claim

claim

verb

Definition of CLAIM

1

to state as a fact usually forcefully <people who claim that they have been kidnapped by aliens from other worlds>

Synonyms affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, contend, declare, insist, maintain, profess, protest, purport, warrant

Related Words announce, broadcast, proclaim; argue, rationalize, reason; confirm, justify, vindicate; defend, persevere, support, uphold; reaffirm, reassert

Phrases put forth

Near Antonyms abandon; disavow, disclaim, disown, negate, negative, reject, repudiate; challenge, dispute, question; confute, disprove, rebut, refute; contradict, counter

Antonyms deny, gainsay

2

to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority <after many years had passed, he suddenly appeared to claim his inheritance>

Synonyms call (for), claim, clamor (for), command, enjoin, exact, insist (on), press (for), quest, stipulate (for)

Related Words ask, plead (for), request, want; cry (for), necessitate, need, require, take, warrant; requisition; impose; badger, dun, harass, hound

Near Antonyms give up, relinquish, surrender, yield

3

to deprive of life <cancer claims hundreds of thousands of Americans each year>

Synonyms carry off, claim, croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, slay, take

Related Words bump off, butcher, cut down, finish, get, ice [slang], knock off, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, scrag, snuff, take out, waste, whack [slang]; annihilate, blot out, decimate, kill off, massacre, mow, slaughter, smite; assassinate, execute, martyr, terminate; euthanize (also euthanatize), put down; suicide

Near Antonyms raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive; nurture

Antonyms animate

4

to have as a requirement <caring for her three small children claims virtually all of her time>

Synonyms bear, challenge, claim, demand, necessitate, require, take, want, warrant

Related Words entail, involve; ask, beg, claim, clamor (for), cry (for); hurt (for), lack; command, enjoin, exact, insist, press, quest, stipulate

Near Antonyms own, possess

Antonyms have, hold