Synonyms of requesting

requesting

verb

present participle of request

1

as in ordering

to give a request or demand for

a notice requesting that I report for jury duty on Monday morning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ordering
• asking (for)
• calling for
• requisitioning
• putting in (for)
• hiring
• soliciting
• licensing
• commissioning
• chartering

2

as in seeking

to make a request for

request extra ketchup for my fries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seeking
• desiring
• requiring
• speaking (for)
• demanding
• urging
• calling (for)
• soliciting
• pleading (for)
• asking (for)
• suing (for)
• claiming
• inviting
• applying (for)
• invoking
• wishing (for)
• begging (for)
• questing
• clamoring (for)
• importuning
• pressing (for)
• requisitioning
• insisting (on)
• enjoining
• bespeaking
• petitioning (for)
• exacting

3

as in asking

to make a request of

a letter from the First Lady graciously requesting the chorus to perform at the White House

Synonyms & Similar Words

• asking
• inviting
• petitioning
• soliciting
• begging
• hitting (up)
• requiring
• praying
• invoking
• calling on
• imploring
• beseeching
• appealing (to)
• pleading (to)
• demanding
• conjuring
• entreating
• supplicating
• importuning
• enjoining
• pressing
• exacting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• requiring
• forcing
• compelling
• coercing
• constraining
• obliging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of requesting

The hysteria often comes with a fat dollop of Trumpian imperiousness, not requesting your engagement so much as demanding it. — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

The complaint seeks damages, profits from the allegedly infringing work, and an injunction preventing Hatchet from being sold or exhibited, while also requesting that the painting either be turned over to Reemtsen or destroyed. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026

Anthony's attorneys cited that same interview in a separate motion requesting Roach be removed from further court proceedings. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 July 2026

In essence, the three LLCs would have to file a new lawsuit requesting declaratory relief that Freidman's interest somehow disappeared with his death. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Elom encouraged voters to go directly to their local election boards for help on requesting and transmitting absentee ballots. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026

Calls for more oversight of the project have also come from the federal level, with the Federal Communications Commission requesting spending information about the project. — William Melhado july 7, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026

The Miami Herald left a voicemail and text message to Gillum’s cellphone requesting comments. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026

His lawyer did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press requesting comment. — ABC News, 6 July 2026