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

The move was so broken that players across the country started online petitions to try and get the EA developers to nerf Judkins' spinning. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Opponents are urging other residents to sign petitions and write letters to the zoning and wetlands commissions, and to attend their hearings to speak against the project. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2026

In petitions, legal action and IG posts, the Hollywood guilds and a legion of A-listers are pessimistic Ellison will keep his expansive theatrical promises if and when the deal finally closes. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026

In 2024, dozens of people rallied outside Kellogg’s headquarters and delivered petitions with 400,000 signatures asking the company to remove artificial dyes and BHT. — Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

In 2024, dozens of people rallied outside Kellogg's headquarters and delivered petitions with 400,000 signatures asking the company to remove artificial dyes and BHT. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

So far this year, 25 people — including Kohberger — have filed petitions for post-conviction relief in Ada County, according to a review of court records by the Statesman. — Alex Brizee july 30, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026

There was a July 29 deadline for people to submit oppositions to the petitions to deny ABC’s license renewals, and there is an August 5 deadline for replies to the opposition filings. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026

Online petitions to expel Argentina from the World Cup drew hundreds of thousands of signatures. — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

Verb

However, if someone petitions the court, a judge could order the HOA into a receivership. — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026

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