ASKING Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

asking

verb

present participle of ask

as in interrogating

to put a question or questions to my coworkers asked me all about my trip to Machu Picchu

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Relevance

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as in requesting

to make a request of ask the salesclerk for assistance

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as in charging

to set or receive as a price they are only asking $300 for that antique grandfather clock

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as in inviting

to request the presence or participation of a fixture on the party circuit, that couple is always asking people over for dinner

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of asking The warning came after a key naval information group had proposed alternative shipping corridors on Saturday, asking shipowners to consider transiting the strait along the southern route with their transponder signals on. —

Anniek Bao, CNBC, 25 June 2026 The luxury market typically tops out in the $30-million to $40-million range in Orange County, though some properties are aiming higher, including a San Juan Capistrano ranch asking $85 million and an 11,500-square-foot mansion in Newport Coast listed for $68 million. —

Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026 Amigos de Guadalupe is asking every municipality in Santa Clara County to contribute. —

Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 24 June 2026 The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages and are asking the court to compel Snap to stop practices that harm children. —

ABC News, 24 June 2026 For now, Pediatric Associates is asking the judge to restore funding for pediatric care. —

Michelle Marchante june 24, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026 Roaming in other countries and navigating via Google Maps can quickly drain a phone battery—and no one wants to be that tourist asking if the bar or restaurant can charge their phone. —

Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2026 Pochetting recalled asking the group. —

Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 24 June 2026 Here are the questions readers are asking. —

Allison Palmer updated June 24, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for asking

Verb

Investigators sat across from nearly every young child at Skyline – many of whose nascent, swinging legs could not yet reach the ground from their chairs – interrogating them over their missing classmate.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
New York police executing a search warrant raided an LGBTQ+ bar called the Stonewall Inn, and some of the patrons resisted as officers continued interrogating them and bar employees.

— USA Today, USA Today, 17 June 2026