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

Of the ballot items, only Measure E spurred any meaningful political spending, with the city’s largest public labor unions dropping over $1 million to bankroll citizen groups that gathered petitions and later to campaign for the tax’s approval. —Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 3 June 2026

That also includes encouraging voters to vote for a particular candidate, sharing campaign materials or circulating petitions. —Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026

Customers packed hearings, signed petitions and pleaded for relief. —Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 1 June 2026

Being disinvited from speaking at a graduation is often precipitated by petitions and protests, from both conservative and progressive activists. —Austin Sarat, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026

The High Court in Nairobi on Friday put a stop to any deal on the Ebola facility until petitions against it are heard on Tuesday. —Evelyne Musambi, Fortune, 29 May 2026

In its review of 1,200 habeas petitions filed between October 2025 and March of this year, The City found a troubling rise in street arrests, many of which followed a similar pattern of racial profiling. —Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 May 2026

There are other appeals and petitions as well. —Alan Gionet, CBS News, 28 May 2026

Multiple organizations have taken issue with the proposal, writing letters and submitting petitions to city officials opposing it. —Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 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