| Main Entry: | ultimatum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | final offer |
Synonyms: |
conditions, demand, final notice, final proposal, final terms, final warning, final word, last chance, last offer, last word, sticking point, warning |
| Main Entry: | challenge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dispute, question |
Synonyms: |
claiming, confrontation, dare, defiance, demanding, demur, interrogation, objection, protest, provocation, remonstrance, summons to contest, test, threat, trial, ultimatum |
Antonyms: |
agree, answer, decide, win |
| Main Entry: | claim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property, right demanded or reserved |
Synonyms: |
affirmation, allegation, application, assertion, birthright, call, case, counterclaim, declaration, demand, dibs, due, entreaty, interest, lien, part, petition, plea, postulation, prerogative, pretense, pretension, privilege, profession, protestation, reclamation, request, requirement, requisition, suit, title, ultimatum |
| Main Entry: | clause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provision in document |
Synonyms: |
article, catch*, chapter, codicil, condition, fine print, heading, item, joker*, kicker, limitation, paragraph, part, passage, point, provision, proviso, requirement, rider, section, small print, specification, stipulation, string attached to something, ultimatum |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | directive, instruction |
Synonyms: |
act, adjuration, ban, behest, bidding, call, canon, caveat, charge, citation, commandment, decree, demand, devoir, dictate, dictation, dictum, direction, duty, edict, enactment, exaction, fiat, imperative, imposition, injunction, interdiction, law, mandate, notification, obligation, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, prohibition, proscription, regulation, request, requirement, requisition, responsibility, rule, subpoena, summons, ultimatum, warrant, will, word, writ |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
Antonyms: |
contradiction, countermand, opposition, recall, reversal, revocation |
| Main Entry: | declaration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | official proclamation |
Synonyms: |
acclamation, affidavit, allegation, announcement, article, attestation, bulletin, canon, charge, confirmation, constitution, credo, creed, denunciation, deposition, document, edict, gospel, indictment, manifesto, notice, notification, plea, proclamation, profession, promulgation, pronouncement, pronunciamento, resolution, testament, testimony, ultimatum |
Antonyms: |
denial, retraction |
| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | question, request |
Synonyms: |
appeal, application, arrogation, bid, bidding, call, call for, charge, claim, clamor, command, counterclaim, entreatment, entreaty, exaction, impetration, imploration, importunity, imposition, inquiry, insistence, interest, interrogation, lien, necessity, need, occasion, order, petition, plea, prayer, pursuit, requirement, requisition, rush, sale, search, solicitation, stipulation, suit, supplication, trade, ultimatum, use, vogue, want |
Antonyms: |
grant, offer, reply |
| Main Entry: | dictate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command; rule |
Synonyms: |
behest, bidding, code, decree, dictum, direction, edict, fiat, injunction, law, mandate, order, ordinance, precept, principle, requirement, statute, ultimatum, word |
Antonyms: |
request |