What does supplicant mean?
Supplicant means begging, pleading, supplicating.
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/ˈsʌplɪkənt/ · adjective
begging, pleading, supplicating.
It recalled all the vivid hopes and beliefs of her childhood, when she was wont to kneel before some lovely image, till the face seemed to smile encouragement, and the little supplicant felt as if beneath a mother's eye.
Use supplicant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Supplicant means begging, pleading, supplicating.
Common synonyms include beseeching, suppliant, prayer, petitioner.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It recalled all the vivid hopes and beliefs of her childhood, when she was wont to kneel before some lovely image, till the face seemed to smile encouragement, and the little supplicant felt as if beneath a mother's eye.
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