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sue

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1 as in ask, request

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for sue

ask,
desire,
invoke,
request

bludge
[chiefly Australian & New Zealand],
cadge,
mooch,
sponge

claim,
coerce,
command,
compel,
demand,
force,
insist,
require

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for sue

hint,
imply,
intimate,
suggest

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

comfort,
console,
content,
quiet

2 as in try, prosecute

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for sue

prosecute,
try

appeal,
arraign,
book,
cite,
summon

frame,
implicate,
inculpate,
inform (against),
name,
report

chide,
rebuke,
reprove,
tax

recriminate,
retaliate

blame,
call (on),
castigate,
censure,
condemn,
criticize,
damn,
denounce,
fault,
impugn,
reproach,
reprobate

accuse,
charge,
criminate,
defame
[archaic],
impeach,
incriminate,
indict

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for sue

absolve,
acquit,
clear,
exculpate,
exonerate,
vindicate

advocate,
champion,
defend

excuse,
forgive,
justify,
pardon,
remit,
shrive

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