Synonyms of demands

demands 1 of 2

noun

plural of demand

1

as in requirements

something that someone insists upon having

agreed to the customer's demand for a refund

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in markets

the state of being sought after especially for purchase

a steadily declining demand for film cameras

Synonyms & Similar Words

• markets
• requests
• calls
• bear markets
• bull markets
• seller's markets
• buyer's markets

3

as in necessities

something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable

we are very confident that our new employee is fully equal to the demands of the job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• requirements
• necessities
• musts
• needs
• requisites
• necessaries
• essentials
• needfuls
• conditions
• preconditions
• sine qua nons
• prerequisites
• must-haves
• advantages
• wishes
• desiderata
• pluses
• edges
• desiderations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonessentials
• surpluses
• comforts
• amenities
• luxuries
• extravagances
• nonnecessities
• extras
• indulgences
• frills
• superfluities
• surplusages

demands

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of demand

1

as in requests

to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority

the losing party demanded a recount of the votes cast in the election

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• yields
• surrenders
• gives up
• relinquishes

2

as in needs

to have as a requirement

a task that demands one's unremitting attention

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• has
• holds
• possesses
• owns

3

as in asks

to set or receive as a price

superstars of the big screen who demand millions for appearing in a movie

Synonyms & Similar Words

• asks
• charges
• commands
• prices
• brings
• fetches
• values
• sells (for)
• discounts
• undercharges
• assesses
• overcharges
• bills
• invoices
• marks up
• marks down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of demands

Noun

Symptoms included fatigue, headaches, poor sleep and concentration, and a vague inability to keep up with the increasing pace of demands of the age. — Kirsten Balin, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026

Conversely, shaving labor from a T-shirt serves little sustainability purpose if the gain funds more styles, tighter supplier demands, and rising output. — Jessica Binns, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026

Lula will have to respond to demands for tougher measures against crime, as the right has made a hard-line approach one of its main political platforms. — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

For ThredUp, those overlapping behaviors present an opportunity to attract customers as households weigh competing demands on discretionary spending. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026

Instead of supporting Ukraine, the victim of a foreign military invasion, he’s been pressing the Zelensky to accept Putin’s demands for territory. — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

Among the students’ demands is 250,000 more university places. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026

Her ability to mobilize the population could force the other participants to give greater weight to public demands for a timely election. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, criticized the state's election officials for not cooperating with the department's demands. — Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026

Verb

The loss of a life demands investigation, accountability and answers. — Dennis Speigel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

The department’s strict policy regarding the use of cell-site simulators demands that when the technology is used in investigations, detectives are required to get a warrant for the information first, officials said. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026

Having a multisensor suite provides obvious safety advantages that physics simply demands. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2026

And now each side demands the silencing of the other’s voters, reducing democracy to the conversation between party leaders and their redistricting consultants. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

Where Bikini Kill’s raw, aggressive, discordant tunes subvert gender expectations imposed on women, Uppity’s sincere and introspective jams refute the self-defeating emotional sterility that patriarchy demands from men. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

The idea is to keep skills sharp even when the work rarely demands them. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026

Today’s workforce demands more adaptability than ever before. — Jon Lowe, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Relevance is the difference between timelessness and anachronism, and maintaining it demands the oxygen of engagement and the evolution of interpretation. — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026