Synonyms: claim
Definition: demand for something as rightful or due
Usage: they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day
Similar words: demand
Definition: the act of demanding
Usage: the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money
Definition: an informal right to something
Usage: his claim on her attentions; his title to fame
Similar words: right
Definition: an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
Usage: they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights; Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people- Eleanor Roosevelt; a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away
Definition: an established or recognized right
Usage: a strong legal claim to the property; he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate; he staked his claim
Similar words: legal right
Definition: a right based in law
Synonyms: claim
Definition: an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
Usage: his claim asked for damages
Similar words: assertion, asseveration, averment
Definition: a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
Synonyms: claim
Definition: an assertion that something is true or factual
Usage: his claim that he was innocent; evidence contradicted the government's claims
Similar words: assertion, asseveration, averment
Definition: a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
Definition: a demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty"
Similar words: demand
Definition: an urgent or peremptory request
Usage: his demands for attention were unceasing
Definition: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
Usage: the accident claimed three lives; The hard work took its toll on her
Similar words: take, necessitate, need, ask, require, postulate, call for, involve, demand
Definition: require as useful, just, or proper
Usage: It takes nerve to do what she did; success usually requires hard work; This job asks a lot of patience and skill; This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice; This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert; This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
Synonyms: claim
Definition: assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
Usage: He claimed that he killed the burglar
Similar words: affirm
Definition: say yes to
Definition: lay claim to; as of an idea
Usage: She took credit for the whole idea
Similar words: swan, swear, verify, affirm, assert, aver, avow
Definition: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
Usage: Before God I swear I am innocent
Synonyms: claim
Definition: ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
Usage: They claimed on the maximum allowable amount
Similar words: bespeak, call for, request, quest
Definition: express the need or desire for; ask for
Usage: She requested an extra bed in her room; She called for room service
Synonyms: claim, lay claim, arrogate
Definition: demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
Usage: He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter; Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident
Similar words: bespeak, call for, request, quest
Definition: express the need or desire for; ask for
Usage: She requested an extra bed in her room; She called for room service