast
  • tout
  • trade last
  • treat
  • truckle
  • underline
  • underscore
  • want
  • weight
  • wheedle
  • wine and dine
  • wish joy to
  • worship

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