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request - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: request
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: question or petition
Synonyms: appeal, application, asking, begging, call, commercial, demand, desire, entreaty, inquiry, invitation, offer, prayer, recourse, requisition, suit, supplication, solicitation
Notes: behest is a stronger term than request
Antonyms: answer, reply
Main Entry: request
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ask for
Synonyms: appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bespeak, call for, demand, desire, entreat, hit, hustle*, inquire, petition, pray, promote, requisition, seek, solicit, sponge*, sue, supplicate, touch, hit up for, hold out for, put in for
Antonyms: answer, reply
Main Entry: behest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: order; personal decree
Synonyms: bidding, charge, command, commandment, demand, dictate, direction, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept, request, wish, word, expressed desire, prompting, solicitation
Main Entry: call for
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: demand; entail
Synonyms: inquire, involve, lack, necessitate, need, occasion, request, require, suggest, want, ask for
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: dibs
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: claim
Synonyms: privilege, request, dueness, entitlement, preemptive declaration, rights
Main Entry: entreat
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: plead with
Synonyms: ask, beg, beseech, blandish, coax, conjure, crave, enjoin, exhort, implore, importune, invoke, pester, petition, plague, pray, press, request, supplicate, urge, wheedle, appeal to
Antonyms: answer, command, demand
Main Entry: entreaty
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: plea
Synonyms: appeal, application, imprecation, petition, prayer, request, suit, supplication, imploration
Antonyms: answer, command, demand
Main Entry: inquiry
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: asking; looking into
Synonyms: analysis, audit, check, disquisition, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, hearing, inquest, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, poll, probe, pursuit, query, quest, question, questioning, request, research, scrutiny, search, study, survey, third degree, trial balloon*, Q and A, catechizing, cross-examination, delving, grilling, interrogatory, legwork, probing, quizzing
Antonyms: answer, reply
Main Entry: insist
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: order and expect; claim
Synonyms: assert, asseverate, aver, contend, demand, hold, importune, maintain, persist, press, reiterate, repeat, request, require, swear, urge, vow, be firm, lay down the law, stand firm, take a stand
Antonyms: endure, forget, tolerate
Main Entry: invitation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: proposal; asking
Synonyms: appeal, attraction, begging, bid, bidding, call, challenge, date, encouragement, enticement, feeler*, ground, hit, incitement, inducement, invite, lure, motive, offer, open door*, overture, paper, pass, petition, pressure, proffer, proposition, provocation, rain check, reason, request, suggestion, summons, supplication, temptation, urge, allurement, compliments, coquetry, prompting, solicitation
Main Entry: invite
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ask to do something socially
Synonyms: allure, attract, beg, bid, bring on, call, command, countenance, court, draw, encourage, entice, entreat, insist, inveigle, invitation, issue, lead, lure, persuade, petition, ply, pray, press, prevail on, propose, provoke, request, solicit, suggest, summon, supplicate, tempt, toll, urge, vamp, welcome, woo, appeal to, give invitation, have in, have over, include as guest, send invitation
Antonyms: reject
Main Entry: lobby
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: press for political action
Synonyms: advance, affect, alter, bill, boost, build up, change, drum, further, hard sell, hype*, induce, influence, modify, persuade, pitch, plug, press, pressure, procure, promote, push, request, sell, solicit, splash, spot, sway, thump, urge, billboard, bring pressure to bear, campaign for, exert influence, high pressure, make a pitch for, politick, pull strings, put pressure on, sell on, soft-sell, soft-soap, solicit votes, sweet-talk
Main Entry: petition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: appeal, plea
Synonyms: address, application, entreaty, imprecation, invocation, memorial, prayer, request, suit, supplication, imploration, round robin, solicitation
Main Entry: petition
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: plead, appeal for
Synonyms: adjure, ask, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, pray, press, request, seek, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge, call upon, impetrate, put in for
Main Entry: pray
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: plead; call upon for help, answer
Synonyms: adjure, appeal, ask, beseech, brace, crave, entreat, implore, importune, invoke, petition, recite, request, say, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge, commune with, cry for, invocate
Main Entry: prayer
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pleading, especially with a deity;
Synonyms: appeal, application, begging, benediction, communion, devotion, entreaty, grace, imprecation, invocation, litany, petition, plea, pleading, request, rogation, service, suit, supplication, worship, answer adoration, beseeching, imploration, imploring, orison, request for help
Main Entry: requisition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: demand; application for need
Synonyms: appropriation, call, occupation, request, seizure, summons, commandeering, takeover
Main Entry: requisition
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ask for; apply for something needed
Synonyms: buy, call for, challenge, claim, demand, exact, order, postulate, request, require, solicit, put dibs on, put in for
Antonyms: answer, reply
Main Entry: solicit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: plead for; try to sell
Synonyms: accost, apply, approach, ask, beg, beseech, bespeak, bum, cadge, call, canvass, challenge, claim, crave, demand, desire, drum*, drum up*, entreat, exact, go, hawk, hustle, implore, importune, inquire, mooch, panhandle, peddle, petition, postulate, pray, promote, proposition, query, question, refer, request, require, requisition, resort, seduce, seek, sponge, steer, supplicate, touch, tout, turn, come on to, hit on*, hit up, pass the hat, sue for, whistle for
Antonyms: disapprove, refuse, reject
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