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verb

To assert a claim to
demand, lay claim to, stake out a claim, exact, challenge, claim as one's due, demand as a right, command, insist upon, pretend to, assert one's right to, make a stand, call upon one for, petition, ask for, call for, require, deserve, have dibs on*; see also require 2.
Antonyms disclaim, renounce, abandon.
To assert
insist, maintain, allege, profess; see declare 1, pretend 1. See syn. study at require.

noun

demand, declaration, pretense, requisition, profession, entreaty, petition, suit, ultimatum, call, request, requirement, application, postulation, protestation, case, pretension, assertion, allegation, plea, counterclaim, right, interest, title, part, stake; see also appeal 1, contention 2.

Antonyms disclaimer, renunciation*, repudiation.

lay claim to

demand, stake out a claim to, appropriate; see claim 1, require 2, seize 2.

See claim in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

verb

To assert one's right to:
demand. Idiom: lay claim to. See give, owned, request
To defend, maintain, or insist on the recognition of (one's rights, for example):
assert, vindicate. See attack
To put into words positively and with conviction:
affirm, allege, argue, assert, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, contend, declare, hold, maintain, say, state. Idiom: have it. See affirm
To ask for urgently or insistently:
call for, demand, exact, insist on (or upon), require, requisition. Idiom: cry out for. See request

noun

The act of demanding:
call, cry, demand, exaction, requisition. See request
A legitimate or supposed right to demand something as one's rightful due:
pretense, pretension, title. (Slang) dibs. See owned, request
A right or legal share in something:
interest, portion, stake, title. See part
The act of asserting positively:
affirmation, allegation, assertion, asseveration, averment, declaration, statement. See affirm

See claim in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms

claim pretense pretension title

These nouns refer to a legitimate or asserted right to demand something as one's due: had a legal claim to the property; makes no pretense to scholarliness; justified pretensions to the presidency; has no title to our thanks.