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claim

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of claim

1 an entitlement to something

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

Synonyms of claim

call, dibs, pretense (or pretence), pretension, right

Words Related to claim

birthright, prerogative, title

favor, privilege

Near Antonyms of claim

disclaimer, quitclaim, release, waiver

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

A shareholder has a claim in the business.

Synonyms of claim

interest, share, stake

Words Related to claim

co-ownership, ownership, part, partnership, possession, title

3 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 of claim

affirmation, assertion, avouchment, avowal, declaration, insistence, profession, protestation

Words Related to claim

announcement, proclamation, pronouncement

argument, justification, rationalization, reason

confirmation, reaffirmation, reconfirmation, vindication

Near Antonyms of claim

challenge, dispute, question

confutation, disproof, rebuttal, refutation

contradiction, denial, negation

Antonyms of claim

4 something that someone insists upon having

Young children make great claims on their parents' time.

Synonyms of claim

demand, dun, importunity, requisition, ultimatum

Words Related to claim

desire, request, want, wish

drive, need, requirement, stipulation

basic, essential, must

condition, provision

claim

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of claim

1 to state as a fact usually forcefully

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

Synonyms of claim

affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, contend, declare, insist, maintain, profess, protest, purport, warrant

Words Related to claim

announce, broadcast, proclaim

argue, rationalize, reason

confirm, justify, vindicate

defend, persevere, support, uphold

reaffirm, reassert

Phrases Synonymous with claim

put forth

Near Antonyms of claim

disavow, disclaim, disown, negate, negative, reject, repudiate

challenge, dispute, question

confute, disprove, rebut, refute

contradict, counter

Antonyms of claim

2 to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority

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

Synonyms of claim

call (for), clamor (for), command, demand, enjoin, exact, insist (on), press (for), quest, stipulate (for)

Words Related to claim

ask, plead (for), request, want

cry (for), necessitate, need, require, take, warrant

badger, dun, harass, hound

Near Antonyms of claim

give up, relinquish, surrender, yield

3 to deprive of life

a disease claims thousands of Americans each year

Synonyms of claim

carry off, croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, kill, slay, take

Words Related to claim

butcher, cut down, finish, get, murder, rub out, scrag, snuff, take out, waste

annihilate, blot out, decimate, kill off, massacre, mow, slaughter, smite

assassinate, execute, martyr, terminate

Phrases Synonymous with claim

do away with, make away with

Near Antonyms of claim

raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive

Antonyms of claim

4 to have as a requirement

Caring for her three small children claims virtually all of her time.

Synonyms of claim

bear, challenge, demand, necessitate, need, require, take, want, warrant

Words Related to claim

entail, involve

ask, beg, claim, clamor (for), cry (for)

hurt (for), lack

command, enjoin, exact, insist, press, quest, stipulate

Phrases Synonymous with claim

call for

Near Antonyms of claim

Antonyms of claim

Synonym Discussion of claim

demand, claim, require, exact mean to ask or call for something as due or as necessary. demand implies peremptoriness and insistence and often the right to make requests that are to be regarded as commands.

- demanded payment of the debt

claim implies a demand for the delivery or concession of something due as one's own or one's right.

- claimed the right to manage his own affairs

require suggests the imperativeness that arises from inner necessity, compulsion of law or regulation, or the exigencies of the situation.

- the patient requires constant attention

exact implies not only demanding but getting what one demands.

- exacts absolute loyalty

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