Synonyms of requests

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noun

plural of request

1

as in questions

an act or instance of asking for information

the medical columnist is unable to answer individual requests for specific information on various disorders

Synonyms & Similar Words

• questions
• inquiries
• queries
• calls
• questionnaires
• questionings
• surveys
• interrogatories
• polls
• investigations
• studies
• researches
• probes
• explorations
• interrogations
• examinations
• inquisitions
• inquests
• probings

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• responses
• answers
• replies

2

as in demands

the state of being sought after especially for purchase

reliable babysitters are much in request, especially on weekends

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demands
• markets
• calls
• bear markets
• bull markets
• seller's markets
• buyer's markets

requests

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verb

present tense third-person singular of request

1

as in orders

to give a request or demand for

a notice requesting that I report for jury duty on Monday morning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• orders
• requisitions
• asks (for)
• calls for
• puts in (for)
• licenses
• hires
• commissions
• solicits
• charters

2

as in seeks

to make a request for

request extra ketchup for my fries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seeks
• desires
• demands
• speaks (for)
• requires
• pleads (for)
• calls (for)
• sues (for)
• urges
• asks (for)
• claims
• solicits
• invites
• wishes (for)
• quests
• applies (for)
• begs (for)
• bespeaks
• insists (on)
• invokes
• requisitions
• importunes
• clamors (for)
• presses (for)
• petitions (for)
• enjoins
• exacts

3

as in asks

to make a request of

a letter from the First Lady graciously requesting the chorus to perform at the White House

Synonyms & Similar Words

• asks
• invites
• petitions
• hits (up)
• solicits
• begs
• calls on
• prays
• appeals (to)
• requires
• invokes
• demands
• pleads (to)
• implores
• beseeches
• conjures
• entreats
• importunes
• supplicates
• enjoins
• exacts
• presses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• requires
• forces
• compels
• obliges
• constrains
• coerces

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of requests

Noun

The city attorney’s office didn’t respond to requests for more information Wednesday. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Palestine Action Global and the Treasury Department did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s requests for comment. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026

Now, the requests are coming from Camilla, who paid her own royal visit to the library earlier this year. — Steve Hendrix The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

Gannon and Jones declined to comment; the New York City DSA chapter and the Tech Action Working Group didn’t respond to requests for comment. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Before sharing personal health information, learn how your workplace handles support requests. — Jo Ann Liguori, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2026

Airbnb said hosts can now choose from seven standard house rules and add their own reasonable requests. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Lawyers for both sides did not respond to requests for comment from Rolling Stone. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026

The First Proof team has received many requests to test open-weight models from mathematicians concerned about privacy after recent high-profile controversies. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

Verb

The complaint additionally requests that minors whose data has been collected by OpenAI should be financially compensated in return. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 14 Oct. 2026

Seung-woon requests Pi-o and Jeong-yo visit his hospital bedside. — Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

Meta says Muse requests approval before certain sensitive actions. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Brooke’s family requests that anybody who feels moved by her story to please consider donating to one of these ALStogether or Team Gleason to continue her legacy. — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026

An agent requests access and checks those terms against its mandate. — Shlomit Wagman, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Pocket rescissions occur when the president requests Congress to cancel funds as the end of the fiscal year approaches, according to the Government Accountability Office. — Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

Public records requests the Trib filed with DCF for this article remain pending. — Sharmila Venkatasubban, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

Public records requests the Trib filed with DCF for this story remain pending. — Sharmila Venkatasubban, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026