Synonyms of claiming

claiming 1 of 2

noun

as in confiscation

Related Words

• confiscation
• acquisition
• ownership
• procurement
• commandeering
• holding
• retaining
• accession
• proprietorship
• collaring
• obtainment
• retention
• possession
• repossession
• hands
• control
• keeping
• enjoyment
• power
• mastery
• dominion
• authority
• command

Dissimilar Words

• relinquishment
• surrendering
• dispossession
• transferal
• nonpossession

claiming

2 of 2

verb

present participle of claim

1

as in alleging

to state as a fact usually forcefully

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alleging
• insisting
• asserting
• declaring
• contending
• maintaining
• announcing
• proclaiming
• protesting
• arguing
• affirming
• purporting
• professing
• averring
• confirming
• defending
• reasoning
• warranting
• avowing
• putting forth
• justifying
• avouching
• rationalizing
• broadcasting
• vindicating
• upholding
• reaffirming
• reasserting
• persevering
• supporting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denying
• abandoning
• rejecting
• disclaiming
• negating
• questioning
• repudiating
• disavowing
• disputing
• challenging
• refuting
• disproving
• gainsaying
• rebutting
• contradicting
• countering
• disowning
• negativing
• confuting

2

as in demanding

to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demanding
• requesting
• requiring
• asking
• commanding
• wanting
• calling (for)
• needing
• enjoining
• pressing (for)
• insisting (on)
• clamoring (for)
• exacting
• stipulating (for)
• taking
• questing
• imposing
• necessitating
• warranting
• pleading (for)
• crying (for)
• harassing
• requisitioning
• badgering
• hounding
• dunning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• yielding
• giving up
• surrendering
• relinquishing

3

as in destroying

to deprive of life

cancer claims hundreds of thousands of Americans each year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroying
• killing
• slaying
• taking
• dispatching
• murdering
• carrying off
• doing for
• felling
• slaughtering
• doing away with
• doing in
• wasting
• assassinating
• croaking
• neutralizing
• finishing
• getting
• cutting down
• offing
• making away with
• decimating
• massacring
• executing
• whacking
• annihilating
• terminating
• smiting
• snuffing
• butchering
• taking out
• putting away
• rubbing out
• mowing
• blotting out
• killing off
• scragging
• knocking off
• icing
• bumping off
• martyring
• putting down
• euthanizing
• suiciding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restoring
• raising
• animating
• reviving
• resurrecting
• nurturing
• resuscitating

4

as in requiring

to have as a requirement

caring for her three small children claims virtually all of her time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• requiring
• needing
• taking
• wanting
• involving
• demanding
• necessitating
• calling for
• warranting
• challenging
• asking
• bearing
• begging
• insisting
• entailing
• lacking
• crying (for)
• hurting (for)
• stipulating
• clamoring (for)
• enjoining
• commanding
• pressing
• exacting
• questing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• having
• holding
• possessing
• owning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of claiming

Noun

Friday’s moves The Panthers moved on from Bailey partially due to the claiming of Hayes on Friday. — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026

Individuals must analyze their unique circumstances and political outlook to determine the best claiming strategy. — Steve Vernon, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

This sophisticated and precisely accurate algorithm helps individuals — and spouses — decide on their family’s best claiming strategy. — Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026

Then there are optional claiming races, which mix allowance conditions with the option to run a horse for a claiming price. — Neil Greenberg, New York Times, 1 May 2026

Other requirements seek to prevent double-counting of credits, double-claiming, and conflicts of interest, such as the verification body being owned by the carbon credit producer. — Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 18 Apr. 2026

To teach these fixtures of Asian American literature is thus to explain their political projects—a claiming of America that was an imperative then, if awkwardly nationalistic and settler colonialist now—while helping students also to hold the texts accountable. — Literary Hub, 17 June 2025

Verb

The Washington Post reported that Adjepong filed a motion claiming his ex-wife was violating their settlement agreement by preventing him from seeing his child in January 2025. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026

Scammers claiming to belong to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard have also tricked shipping firms into sending hefty payments to their cryptocurrency wallets in exchange for safe passage. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 27 July 2026

The David McLay-Kidd design earned World’s Best New Golf Course honors at the 2023 World Golf Awards before recently claiming the top spot in Golf Digest's rankings of Portugal's best golf courses. — Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

The 15-year-old’s mother had also sought an order of protection, claiming that another coach had caught Duffey alone with her daughter and called police. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026

Musk has gone further and promoted posts claiming that there were 1 million victims, based on an unsourced figure used by a single politician a decade ago. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026

Dayton, Ohio, Fort Worth, Texas, and Tucson, Arizona, are just a sampling of the cities that have filed lawsuits against the military claiming PFAS threatens their water sources. — Austin Fast, USA Today, 26 July 2026

After Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, the CJP called off nationwide protests, claiming victory — a public setback for Modi, a leader long seen as politically untouchable. — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 26 July 2026

For some unknown reason, claiming victimhood is very popular in modern society. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026