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| Main Entry: | claim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property, right demanded or reserved |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, allegation, application, assertion, birthright, call, case, declaration, demand, dibs, due, entreaty, interest, lien, part, petition, plea, prerogative, pretense, pretension, privilege, profession, reclamation, request, requirement, requisition, suit, title, ultimatum, counterclaim, postulation, protestation |
| Main Entry: | claim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand, maintain property or right |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, allege, ask, assert, believe, call for, challenge, collect, declare, defend, exact, hit, hold, insist, justify, knock, need, pick up, pop the question*, postulate, pretend, profess, pronounce, require, requisition, solicit, take, uphold, vindicate, have dibs on something, hit up, hold out for, lay claim to, stake out |
| Antonyms: | deny, disclaim, question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assertion placing blame |
| Synonyms: | accusation, affirmation, avowal, charge, claim, declaration, deposition, plea, profession, statement, asservation, overment |
| Main Entry: | arrears |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debt |
| Synonyms: | claim, debit, deficiency, deficit, liability, obligation, back payment, balance due, unpaid bill |
| Main Entry: | assert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insist, declare, maintain |
| Synonyms: | advance, affirm, allege, argue, asservate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, butt in*, cite, claim, contend, defend, horn in, justify, mouth off*, pop off*, predicate, press, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put forward, say, shoot off one's mouth, shoot one's wad, stand up for, state, stress, swear, uphold, vindicate, warrant |
| Antonyms: | deny, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | challenge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispute, question |
| Synonyms: | accost, arouse, assert, beard, brave, call for, claim, confront, cross, dare, defy, demand, denounce, exact, face the music*, impeach, impose, impugn, inquire, investigate, provoke, query, reclaim, require, stimulate, summon, tax, test, throw down the gauntlet*, try, vindicate, ask for, call out, face down, face off, fly in the face of, hang in, insist upon, invite competition, make a point of, make a stand, object to, search out, stand up to, stick it out |
| Antonyms: | agreement, answer, decision, victory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clamor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry out, make commotion |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bark, bawl, bellow, bluster, claim, debate, demand, dispute, holler, raise Cain*, roar, rout, shout, put up a howl, raise the roof |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, be silent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money owed to others |
| Synonyms: | IOU, albatross*, arrears, bad news*, baggage*, bill, bite*, capital, check, chit*, claim, commitment, credit, cuff*, damage*, debenture, debit, deficit, due, dues, duty, encumbrance, in the red, indebtedness, invoice, liability, manifest, mortgage, note, obligation, price tag*, promissory note, receipt, reckoning, responsibility, score, tab, tally, voucher, arrearage, below the line, dead horse, in hock, in the hole, outstandings, red ink |
| Antonyms: | asset, cash, credit, excess, profit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | question, request |
| Synonyms: | appeal, application, bid, bidding, call, call for, charge, claim, clamor, command, entreaty, imposition, inquiry, insistence, interest, interrogation, lien, necessity, need, occasion, order, petition, plea, prayer, pursuit, requirement, requisition, rush, sale, search, stipulation, suit, supplication, trade, ultimatum, use, vogue, want, arrogation, counterclaim, entreatment, exaction, impetration, imploration, importunity, solicitation |
| Antonyms: | grant, offer, reply |
| Main Entry: | due |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expected reward |
| Synonyms: | claim, comeuppance, compensation, deserts*, interest, need, payment, perquisite, prerogative, privilege, rate, recompense, repayment, reprisal, retaliation, retribution, revenge, right, satisfaction, title, vengeance, be in line for, entitlement, guerdon, merits, rights, what is coming to one |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand, call for |
| Synonyms: | assess, bleed, call, challenge, claim, coerce, command, compel, constrain, extort, extract, force, gouge, impose, levy, oblige, pinch, postulate, put on, require, requisition, solicit, squeeze, wrench, wrest, wring, insist upon, lean on, shake down* |
| Antonyms: | give |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | farm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land for agriculture or animal breeding |
| Synonyms: | acreage, claim, enclosure, estate, field, garden, grange, grassland, lawn, meadow, nursery, orchard, pasture, patch, plantation, ranch, soil, vineyard, acres, arboretum, demense, farmstead, freehold, holding, homestead |
| Main Entry: | justify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | legitimize, substantiate |
| Synonyms: | absolve, acquit, advocate, alibi*, answer for, approve, assert, bear out, brief, claim, clear, condone, confirm, contend, cop a plea, countenance, crawl, defend, establish, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, explain, favor, legalize, maintain, palliate, pardon, plead, rationalize, rebut, square, support, sustain, uphold, validate, verify, vindicate, warrant, apologize for, argue for, be answerable for, do justice to, make allowances, make good, show cause, speak in favor, stand up for |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lawsuit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | case brought to court |
| Synonyms: | accusation, action, argument, arraignment, bill, cause, claim, contest, dispute, indictment, litigation, proceedings, prosecution, suit, trial, assumpsit, impeachment, presentment, replevin |
| Main Entry: | necessity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | need, essentiality |
| Synonyms: | call, cause, claim, compulsion, demand, duress, essence, essential, exigency, fundamental, godsend*, imperative, must, necessary, obligation, pinch, prerequisite, privation, requirement, requisite, stress, urgency, want, desideratum, exaction, indispensability, inevitability, inexorableness, life or death, needfulness, no alternative, no choice, precondition, sine qua non, undeniability, vital part, vitals |
| Antonyms: | desire, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | need |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | want something |
| Synonyms: | call for, claim, covet, crave, demand, desire, do without, exact, hanker, hunger, lack, long, lust, miss, necessitate, pine, require, thirst, wish, yearn, be deficient, be deprived, be down and out, be hard up, be in need of, be in want, be inadequate, be needy, be poor, be short, be without, die for, drive for, feel a dearth of, feel the necessity for, feel the pinch, go hungry, have occasion for, have occasion to, have use for, hurt for, suffer privation, yen for |
| Notes: | knead means to make into a uniform mass, as by folding, pressing, and stretching with the hands or manually manipulate someone's body usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; a need (noun) is something required or wanted - need (verb) means to require or have a need of |
| Antonyms: | have, do not want |
| Main Entry: | option |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alternative |
| Synonyms: | advantage, benefit, choice, claim, dibs*, dilemma, discretion, election, franchise, free will*, grant, license, opportunity, pickup, preference, prerogative, privilege, right, selection, druthers, flipside, other side of coin, take it or leave it |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ownership |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possession of property |
| Synonyms: | buying, claim, control, cut, deed, dominion, end, hand, occupancy, partnership, piece, property, purchase, purchasing, residence, slice, tenancy, tenure, title, use, having, holding, possessorship, proprietary rights, proprietorship, takeover |
| Antonyms: | lease, renting |
| Main Entry: | prerogative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | right, privilege |
| Synonyms: | advantage, appanage, authority, birthright, choice, claim, due, exemption, immunity, liberty, perquisite, sanction, title, droit |
| Antonyms: | duty, obligation |
| Main Entry: | pretense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | falsehood, affected show; cover |
| Synonyms: | act, acting, affectation, appearance, artifice, charade, claim, cloak, deceit, deception, display, double-dealing*, evasion, excuse, fabrication, facade, gag, guise, insincerity, invention, make-believe, mask, masquerade, misrepresentation, misstatement, ostentation, pretext, routine, ruse, semblance, sham*, simulation, stall, stunt, subterfuge, trickery, veil, veneer, wile, dissimulation, dumb act, fakery, faking, falsification, feigning, posing, posturing, pretentiousness, schtick, shuffling |
| Antonyms: | honesty, reality, truth, openness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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