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Another word for demand

demand Synonyms

demand

n.

A peremptory communication
order, call, charge, request; see command 1.
Willingness to purchase
trade, request, sale, bid, need, requirement, interest, vogue, call for, rush, pursuit, search, inquiry, desire to buy, market; see also desire 1.
Antonyms indifference*, lack of interest, sales resistance.

in demand

sought after, desired, requested; see popular 1, wanted.

on demand

ready, prepared, usable, when requested, when required, when due, payable, collect, C.O.D., on call; see also available, due.

demand Synonyms

demand

v.

To ask
charge, direct, enjoin; see ask 1, command 1.
To require
call for, oblige, necessitate; see need, require 2. See syn. study at require.

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Another word for demand

verb

To ask for urgently or insistently:
call for, claim, exact, insist on (or upon), require, requisition. Idiom: cry out for. See request
To assert one's right to:
claim. Idiom: lay claim to. See give, owned, request
To have as a need or prerequisite:
ask, call for, entail, involve, necessitate, require, take. See necessary, over

noun

The act of demanding:
call, claim, cry, exaction, requisition. See request
Something asked for or needed:
exigence, exigency (often used in plural), need, want. See necessary, over

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If you don't stand up and demand a change, he'll keep on doing it.
An undisclosed ransom demand was made.
He wanted to scream at him; to demand an explanation, but understood how fruitless that would be and measured his best course to remain calm.
But they did not satisfy his demand for intelligence.
The Convention was reconvened on the 12th of February 1863, and the demand of Congress was met.

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