Synonyms for request
rɪˈkwɛstre·quest

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1. requestverb

   Synonyms:
   bespeak, wish, indicate, call for, ask, pray

2. requestverb

   Act of requesting.

   Synonyms:
   call for, bespeak, ask, pray, wish, indicate, asking, prayer

3. requestnoun

   Formal message requesting something.

   Synonyms:
   pray, bespeak, wish, call for, ask, indicate, petition, postulation

4. requestnoun

   condition of being sought after.

   Synonyms:
   demand

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. request

   One asks what he feels that he may fairly claim and reasonably expect; "if a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father," Luke xi, 11; he begs for that to which he advances no claim but pity. Demand is a determined and often an arrogant word; one may rightfully demand what is his own or his due, when it is withheld or denied; or he may wrongfully demand that to which he has no claim but power. Require is less arrogant and obtrusive than demand, but is exceedingly strenuous; as, the court requires the attendance of witnesses. Entreat implies a special earnestness of asking, and beseech, a still added and more humble intensity; beseech was formerly often used as a polite intensive for beg or pray; as, I beseech you to tell me. To implore is to ask with weeping and lamentation; to supplicate is to ask, as it were, on bended knees. Crave and request are somewhat formal terms; crave has almost disappeared from conversation; request would seem distant between parent and child. Pray is now used chiefly of address to the Supreme Being; petition is used of written request to persons in authority; as, to petition the legislature to pass an act, or the governor to pardon an offender.

   Synonyms:
   ask, beg, beseech, crave, demand, entreat, implore, petition, pray, require, solicit, supplicate

   Antonyms:
   claim, command, deny, enforce, exact, extort, insist, refuse, reject

   Preposition:
   Ask a person for a thing; ask a thing of or from a person; ask after or about one's health, welfare, friends, etc.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

1. requestverb

   Synonyms:
   ask, desire, beg, entreat, beseech, petition, supplicate, solicit, demand

   Antonyms:
   command, order, insist, direct, dictate, enjoin, require, demand, exact

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. request, petition, postulationnoun

   a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

   Synonyms:
   prayer, orison, predication, asking, postulation, petition

2. request, askingverb

   the verbal act of requesting

   Synonyms:
   asking, postulation, petition

3. request, bespeak, call for, questverb

   express the need or desire for; ask for

   "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"

   Synonyms:
   call for, demand, bespeak, indicate, betoken, gather up, need, postulate, involve, point, bay, require, pick up, quest, necessitate, take, collect, ask, signal, invite

4. requestverb

   ask (a person) to do something

   "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"

   Synonyms:
   quest, call for, bespeak

5. requestverb

   inquire for (information)

   "I requested information from the secretary"

   Synonyms:
   quest, call for, bespeak

Matched Categories

1. • Ask
   • Inquire

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. requestnoun

   Synonyms:
   petition, prayer, entreaty, suit, solicitation, supplication

2. requestnoun

   Synonyms:
   demand

3. requestverb

   Synonyms:
   solicit, ask, entreat, beg, beseech, beg for, petition for, ask for

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. requestnoun

   Synonyms:
   asking, solicitation, demand, instance, prayer, petition, entreaty, suit, quest

2. requestverb

   Synonyms:
   ask, supplicate, petition, beg, entreat, importune, beseech

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1. List of paraphrases for "request":

   application, demand, ask, requisition, requests, claim, petition, requested, asks, asked, call, seek, requesting, calls, motion, asking, applications, pray, demande, appeal, requirement, order, demands, require, plea, solicit, submission, requisitions, apply, solicitation, complaint, seeks, requête, claiming, called, wondering, invitation, enquired, demanded, praying, ordering

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1. Jim Beasley:

   In 2014, we had already begun the process of revising our specifications for security paper to be used on birth and death certificates, we had issued a request for proposals from vendors to meet the new standard. Coincidentally, the bids for a new provider were scheduled for opening on July 9, 2015, the same day we were informed of the work situation with Sekuworks.

2. Michael Guest:

   Could you walk me through and explain to me the reason for decline in the CBP budget request, the lack of additional funding for Border Patrol agents, the lack of funding for CBP agents and the rationale behind no additional wall funding when the governor of Texas thinks it is very important, to the point he has already committed $250 million of taxpayer money from the people of Texas to build additional wall?

3. Glenn Youngkin:

   Last year, we saw radical politicians say that parents had no right to determine what was being taught in their children's classroom. Well, all of you, and many, many, many others across the Commonwealth of Virginia stood up and said, ‘ Enough. ’ You stood together, you stood together because we all recognized the core truth in our children's education, parents matter. That's what we concluded. ONE OF THE NATION ’S MOST VULNERABLE DEMOCRATS COZIES UP TO BIDEN FOR PENNSYLVANIA RALLY Youngkin recounted some of his legislative achievements, such as Senate Bill 656, which stated that if school materials are sexually explicit and parents do n’t agree with them, they can request an alternative set of materials. He cautioned though that, despite some progress, the fight against school boards and teachers unions was not over.

4. Charles Krauthammer:

   This is a way to win a battle with Congress, and they knew that this was not something you’re supposed to do. That’s why there was no paper trail or request, that is, I think, a violation of the power of the executive, fearing with legitimate activities and interactions of the Congress and also of pro-advocates who would and should expect with the private communications on behalf of political advocacy is something that the government ought not listen to, listen in on and abuse and that was done.

5. Angela Alsobrooks:

   There is no other way to justify Tom Hucker refusal to mail ballots to Marylanders, or Tom Hucker request that we, in the middle of a pandemic, ask hundreds of thousands of voters to go to crowded polling places.