requests

Main Entry:
request [ri-kwest]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: question or petition
Synonyms: appeal, application, asking, begging, call, commercial, demand, desire, entreaty, inquiry, invitation, offer, prayer, recourse, requisition, solicitation, suit, supplication
Notes: behest is a stronger term than request
Antonyms: answer, reply
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Request.
Synonyms:
-nouns
request, requisition; claim (demand); petition, suit, prayer; begging letter, round robin., motion, overture, application, canvass, address, appeal, apostrophe; imprecation; rogation; proposal, proposition., orison (worship); incantation (spell)., mendicancy; asking, begging; postulation, solicitation, invitation, entreaty, importunity, supplication, instance, impetration, imploration, obsecration, obtestation, invocation, interpellation.
-verbs
request, ask; beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask; beg leave, beg a boon; apply to, call to, put to; call upon, call for; make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition; make application, make a requisition; ask trouble, ask one for; claim (demand); offer up prayers (worship); whistle for., beg hard, entreat, beseech, plead, supplicate, implore; conjure, adjure; obtest; cry to, kneel to, appeal to; invoke, evoke; impetrate, imprecate, ply, press, urge, beset, importune, dun, tax, clamor for; cry aloud, cry for help; fall on one's knees; throw oneself at the feet of; come down on one's marrowbones., beg from door to door, send the hat round, go a begging; mendicate, mump, cadge, beg one's bread., dance attendance on, besiege, knock at the door., bespeak, canvass, tout, make interest, court; seek, bid for (offer) [more]; publish the banns.
-adjectives
requesting; precatory; suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory; postulant; obsecratory., importunate, clamorous, urgent; cap in hand; on one's knees, on one's bended knees, on one's marrowbones.
-adverbs
prithee, do, please, pray; be so good as, be good enough; have the goodness, vouchsafe, will you, I pray thee, if you please.
-phrases
Dieu vous garde; dirigenos Domine.
Browse Concept Index »
Main Entry: ask
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: question
Synonyms: buzz*, canvass, catechize, challenge, cross-examine, demand, direct, enjoin, examine, give the third degree, go over, grill, hit*, hunt for, inquire, institute, interrogate, investigate, needle, pick one's brains, pop the question, pry into, pump, put the screws to, put through the wringer, query, quiz, request, roast, sweat*
Antonyms: answer, claim, command, insist, reply, repudiate, tell
Main Entry: ask
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: request
Synonyms: angle, appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bite*, bum*, call for, charge, claim, command, contend for, crave, demand, entreat, file for, hit*, hustle*, implore, impose, knock*, levy, mooch, order, petition, plead, pray, promote*, request, requisition, seek, solicit, sue, supplicate, touch*, urge
Antonyms: answer, claim, command, insist, tell
Main Entry: behest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: order; personal decree
Synonyms: bidding, charge, command, commandment, demand, dictate, direction, expressed desire, injunction, instruction, mandate, order, precept, prompting, request, solicitation, wish, word
Notes: behest is a stronger term than request
Main Entry: bid
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: offering of money or services
Synonyms: advance, amount, declaration, feeler, hit, invitation, offer, pass, price, proffer, proposal, proposition, request, submission, suggestion, sum, summons, tender
Main Entry: bid
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ask for; command
Synonyms: call, charge, demand, desire, direct, enjoin, instruct, invite, make a pass at, make a pitch, make a play for, order, proposition, request, require, solicit, summon, tell, warn
Main Entry: bidding
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: command
Synonyms: behest, call, charge, demand, dictate, direction, injunction, instruction, invitation, mandate, order, request, summons, word
Antonyms: answer
Main Entry: bidding
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: offering of money, services
Synonyms: advance, auction, invitation, offer, proffering, proposal, proposition, request, submission, suggestion, tender
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