| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask strongly for something |
Synonyms: |
abuse, appeal, apply, arrogate, badger, beg, beseech, besiege, bid, challenge, charge, cite, claim, clamor for, coerce, command, compel, constrain, counterclaim, direct, dun, enjoin, entreat, exact, expect, force, hit, hit up, impetrate, implore, importune, inquire, insist on, interrogate, knock, nag, necessitate, oblige, order, pester, petition, postulate, pray, press, question, request, require, requisition, solicit, stipulate, sue for, summon, supplicate, tax, urge, whistle for |
Antonyms: |
give, grant, offer, reply |
| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | require |
Synonyms: |
ask, call for, command, crave, cry out for, fail, involve, lack, necessitate, need, oblige, take, want |
Antonyms: |
give, present, supply |
| Main Entry: | demanding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | challenging, urgent |
Synonyms: |
ambitious, backbreaker, bothersome, clamorous, critical, dictatorial, difficult, exacting, exhausting, exigent, fussy, grievous, hard, imperious, importunate, insistent, nagging, onerous, oppressive, pressing, querulous, strict, stringent, taxing, tough, troublesome, trying, wearing, weighty |
Antonyms: |
easy, facile, trivial, unchallenging, undemanding |
| Main Entry: | acquisitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eager to obtain knowledge or things |
Synonyms: |
avaricious, avid, covetous, demanding, desirous, grabbing, grabby, grasping, greedy, predatory, prehensile, rapacious |
| Main Entry: | ambitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | requiring great effort, ability |
Synonyms: |
arduous, bold, challenging, demanding, difficult, elaborate, energetic, exacting, formidable, grandiose, hard, impressive, industrious, lofty, pretentious, severe, strenuous, visionary |
Antonyms: |
easy, facile |
| Main Entry: | appeal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
Synonyms: |
address, adjure, advance, apply, ask, beg, beseech, bid, call, call upon, claim, contest, crave, demand, entreat, hit on, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, propose, proposition, question, refer, require, resort to, solicit, strike, submit, sue, supplicate, urge |
Antonyms: |
deny, disclaim, recall, refuse, renounce, retract, revoke |
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask, request |
Synonyms: |
appeal, claim, demand, inquire, petition, put in, put in for, requisition, solicit, sue |
| Main Entry: | arrogate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | claim without justification |
Synonyms: |
accroach, appropriate, assume, commandeer, confiscate, demand, expropriate, preempt, presume, seize, take, usurp |
Antonyms: |
appropriate, give, hand over |
| Main Entry: | ask |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | question |
Synonyms: |
buzz*, canvass, catechize, challenge, cross-examine, demand, direct, enjoin, examine, give the third degree, go over, grill, hit*, hunt for, inquire, institute, interrogate, investigate, needle, pick one's brains, pop the question, pry into, pump, put the screws to, put through the wringer, query, quiz, request, roast, sweat* |
Antonyms: |
answer, claim, command, insist, reply, repudiate, tell |
| Main Entry: | ask |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
Synonyms: |
angle, appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bite*, bum*, call for, charge, claim, command, contend for, crave, demand, entreat, file for, hit*, hustle*, implore, impose, knock*, levy, mooch, order, petition, plead, pray, promote*, request, requisition, seek, solicit, sue, supplicate, touch*, urge |
Antonyms: |
answer, claim, command, insist, tell |