Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun suppliant
1 sense of suppliant
Sense 1
petitioner, suppliant, supplicant, requester -- (one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors")
=> applicant, applier -- (a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission)
Antonyms of adj suppliant
1 sense of suppliant
Sense 1
suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory -- (humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness")
INDIRECT (VIA beseeching) -> imperative -- (requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative")
Similarity of adj suppliant
1 sense of suppliant
Sense 1
suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory -- (humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness")
=> beseeching (vs. imperative), pleading, imploring -- (begging)