Synonyms of claims

claims 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of claim

1

as in alleges

to state as a fact usually forcefully

people who claim that they have been kidnapped by aliens from other worlds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alleges
• insists
• asserts
• contends
• declares
• maintains
• argues
• announces
• affirms
• proclaims
• protests
• purports
• professes
• confirms
• avows
• avers
• warrants
• defends
• reasons
• avouches
• justifies
• puts forth
• rationalizes
• vindicates
• broadcasts
• reaffirms
• reasserts
• perseveres
• upholds
• supports

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denies
• rejects
• abandons
• disputes
• disclaims
• challenges
• disavows
• negates
• repudiates
• questions
• refutes
• gainsays
• disproves
• contradicts
• counters
• negatives
• rebuts
• disowns
• confutes

2

as in demands

to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority

after many years had passed, he suddenly appeared to claim his inheritance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demands
• requests
• requires
• asks
• wants
• commands
• calls (for)
• insists (on)
• needs
• stipulates (for)
• enjoins
• presses (for)
• exacts
• clamors (for)
• quests
• takes
• necessitates
• pleads (for)
• warrants
• imposes
• cries (for)
• requisitions
• harasses
• hounds
• badgers
• duns

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• yields
• gives up
• surrenders
• relinquishes

3

as in destroys

to deprive of life

cancer claims hundreds of thousands of Americans each year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroys
• kills
• slays
• dispatches
• takes
• murders
• does in
• fells
• slaughters
• croaks
• carries off
• does away with
• does for
• neutralizes
• cuts down
• makes away with
• wastes
• finishes
• assassinates
• offs
• rubs out
• massacres
• smites
• snuffs
• decimates
• annihilates
• gets
• executes
• whacks
• kills off
• takes out
• knocks off
• blots out
• butchers
• mows
• bumps off
• terminates
• ices
• martyrs
• puts away
• suicides
• scrags
• puts down
• euthanizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animates
• raises
• restores
• revives
• resurrects
• nurtures
• resuscitates

4

as in needs

to have as a requirement

caring for her three small children claims virtually all of her time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• needs
• requires
• wants
• takes
• demands
• involves
• challenges
• necessitates
• calls for
• warrants
• entails
• asks
• bears
• insists
• begs
• lacks
• stipulates
• cries (for)
• hurts (for)
• clamors (for)
• enjoins
• presses
• exacts
• commands
• quests

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• has
• holds
• owns
• possesses

claims

2 of 2

noun

plural of claim

1

as in rights

an entitlement to something

I'm announcing my claim to that last slice of pizza

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rights
• pretensions
• pretenses
• calls
• titles
• dibs
• prerogatives
• privileges
• refusals
• favors
• birthrights

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• waivers
• releases
• disclaimers
• quitclaims

2

as in interests

a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something

a shareholder has a claim in the business

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interests
• stakes
• shares
• parts
• possessions
• ownerships
• partnerships
• titles
• co-ownerships

3

as in declarations

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 & Similar Words

• declarations
• assertions
• allegations
• insistences
• announcements
• protestations
• proclamations
• affirmations
• asseverations
• avowals
• professions
• arguments
• pronouncements
• avouchments
• justifications
• confirmations
• rationalizations
• reasons
• reaffirmations
• vindications
• reconfirmations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disputes
• questions
• challenges
• disclaimers
• disavowals
• refutations
• rebuttals
• denials
• contradictions
• negations
• disproofs
• confutations

4

as in requests

something that someone insists upon having

young children make great claims on their parents' time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demands
• requests
• requirements
• wishes
• requisitions
• desires
• needs
• ultimatums
• stipulations
• provisions
• wants
• duns
• importunities
• drives
• essentials
• basics
• conditions
• impositions
• musts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of claims

Verb

Reemtsen claims that the email is an admission that Salle copied her work. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026

Now a controversial study claims that working from home worsened mental health. — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Anyone who claims that government ownership of corporate equity guarantees failure has to explain them. — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

The agency claims Salgado Araujo refused to follow several verbal commands and rammed into one of its law enforcement vehicles. — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

The lawsuit claims that information on hundreds of Iranian detainees seeking asylum, including information protected from disclosure, was shared. — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 7 July 2026

Instead, Angwin claims that Grammarly infringed the privacy and publicity rights of her and many other authors by appropriating their names and identities for commercial purposes without consent. — Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026

The group claims the two governments held monthly meetings to share the immigration files of Iranians in ICE custody, including final orders of removal and applications for asylum. — Laura Romero, ABC News, 7 July 2026

The guy who helped recruit Harrington to Charlotte John Wester is a partner at the mayor’s law firm, Robinson Bradshaw, who claims partial credit for recruiting Harrington to work at the firm and move to the Queen City decades ago. — Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026

Noun

His denials and claims about Carroll were central to her defamation allegations. — Graham Kates, CBS News, 1 July 2026

All claims were dismissed, and a hearing will be held on July 29 and 30 to hear arguments on any points of dispute. — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

Kunst said there were some undocumented claims of miraculous cures prior to when records of such occurrences would be kept, dating back to the 1950s. — Vivian Wilson, Twin Cities, 8 July 2026

This latest twist in the NDA saga follows claims that the extreme secrecy surrounding Swift and Kelce’s big day is leaving many guests stressed and frustrated. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 30 June 2026

There are also third-parties who might have objections to a charging order, being other creditors who might be asserting their own claims to the debtor's interests in the LLC. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

The suit makes three claims against the organization (defamation, tortious interference and injurious falsehood) and asks a judge to award Barth and his firm more than $10 million in damages. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

After the Times story was published, some Platner supporters pointed to Fifield’s political history when defending him against her claims. — Jake Tapper, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Court bars asylum claims before refugees enter US Alito wrote another decision June 25 for a 6-3 majority that allowed the administration to turn back refugees at the border. — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 July 2026