request

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of REQUEST

to give a request or demand for <a notice requesting that I report for jury duty on Monday morning>

Synonyms ask (for), put in (for), request, requisition

Related Words commission, solicit; charter, hire, license (also licence)

to make a request for <request extra ketchup for my fries>

Synonyms bespeak, call (for), desire, plead (for), quest, request, seek, solicit, speak (for), sue (for)

Related Words apply (for), beg (for), claim, clamor (for), importune, urge, wish (for); demand, enjoin, exact, insist (on), petition (for), press (for), require, requisition; invite, invoke

to make a request of <a letter from the First Lady graciously requesting the chorus to perform at the White House>

Synonyms hit (up), request, solicit

Related Words appeal (to), beg, beseech, conjure, entreat, implore, importune, invite, invoke, petition, plead (to), pray, supplicate; demand, enjoin, exact, press, require

Near Antonyms coerce, compel, constrain, force, oblige, require

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