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

Fox News Digital reached out to the companies requesting comment. — Melissa Rudy , Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

The Star-Telegram reached out to Keene ISD Athletics requesting comment and has not yet received a response. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026

From here on out, kiddo will have to approach you or send a message requesting permission. — Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2026

But more than 60 districts applied, requesting about $600,000, roughly four times the available funding. — Tim Grailer, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

One form asks whether a person requesting asylum fears they will be tortured if they’re returned home. — Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

The complaint claims that after Lipps was identified as a lead, Heck did not conduct a thorough investigation or find sufficient probable cause before requesting an arrest warrant. — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Earlier that month, Greg Rogers, chief fiscal officer for the Education Department, said the department waited before requesting additional funds to determine how many students would actually use the accounts they were approved to receive. — Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026

But before the bond hits the ballot, district officials wanted to redraw its boundaries and identify projects that could be accomplished without requesting a tax increase from voters. — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026