Antonyms for request
rɪˈkwɛstre·quest

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 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 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.

   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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

1. requestverb

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Ask
   • Inquire

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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

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

How to use request in a sentence?

1. The FBI alert:

   They research employees who manage money and use language specific to the company they are targeting, then they request a wire fraud transfer using dollar amounts that lend legitimacy.

2. White House:

   Any decision like this would only come at the request of Prime Minister Abadi, and after explicit sign-off from the president of the United States, and that sign-off has not been given at this point.

3. New Orleans.Head pharmacist Floyd Talley:

   There is a huge uptick in the request for vaccines, we’re back almost to how we were when the vaccine first came out.

4. Stacy Snapp-Killian:

   I didn’t understand this request until after fulfilling it, it meant sacrificing my weekends, but I was able to do so much with my extra time. In one year, my business grew into a YouTube series and social media buzz, and I published my first book.

5. Deputy Prime Minister Prawit:

   Vietnam has not coordinated transfers. We have not received any request. If there is, it would be through the foreign ministry and police.

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