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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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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