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 The group also claims to have obtained a playable build of the game and asks users for cryptocurrency donations. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 One day, a stranger hands you a tablet and asks you to identify the correct words in a passage or find information in a chart. — Jennifer D. Kobrin, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026 Learning O’Connell’s complex offense is one thing, but occupying a role that asks him to motion all over the formation is another. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Her estate asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Imagination Library. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026 On Sunday, The Wall Street Journal reported, and confirmed by Deadline, that the AG’s asks included keeping the studios separate as well as unloading some cable networks. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026 In the 10-page document, Kennedy poses questions about the current categories and asks the public to weigh in on ideas for how to change or replace them. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026 The sheriff’s office asks anyone with information to call 305-471-8477. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026 Another test, popularized on social media, asks someone to move from standing, to sitting cross-legged on the ground, and then back up to standing. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

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Verb

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

The person asked for gas money and Bitcoin, requests the family found suspicious because Goods doesn't drive and didn't have a car in Las Vegas.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Districts have to abide by Wisconsin’s open records law, meaning that reams of records are available to anyone who formally requests them.

— Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of requests

Verb

When John finally reunites with Hal (who charges the ring against the lantern while quickly muttering his oath), the frustrated protégé immediately confronts his teacher with all the suspicions he was meant to keep secret.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
The company charges about $30,000 per chip for its high-end accelerators.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of charges

Verb

The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension invites all to participate in a citizen science conservation effort on Friday and Saturday created by the University of Georgia.

— Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Leu Gardens invites visitors for an enchanting evening of fairy festivities in a whimsical celebration at Orlando’s 50-acre botanical oasis.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of invites

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The novel, inarguably ambitious in scope, begs questions of form and content, and the possibilities and pitfalls of publishing outside traditional pathways.

— Keziah Weir, Vanity Fair, 13 Aug. 2026
The warm waffle can be filled with matcha, strawberry soft serve or a swirl of both, then dressed up Pocky sticks for a dessert that practically begs for a photo before the first bite.

— Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of begs

Verb

Extended to the realm of foreign policy, this reimagination of the foundations of Western civilization demands a new and distinct grand strategy.

— Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026
What has been missing is the urgency — and the political will — to respond on the scale this crisis demands.

— Jason Collins, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026