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 Department of Justice has sued California requesting the state set aside some 20,000 ballots the federal government has flagged as being potentially from noncitizens. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

The crew had reported light clear ice and moderate turbulence while flying at about 35,000 feet before requesting permission to climb to 37,000 feet. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026

After encountering precipitation and requesting to climb, the pilot declared an emergency as the aircraft began losing altitude at an alarming rate. — Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026

The Sheriff’s Office will have its deputies enforce this ordinance if adopted; the agency is not requesting additional funding or personnel to do so. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026

The company requesting revocable consent must pay to publish notice of the hearing twice in local newspapers. — Digital Producer, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Things have since escalated, as the company overseeing Parton’s estate is now requesting police body-camera footage from Vanderbilt Medical Center on August 24 and 25. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Nov. 2026

The company filed a complaint to the European Commission in May requesting an anti-dumping probe into Chinese imports of the active ingredient used in the antibiotic amoxicillin. — Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026

Increasingly, groups are also requesting private reunion trips. — Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026