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 One of the questions, directed to David Hunt, director of finance for Entergy Arkansas, asks him to explain the reasoning for the classification of the payments. — Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026 The complaint asks a Cook County judge to issue a fine of $11,500 for every day the violations are not corrected. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026 The disposition lens asks what changed because of the first three lenses. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The lawsuit asks the court to require State Farm to pay full restitution to policyholders, as well as civil penalties for violating state law. — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 For her part, Coney always asks if a fancy restaurant has Maldon salt before taking hers out and tapping a little pile onto the edge of her plate. — Maggie Hennessy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 Stülpnagel drops in, makes vague, benevolent pronouncements, and asks Frank to hide little notes for fellow anti-Hitler plotters. — David Denby, New Yorker, 31 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 Her estate asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Imagination Library. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 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

Proton Mail, acting as a proxy, requests the image and caches it on its own servers.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of requests

Verb

The victim, Leandre Holley, 19, of East Chicago, was found dead inside the station, shot multiple times, charges state.

— Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Texas Longhorns' Bevo charges Georgia Bulldogs' Uga Looking through the archives of the College Football Hall of Fame, several moments come to mind.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of charges

Verb

Jeff Arnett invites visitors to pour their own bottle of Tennessee whiskey in the bottling room in Townsend, TN.

— Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Clad in reflective sheets of corrugated aluminum that extend six inches into the ground, the square structure invites curiosity.

— Sean Santiago, Architectural Digest, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of invites

Verb

Still, most Republicans are not flocking to Ossoff, as Collins tries to tie him to the far-left of the party and questions his experience.

— Sam Gringlas, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Mayor Karen Bass questions the progress and said that city personnel were inside the warehouse earlier today and that food waste remains.

— Julie Sharp, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of questions

Verb

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

Modern operational resilience demands dynamic alignment frameworks, such as expanding target setting into living check-in agreements that continually adjust resources, targets and support to match shifting market realities.

— Natalie Grabher, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
The process now laid out by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services demands that states verify how severe a diagnosis is — this requires an extra visit and paperwork from the doctor.

— Abdullah Shihipar, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026