Synonyms of claims

claims 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of claim

1

as in alleges

to state as a fact usually forcefully

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alleges
• insists
• asserts
• contends
• declares
• maintains
• argues
• announces
• affirms
• proclaims
• protests
• purports
• professes
• confirms
• avows
• avers
• warrants
• defends
• reasons
• avouches
• justifies
• puts forth
• rationalizes
• vindicates
• broadcasts
• reaffirms
• reasserts
• perseveres
• upholds
• supports

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denies
• rejects
• abandons
• disputes
• disclaims
• challenges
• disavows
• negates
• repudiates
• questions
• refutes
• gainsays
• disproves
• contradicts
• counters
• negatives
• rebuts
• disowns
• confutes

2

as in demands

to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demands
• requests
• requires
• asks
• wants
• commands
• calls (for)
• insists (on)
• needs
• stipulates (for)
• enjoins
• presses (for)
• exacts
• clamors (for)
• quests
• takes
• necessitates
• pleads (for)
• warrants
• imposes
• cries (for)
• requisitions
• harasses
• hounds
• badgers
• duns

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• yields
• gives up
• surrenders
• relinquishes

3

as in destroys

to deprive of life

cancer claims hundreds of thousands of Americans each year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• destroys
• kills
• slays
• dispatches
• takes
• murders
• does in
• fells
• slaughters
• croaks
• carries off
• does away with
• does for
• neutralizes
• cuts down
• makes away with
• wastes
• finishes
• assassinates
• offs
• rubs out
• massacres
• smites
• snuffs
• decimates
• annihilates
• gets
• executes
• whacks
• kills off
• takes out
• knocks off
• blots out
• butchers
• mows
• bumps off
• terminates
• ices
• martyrs
• puts away
• suicides
• scrags
• puts down
• euthanizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animates
• raises
• restores
• revives
• resurrects
• nurtures
• resuscitates

4

as in needs

to have as a requirement

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• needs
• requires
• wants
• takes
• demands
• involves
• challenges
• necessitates
• calls for
• warrants
• entails
• asks
• bears
• insists
• begs
• lacks
• stipulates
• cries (for)
• hurts (for)
• clamors (for)
• enjoins
• presses
• exacts
• commands
• quests

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• has
• holds
• owns
• possesses

claims

2 of 2

noun

plural of claim

1

as in rights

an entitlement to something

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rights
• pretensions
• pretenses
• calls
• titles
• dibs
• prerogatives
• privileges
• refusals
• favors
• birthrights

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• waivers
• releases
• disclaimers
• quitclaims

2

as in interests

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

a shareholder has a claim in the business

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interests
• stakes
• shares
• parts
• possessions
• ownerships
• partnerships
• titles
• co-ownerships

3

as in declarations

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 & Similar Words

• declarations
• assertions
• allegations
• insistences
• announcements
• protestations
• proclamations
• affirmations
• asseverations
• avowals
• professions
• arguments
• pronouncements
• avouchments
• justifications
• confirmations
• rationalizations
• reasons
• reaffirmations
• vindications
• reconfirmations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disputes
• questions
• challenges
• disclaimers
• disavowals
• refutations
• rebuttals
• denials
• contradictions
• negations
• disproofs
• confutations

4

as in requests

something that someone insists upon having

young children make great claims on their parents' time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demands
• requests
• requirements
• wishes
• requisitions
• desires
• needs
• ultimatums
• stipulations
• provisions
• wants
• duns
• importunities
• drives
• essentials
• basics
• conditions
• impositions
• musts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of claims

Verb

The agency claims Salgado Araujo refused to follow several verbal commands and rammed into one of its law enforcement vehicles. — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Reemtsen claims that the email is an admission that Salle copied her work. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026

Anyone who claims that government ownership of corporate equity guarantees failure has to explain them. — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

The group claims the two governments held monthly meetings to share the immigration files of Iranians in ICE custody, including final orders of removal and applications for asylum. — Laura Romero, ABC News, 7 July 2026

The lawsuit claims that information on hundreds of Iranian detainees seeking asylum, including information protected from disclosure, was shared. — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 7 July 2026

Instead, Angwin claims that Grammarly infringed the privacy and publicity rights of her and many other authors by appropriating their names and identities for commercial purposes without consent. — Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026

Now a controversial study claims that working from home worsened mental health. — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 2 July 2026

The guy who helped recruit Harrington to Charlotte John Wester is a partner at the mayor’s law firm, Robinson Bradshaw, who claims partial credit for recruiting Harrington to work at the firm and move to the Queen City decades ago. — Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026

Noun

As many as 476,000 people a year in the US may be diagnosed with and treated for Lyme disease, an estimate based on insurance claims data, as cases may be underreported. — Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

The Department of Homeland Security has claimed that both of the drivers attempted to run over law enforcement agents, but has not provided evidence to back up those claims. — Philip Wang, Time, 14 July 2026

To have people tearing her down and making hurtful and untrue claims is bad enough but to drag her children into it is just beyond the pale. — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 14 July 2026

Another tenant evicted at Concord Mills In a separate case, Concord Mills won its case on July 8 to evict Go Green CBD in Cabarrus County District Court Clerk of Superior Court small claims division. — Catherine Muccigrosso july 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026

The dollar amount includes cases involving discrimination, harassment, hostile work environment and whistleblower claims. — Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026

The district’s response The school district has disputed several of the claims, namely that officials at Campbell Drive K-8 Center were informed of the complaint before Tolliver’s 2023 arrest. — Austin Horn july 14, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

The city of Syracuse and county of Onondaga are contesting Broadwater’s claims. — ProPublica, 14 July 2026

But when it’s tied to a famously corrupt institution like FIFA, the claims of grave injustice intensify and feel almost like the buildup to war. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 14 July 2026