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

Currently, initiative petitions pass with a statewide majority. — Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026

While the prospect seems unlikely given recent developments, the opportunity for athletes to petition still exists, as the official confirmed there is no deadline for the committee’s review of petitions. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

The Cinerama Dome’s hopeful reopening has been a constant source of intrigue and interest for the city’s avid moviegoing audience, which has signed petitions and staged demonstrations in the hopes of bringing the monument back to life. — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026

Zahara and Maddox have both asked for the same, but their petitions are pending hearings. — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026

Johnson has repeatedly targeted James throughout the campaign, challenging his ballot petitions, criticizing his campaign, and questioning his credentials as the GOP nominee of choice. — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 21 July 2026

Those petitions were granted automatically after a comment period, but the FCC has not yet acted on AT&T’s request to preempt California rules. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026

That’s cold comfort for the hundreds of thousands of Commonwealth residents who signed petitions, and the millions of voters who would otherwise have had a chance to vote on these measures in November. — Robert Cordy, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026

Candidates can begin circulating nominating petitions on July 28 before the mid-October filing deadline. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 16 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