Synonyms of solicited

solicited 1 of 2

adjective

as in requested

Related Words

• requested
• needed
• required
• welcome
• necessary
• desired
• wanted

Dissimilar Words

• unsolicited
• unwanted
• unwelcome
• uninvited
• unasked
• undesirable
• unsought
• undesired
• unbidden
• objectionable
• unacceptable
• offensive

solicited

2 of 2

verb

past tense of solicit

1

as in interviewed

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

solicited several opinions about which job he should accept

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interviewed
• surveyed
• canvassed
• polled
• questioned
• circularized
• interrogated
• sounded (out)
• felt (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reported

2

as in sought

to make a request for

always ready to solicit donations for a charity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• requested
• sought
• spoke (for)
• desired
• sued (for)
• called (for)
• required
• pleaded (for)
• urged
• demanded
• asked (for)
• invited
• applied (for)
• claimed
• quested
• importuned
• wished (for)
• invoked
• begged (for)
• pressed (for)
• insisted (on)
• petitioned (for)
• enjoined
• bespoke
• requisitioned
• clamored (for)
• exacted

3

as in asked

to make a request of

solicited him to join the team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• asked
• requested
• invited
• hit (up)
• petitioned
• begged
• called on
• invoked
• prayed
• implored
• required
• appealed (to)
• conjured
• importuned
• pleaded (to)
• demanded
• entreated
• beseeched
• enjoined
• supplicated
• exacted
• pressed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• required
• compelled
• forced
• obliged
• constrained
• coerced

4

as in begged

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

solicit the President for relief funds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• begged
• petitioned
• asked
• prayed
• implored
• importuned
• entreated
• beseeched
• appealed (to)
• conjured
• requested
• pleaded (to)
• required
• besieged
• called on
• supplicated
• impetrated
• invoked
• sued
• compelled
• coerced
• desired
• demanded
• forced
• insisted
• cadged
• bludged
• claimed
• mooched
• sponged
• commanded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suggested
• implied
• hinted
• intimated
• obliged
• pleased
• satisfied
• gratified
• appeased
• pacified
• contented
• comforted
• consoled
• quieted
• placated
• mollified
• conciliated

5

as in tempted

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 & Similar Words

• tempted
• persuaded
• lured
• seduced
• enticed
• betrayed
• allured
• baited
• beguiled
• led on
• decoyed
• inveigled
• fascinated
• trapped
• drew in
• enchanted
• roped (in)
• snowed
• entrapped
• meshed
• ensnared
• enmeshed
• charmed
• captivated
• caught
• snared
• magnetized
• tangled
• bewitched
• wiled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warned
• cautioned
• alerted
• forewarned
• drove (away or off)
• turned away
• repulsed
• warded (off)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of solicited

Adjective

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, New York, claimed Rozier solicited and accepted a $100,000 bribe in exchange for tipping off a group of bettors about his plan to leave a game early because of an injury. — Tom Winter, NBC news, 10 June 2026

Verb

Agency can be solicited from every young human and practiced by simply letting go. — Mimosa Jones Tunney, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

But some of the payments Newsom solicited went to nonprofits Siebel Newsom is involved with, and which have paid her a salary. — Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026

There were no vendors hawking bootleg royal-wedding merch, no screaming lines of fans, not even that many impromptu sing-alongs (some were solicited by journalists looking for content). — Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 6 July 2026

After a handful of developers tried and failed to fill the property, the Unified Government solicited project proposals to build something new on it. — Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

The city had previously solicited marina redevelopment proposals in a competitive bidding process, and Virginia Key, LLC, which had entered a bid, eventually took the matter to court. — Tess Riski june 11, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026

The financing had come at Greenland’s request; after failing to persuade the Danish government to pay for the new airports, Greenland’s premier travelled to Beijing in 2017 and solicited more than half a billion dollars in funds. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Prosecutors allege Eidleh, along with other members of the scheme, solicited and received bribes and kickbacks from individuals and companies seeking approval to operate fraudulent Federal Child Nutrition Program sites. — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026

Last week, officials with the California’s Fair Political Practices Commission determined that 36 donations that Newsom solicited to the California Fire Foundation weren’t reported in a timely fashion and fined him $31,500. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026