Another word for claim
claim
n.
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.
demand, stake out a claim to, appropriate; see claim 1, require 2, seize 2.
claim
v.
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.
To assert
insist, maintain, allege, profess; see declare 1, pretend 1. See syn. study at require.
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Another word for claim
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
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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