What are some opposite words for request?

Antonyms for request
rɪˈkwɛstre·quest

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  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 Antonyms2.3 / 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.

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

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

    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 Antonyms3.8 / 4 votes

  1. requestverb

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

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

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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. requestnoun

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

  2. requestverb

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

How to use request in a sentence?

  1. Jerry Brown:

    For Trump to now destroy a law first enacted at the request of Ronald Reagan five decades ago is a betrayal and an assault on the health of Americans everywhere, california will fight this stupidity in every conceivable way possible.

  2. Narendra Modi:

    Till May 3, every Indian will have to stay in lockdown. I request all Indians that we stop the coronavirus from spreading to other areas.

  3. Suu Kyi:

    Myanmar requests the court to remove the case from its list, in the alternative (the court should) reject the request for provisional measures submitted by the Gambia.

  4. Scott Perry:

    I decline this entity’s request and will continue to fight the failures of the radical Left who desperately seek distraction from their abject failures of crushing inflation, a humiliating surrender in Afghanistan, and the horrendous crisis they created at our border.

  5. The Secret Service:

    The Secret Service is in receipt of the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General’s letter, we have informed the January 6th Select Committee of the Inspector General’s request and will conduct a thorough legal review to ensure we are fully cooperative with all oversight efforts and that they do not conflict with each other.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#173order
#627request
#783direct
#1362command
#1539require
#1829demand
#2022claim
#3402exact
#7367refuse
#7851deny
#8574reject
#10166enforce
#13994insist
#20832dictate
#64354enjoin
#91682extort

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