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

Imagine a nation where, for the residents, land is for the claiming. — Robert Smith, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026

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

After a stabbing in Southport, England, in 2024, viral posts falsely claiming that the suspect was a Muslim and an undocumented migrant spread rapidly to millions via X and other platforms, inflaming the riots that ensued. — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

Communications can change how a brand is understood without claiming sole responsibility for every commercial result that follows. — Julia Ruttner, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Emery tends not to point the finger at officials, but did on this occasion, claiming James McAtee should have seen red for his challenge on Maatsen. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Eligible employees can now begin claiming their shares as of Monday. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

Be wary of unsolicited emails, texts or phone calls claiming to be related to the breach. — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026

Now, in typical sporting event fight fashion, there's always a loud girlfriend or wife in the middle of the action claiming that her man was never in the wrong. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Flores and former President Nicolás Maduro were seized from their Caracas home in a January raid, remain held in Brooklyn and have pleaded not guilty, claiming immunity as foreign leaders. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

The imposition of the tariffs stemmed from a breakdown in negotiations between the two countries in August, with each claiming the other side had unreasonable requests that would be detrimental to their respective country’s workers. — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2026