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prayer has 6 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
“the priest sank to his knees in prayer”
reverent petition to a deity
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for prayer come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
earnest or urgent request
“an entreaty to stop the fighting”
a fixed text used in praying