Synonyms for “beg”

verb

1. =  implore, plead with, beseech, desire, request, pray, petition, conjure, crave, solicit, entreat, importune, supplicate, go on bended knee to • I begged him to come back to England with me.
2. =  scrounge, bum (informal), blag (slang), touch (someone) for (slang), mooch (slang), cadge, forage for, hunt around (for), sponge on (someone) for, freeload (slang), seek charity, call for alms, solicit charity • I was surrounded by people begging for food.
   opposites: give, present, award, grant, commit, contribute, donate, confer, bestow, impart, apportion
3. =  dodge, avoid, get out of, duck (informal), hedge, parry, shun, evade, elude, fudge, fend off, eschew, flannel (British, informal), sidestep, shirk, equivocate, body-swerve (Scottish) • The research begs a number of questions.