ASKS Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

asks

verb

present tense third-person singular of ask

as in interrogates

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

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as in requests

to make a request of ask the salesclerk for assistance

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as in charges

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

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as in invites

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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Recent Examples of asks Going forward, the audit asks the Legislature to amend state law to provide clear instruction that prohibits state workers from regularly teleworking outside of California. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026 This is a film that asks something of the viewer that isn’t an intellectual effort so much as an invitation to inhabit a different relationship to time. — Elissa Suh, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026 This new crop of gadgets, however, asks you to be a more active steward of other people’s privacy. — Victoria Song, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026 Good design rarely asks the user to appreciate how much complexity exists underneath the experience. — Zoe Huang, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 In the new filing, the estate asks the court to deny Seaver's request for an extension in the case. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 Her college lover, Sigurd, calls out of nowhere and asks to see her. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 The lawsuit asks the court for an injunction that would prevent OpenAI or its agents from accessing computer networks or systems without authorization. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026 The parent asks the principal why her child was given top grades while evidently not learning anything. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026

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One day scholars will teach Lepore’s work alongside Arendt’s, seeing that Lepore interrogates not simply a modern moment, but traces our current machine age back to the 17th-century conceit for artifice as improvement.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
Writer-director Ari Aster interrogates not just the social and political turmoil of COVID-19, but also the way social media can exacerbate that unraveling of collective neuroses.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

Definition of interrogates

Verb

An agent requests access and checks those terms against its mandate.

— Shlomit Wagman, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Pocket rescissions occur when the president requests Congress to cancel funds as the end of the fiscal year approaches, according to the Government Accountability Office.

— Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

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This new class of traders has carried out huge numbers of transactions on Hyperliquid, which charges small fees in the form of the HYPE token.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
The Hal-o-gram is tied to the ring, not the Lantern, so even though Sinestro claims the backup consciousness will zap out of existence as soon as John charges up, that’s just like, uh, his opinion, man.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of charges

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But when his best friend Lloyd (Bergen) invites Eddie’s first love and former camp sweetheart Erin (Cohan) to the bachelor weekend, the reunion becomes a reckoning with old relationships, unresolved love and the question of what might have been.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Retrospective reporting invites the question of what would have been reported had the outcome been worse.

— Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of invites

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There was a period where airspace was closed in the Gulf after the Iran conflict began, and then questions about whether the region’s growth story would be interrupted.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
An award decided by sportswriters and broadcasters gives them something convenient to point to when anyone questions that assessment.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of questions

Verb

In order to create the experience, the outlet will focus on the famous Red and Blue kitchens, show experiences, and a prominent bar that begs you to join us for a drink.

— Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
The film ends with Sally and Gary happily in love, which begs a question that’s been gestating for 28 years — doesn’t that slap him with a death sentence?

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of begs

Verb

MacKinney then demands that Colum hand over the keys to the castle — only for Colum to inform him that the estate was actually recently transferred to Ellen.

— Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Mother demands Rick Jackson stop using slain daughter’s image in mailers.

— Adam Beam, AJC.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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