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 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

The White House did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment Sunday night. — Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026

Any outreach requesting an application fee or payment to be considered for the list is a scam. — Kelli Grant, Cfp®,riley De León, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

The senator is also requesting details about whether the data breach has been verified and what measures the company is taking in response. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026

The underlying device information used to create the assessment also stays protected from both Apple and the requesting app. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

With their attorney, the Pyles have argued that the city issued a permit for what amounts to a two-story building on that site without requesting a zoning variance. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026

Enter Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami, who arrived in December on a $34 million contract, requesting that a few TOTO Washlet bidet seats be installed in the clubhouse. — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

The concerns caused investors in certain types of funds to pull out their money at record rates — sometimes requesting nearly 40% of a single fund in a quarter, but most funds have capped at 5%. — Ellen Dimauro, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026