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solicit

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of solicit

1 to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information

  • solicited several opinions about which job he should accept
Synonyms of solicit

canvass (also canvas), interview, poll, survey
Words Related to solicit

circularize

interrogate, question

feel (out), sound (out)
Near Antonyms of solicit

report

2 to make a request for

  • always ready to solicit donations for a charity
Synonyms of solicit

ask (for), bespeak, call (for), desire, plead (for), quest, request, seek, speak (for), sue (for)
Words Related to solicit

apply (for), beg (for), claim, clamor (for), importune, urge, wish (for)

demand, enjoin, exact, insist (on), petition (for), press (for), require, requisition

invite, invoke

3 to make a request of

  • solicited him to join the team
Synonyms of solicit

ask, hit (up), request
Words Related to solicit

appeal (to), beg, beseech, conjure, entreat, implore, importune, invite, invoke, petition, plead (to), pray, supplicate

demand, enjoin, exact, press, require
Phrases Synonymous with solicit

call on (or upon)
Near Antonyms of solicit

coerce, compel, constrain, force, oblige, require

4 to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner

  • solicit the President for relief funds
Synonyms of solicit

appeal (to), beg, beseech, besiege, conjure, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, petition, plead (to), pray, supplicate
Words Related to solicit

bludge [chiefly Australian {amp}amp; New Zealand], cadge, mooch, sponge

ask, desire, invoke, request, sue

claim, coerce, command, compel, demand, force, insist, require
Phrases Synonymous with solicit

call on (or upon)
Near Antonyms of solicit

hint, imply, intimate, suggest

appease, conciliate, gratify, mollify, oblige, pacify, placate, please, satisfy

comfort, console, content, quiet

5 to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage

  • how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for "male enhancement" by shameless appeals to their vanity?
Synonyms of solicit

allure, bait, beguile, betray, decoy, entice, lead on, lure, seduce, tempt
Words Related to solicit

draw in, inveigle, persuade, rope (in), snow

catch, enmesh (also immesh), ensnare, entrap, mesh, snare, tangle, trap

bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, fascinate, magnetize, wile
Near Antonyms of solicit

alert, caution, forewarn, ward (off), warn

drive (away or off), repulse, turn away

Synonym Discussion of solicit

ask, request, solicit mean to seek to obtain by making one's wants known. ask implies no more than the statement of the desire.
    • ask a favor of a friend
request implies greater formality and courtesy.
    • requests the pleasure of your company
solicit suggests a calling attention to one's wants or desires by public announcement or advertisement.
    • a letter soliciting information

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