Synonyms for ask
æsk, ɑskask

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1. ask

   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:
   beg, beseech, crave, demand, entreat, implore, petition, pray, request, 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.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ask, inquire, enquireverb

   inquire about

   "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"

   Synonyms:
   postulate, need, require, expect, demand, inquire, enquire, take, investigate, wonder, involve, call for, necessitate

2. askverb

   make a request or demand for something to somebody

   "She asked him for a loan"

   Synonyms:
   postulate, need, require, expect, demand, inquire, enquire, take, involve, call for, necessitate

3. askverb

   direct or put; seek an answer to

   "ask a question"

   Synonyms:
   postulate, need, require, expect, demand, inquire, enquire, take, involve, call for, necessitate

4. ask, require, expectverb

   consider obligatory; request and expect

   "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"

   Synonyms:
   await, call for, demand, enquire, inquire, need, look, involve, wait, want, require, have a bun in the oven, necessitate, postulate, anticipate, gestate, take, carry, command, expect, bear

5. askverb

   address a question to and expect an answer from

   "Ask your teacher about trigonometry"; "The children asked me about their dead grandmother"

   Synonyms:
   postulate, need, require, expect, demand, inquire, enquire, take, involve, call for, necessitate

6. necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demandverb

   require as useful, just, or proper

   "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"

   Synonyms:
   require, read, pick up, occupy, subscribe to, withdraw, lead, ingest, inquire, take on, carry, deal, assume, have, hold, choose, study, learn, fill, necessitate, bespeak, invite, imply, consume, drive, hire, posit, consider, need, rent, pick out, collect, quest, contract, adopt, film, remove, demand, gather up, lease, take aim, want, take up, train, strike, use up, select, take, engage, make, claim, regard, enquire, request, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, call for, affect, expect, bring, command, submit, convey, shoot, aim, direct, contend, charter, get, contain, take in, subscribe, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, accept, guide, admit, conduct

7. askverb

   require or ask for as a price or condition

   "He is asking $200 for the table"; "The kidnappers are asking a million dollars in return for the release of their hostage"

   Synonyms:
   postulate, need, require, expect, demand, inquire, enquire, take, involve, call for, necessitate

Matched Categories

1. • Demand
   • Formulate
   • Request

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. askverb

   Synonyms:
   question, interrogate, inquire of, put the question to

2. askverb

   Synonyms:
   request, solicit, petition, beseech, implore, supplicate, crave, beg, desire, entreat, pray for, prefer a petition for, make application for

3. askverb

   Synonyms:
   require, claim, demand, challenge, call for

4. askverb

   Synonyms:
   petition, beg, pray

5. askverb

   Synonyms:
   inquire, question, make inquiry

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

1. askverb

   Synonyms:
   inquire, question, interrogate, quiz, catechize, request, solicit, petition, supplicate, entreat, desire, beg, seek, beseech, crave, implore, importune, dun, apply, require, demand, expect, challenge, exact, claim, invite, bid

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "ask":

   request, seek, question, wonder, urge, pose, invite, claim, call, demand, asking, put, questions, asked, application, requests, requested, require, please, enquire, requesting, apply, poser, q

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ASK

   Synonyms:
   Cardiology Australian StreptoKinase trial in stroke

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How to use ask in a sentence?

1. Director Ridley Scott:

   NASA now knows that there is a massive glacier and therefore several massive glaciers of pure water underneath the sand on Mars, so one does ask the question - 'a billion years ago, was Mars like us'?

2. Joe Saluzzi:

   They have a shoot-first and ask questions later mentality.

3. Lord Billingsley:

   How do you know so much about everything was asked of a very wise and intelligent man and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.

4. Alan Adelman:

   With interest rates still close to historic lows, you have to ask yourself where or why you should invest in bonds ?

5. Andreas Hollstein:

   If you ask me whether that knife in his pocket was for me, I’d answer with a yes.