claim

1 to state as a fact usually forcefully people who claim that they have been kidnapped by aliens from other worlds Synonyms affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, contend, declare, insist, maintain, profess, protest, purport, warrant Related Words announce, broadcast, proclaim; argue, rationalize, reason; confirm, justify, vindicate; defend, persevere, support, uphold; reaffirm, reassert Phrases put forth Near Antonyms abandon; disavow, disclaim, disown, negate, negative, reject, repudiate; challenge, dispute, question; confute, disprove, rebut, refute; contradict, counter Antonyms deny, gainsay

2 to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority after many years had passed, he suddenly appeared to claim his inheritance Synonyms call (for), demand, clamor (for), command, enjoin, exact, insist (on), press (for), quest, stipulate (for)Related Words ask, plead (for), request, want; cry (for), necessitate, need, require, take, warrant; requisition; impose; badger, dun, harass, houndNear Antonyms give up, relinquish, surrender, yield

3 to deprive of life cancer claims hundreds of thousands of Americans each year Synonyms carry off, kill, croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, slay, takeRelated Words bump off, butcher, cut down, finish, get, ice [slang], knock off, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, scrag, snuff, take out, waste, whack [slang]; annihilate, blot out, decimate, kill off, massacre, mow, slaughter, smite; assassinate, execute, martyr, terminate; euthanize (also euthanatize), put down; suicideNear Antonyms raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive; nurtureAntonyms animate

4 to have as a requirement caring for her three small children claims virtually all of her time Synonyms bear, challenge, need, demand, necessitate, require, take, want, warrantRelated Words entail, involve; ask, beg, need, clamor (for), cry (for); hurt (for), lack; command, enjoin, exact, insist, press, quest, stipulateNear Antonyms own, possessAntonyms have, hold