Synonyms for claim
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
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.
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.
See Also Synonyms at
demand.
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, requestTo defend, maintain, or insist on the recognition of (one's rights, for example):
assert, vindicate. See attackTo 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 affirmTo 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 requestA legitimate or supposed right to demand something as one's rightful due:
pretense, pretension, title. (Slang) dibs. See owned, requestA right or legal share in something:
interest, portion, stake, title. See partThe act of asserting positively:
affirmation, allegation, assertion, asseveration, averment, declaration, statement. See affirm
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