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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 & 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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