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

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
• calling upon
• 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

More than 6,800 people had signed a petition requesting that the faculty prevent Kirk from speaking at a similar event at Utah State University. —N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025

Regardless, the violation prompted officials in Vilnius, the capital, to write to NATO requesting assistance in defending against Russian aircraft. —David Brennan, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025

Prior to his arrival, a petition was signed by nearly 900 students at the school requesting that Kirk not be allowed on the campus. —Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025

Data removal services can handle this automatically, requesting removals from dozens of data brokers at a time and monitoring for re-uploads. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025

Conversely, the models are generally not rewarded for expressing doubt, omitting dubious details, or requesting clarification. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025

The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) did not respond to an email from The Athletic requesting comment. —Liam Tharme, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025

Asked for an interview about Indiana’s special education failures, Nancy Holsapple, the IDOE director of special education, responded through a spokeswoman requesting interview questions ahead of time. —IndyStar, 8 Sep. 2025

Leaders should ask who is involved with each aspect of the campaign execution and project management, requesting insight into individual experience levels. —Andrea Aker, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025