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

Kyle was hospitalized days after requesting medical attention after finishing a race on May 10 at Watkins Glen International. —Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026

The siblings wrote a letter to the school requesting to give their awards to Noel on the last day of school, Principal Ronna Montgomery said. —Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2026

Prince William was on the Heart Breakfast radio show and after requesting a Taylor Swift song, he was asked if he was invited to the wedding. —Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026

Wearing T-shirts with their daughter’s photos on them, Robinson’s parents stood in front of media organizations Thursday afternoon, requesting information about the teen’s killing. —Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 22 May 2026

Ben-Gvir’s management of it has been so disquieting that the Attorney General, Gali Baharav-Miara, a former Tel Aviv district attorney, filed a sixty-eight-page petition to the Supreme Court requesting that Netanyahu be made to defend his refusal to fire him. —Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 18 May 2026

The board also approved a resolution requesting a deeper analysis into the design of the project and how transportation could be improved in the region. —Dj Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 18 May 2026

Council members plan to revisit the issue next week after requesting more information from the Detroit police. —Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 18 May 2026

But with the unions subsequently requesting the intervention of two emergency boards, that cooling-off period was extended, and an imminent strike was thwarted. —Chad De Guzman, Time, 18 May 2026