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claim
noun as in property, right demanded or reserved
Strongest matches
allegation, application, assertion, call, case, demand, interest, petition, plea, request, requirement, suit
Strong matches
affirmation, birthright, counterclaim, declaration, dibs, due, entreaty, lien, part, postulation, prerogative, pretense, pretension, privilege, profession, protestation, reclamation, requisition, title, ultimatum
verb as in demand, maintain property or right
Strongest matches
allege, ask, assert, believe, call for, challenge, collect, declare, defend, hold, insist, need, take
Strong matches
adduce, advance, exact, hit, justify, knock, postulate, pretend, profess, pronounce, require, requisition, solicit, uphold, vindicate
Weak matches
have dibs on something, hit up, hold out for, lay claim to, pick up, pop the question, stake out
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Example Sentences
Defenders of the status quo claim the old rules protect consumers.
How the hell does somebody show up at a David Duke organized event in 2002 and claim ignorance?
The claim is one of a series of allegations made in a controversial documentary that the BBC has now pulled.
They were called La Red Avispa (The Wasp Network) and claim to have successfully foiled a number of threats against the island.
The FBI and the President may claim that the Hermit Kingdom is to blame for the most high-profile network breach in forever.
The purchasers found that this claim was not well founded, and sought to recover their money.
I claim that it contains many errors of fact, and the Higher Criticism supports the claim; as we shall see.
He took mental inventory of his possessions and what he could lay claim to, and he happened to think about his wife's homestead.
Having thus enrolled himself as one of the Agency Indians, he had a claim on this the Agency doctor.
Who was he, indeed, that he should claim the right to thwart another's happiness, hinder another's best self-realisation?
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On this page you'll find 184 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to claim, such as: allegation, application, assertion, call, case, and demand.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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