Synonyms of petitions

petitions 1 of 2

noun

plural of petition

as in appeals

an earnest request

a flurry of petitions from eating and drinking establishments to be exempt from the new antismoking regulations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appeals
• pleas
• prayers
• pleadings
• cries
• supplications
• desires
• solicitations
• entreaties
• applications
• suits
• demands
• adjurations
• calls
• conjurations
• suppliances
• requisitions
• claims
• insistences

petitions

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of petition

as in begs

to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner

petitioned the judge to be excused from jury duty for financial hardship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• begs
• prays
• appeals (to)
• requests
• beseeches
• pleads (to)
• importunes
• supplicates
• asks
• entreats
• implores
• solicits
• conjures
• besieges
• calls on
• requires
• impetrates
• invokes
• desires
• sues
• demands
• claims
• sponges
• compels
• bludges
• forces
• insists
• cadges
• coerces
• mooches
• commands

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suggests
• hints
• implies
• intimates
• contents
• pleases
• obliges
• satisfies
• gratifies
• consoles
• comforts
• appeases
• conciliates
• quiets
• placates
• pacifies
• mollifies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of petitions

Noun

At her press conference announcing the request for criminal investigations, Sheinbaum also called for petitions to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. — Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 12 July 2026

In 1972, ordinary Californians circulated petitions, knocked on doors, and rode bicycles down the coast, rallying support for Proposition 20, which aimed to regulate coastal development. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

The Jackson County Election Board certified the first batch of petitions on May 27, per city records. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026

The firm notes that its experience includes matters involving EB-1A petitions, National Interest Waiver cases, RFE and NOID responses, and humanitarian immigration matters, among other areas of practice. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 7 July 2026

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a pair of emergency petitions filed by activist groups to stop the implementation of a Texas law requiring app stores to verify users’ ages. — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 6 July 2026

Justice Samuel Alito, in a pair of one-sentence orders, denied petitions by plaintiffs who claim that the Texas App Store Accountability Act violates users' constitutional rights to free speech. — ABC News, 6 July 2026

In the first quarter of the 2026 fiscal year, 167,401 immediate family relative petitions were approved, and 8,612 fiancé petitions were approved. — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 6 July 2026

The Utah Supreme Court has not yet ruled on two additional defense petitions challenging Graf's pretrial orders. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

Verb

The film hands off its plot like a baton, passing from this dissatisfied shopper to a factory owner to her dead daughter-in-law (another ghost) who petitions the government for her civil rights despite being in the body of an appliance. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026