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claim
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of CLAIM
1
an entitlement to something <I'm announcing my claim to that last slice of pizza>
2
a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something <a shareholder has a claim in the business>
3
a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something <Galileo's claim that the moon has a very irregular surface and thus is not the perfect sphere that the ancients had imagined>
Synonyms affirmation, assertion, asseveration, avouchment, avowal, claim, declaration, insistence, profession
Related Words allegation; announcement, proclamation, pronouncement; argument, justification, rationalization, reason; confirmation, reaffirmation, reconfirmation, vindication
Near Antonyms disclaimer; challenge, dispute, question; confutation, disproof, rebuttal, refutation; contradiction, denial, negation
Antonyms disavowal
4
something that someone insists upon having <young children make great claims on their parents' time>
Related Words desire, request, want, wish; drive, need, requirement, stipulation; basic, essential, must; imposition; condition, provision
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