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

Fuel expenses are squeezing daily household budgets and tightening cash flow toward the end of the month, with reports indicating a growing number of French employees are requesting payroll advances to manage month end expenses. — CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026

After his arrest, Alfozan refused to speak to the FBI, requesting his attorney. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

Officials said that parents and guardians may want to consider requesting a free credit freeze for their children who are under 16 to help prevent unauthorized accounts from being opened in the names of their children. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

More federal election initiatives The administration has gone beyond requesting state voter records. — Thom Reilly, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

Graft count, hairline work and beard procedures A patient requesting 5,000 grafts may not need that many, and the donor area may not have enough hair available to support the procedure. — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

The representatives first sent a letter last week requesting a private meeting with Matsui, D-Sacramento. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026

And the San Francisco Fed’s contacts mentioned employees requesting, and some receiving, cost-of-living pay hikes to offset higher fuel and food prices. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

The district attorney’s office is requesting a jury trial and the two cases are expected to be consolidated for a single trial, according to WTAE. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026