entreater
Person who implores
An entreater is someone who entreats—who makes an earnest, often emotional appeal or plea.
The word is uncommon, appearing mainly in literary or formal contexts: The entreater knelt before the king, begging for mercy.
One who formally requests
- suitorOne who seeks affection
- appellantOne who appeals
- claimantOne asserting entitlement
- solicitorDocument-drafting legal professional
seeker · aspirant · postulant · applicant · requester · asker · beggar · mendicant
Plead urgently with someone
- imploreUrge with desperation
- begAsk with desperation
- pleadAsk urgently or formally
- supplicateBeg earnestly and humbly
appeal · importune · grovel · crave · solicit · adjure · exhort · invoke
Address to deity
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- orisonFormal devotional petition
devotion · beseeching · litany · piety · reverence · penitent · pilgrim · worshipper
Able to persuade
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- charismaticCompellingly attractive to others
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
influential · smooth-talking · articulate · persuader · coaxer · wheedler · cajolery · winning
Driven by urgent need
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
- importunatePersistently demanding
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- relentlessContinuing without pause
pressing · earnest · fervent · impassioned · vehement · ardent · intense · clamorous
petitioner
One who formally requests
solicitor · seeker · aspirant · postulant · applicant · requester · asker · beggar · mendicant · almsman
beseech
Plead urgently with someone
supplicate · appeal · importune · grovel · crave · solicit · adjure · exhort · invoke · petition
prayer
Address to deity
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- supplicationHumble plea for help
orison · devotion · beseeching · litany · piety · reverence · penitent · pilgrim · worshipper · devotee
convincing
Able to persuade
- eloquentFluent and persuasive
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- charismaticCompellingly attractive to others
silver-tongued · influential · smooth-talking · articulate · persuader · coaxer · wheedler · cajolery · winning · disarming
desperate
Driven by urgent need
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
- importunatePersistently demanding
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
relentless · pressing · earnest · fervent · impassioned · vehement · ardent · intense · clamorous · unrelenting