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Claim

To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

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Verb group 18

Arrogate 84% connected

To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Arrogate 84% connected

To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ask 84% connected

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Ask 84% connected

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Demand 84% connected

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Demand 84% connected

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Involve 84% connected

To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

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Involve 84% connected

To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

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Necessitate 84% connected

To make necessary or indispensable; to render unaviolable.

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Necessitate 84% connected

To make necessary or indispensable; to render unaviolable.

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Need 84% connected

A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

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Need 84% connected

A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

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Postulate 84% connected

Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to w…

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Postulate 84% connected

Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to w…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Require 84% connected

To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

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Require 84% connected

To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

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Broader term 22

Affirm 76% connected

to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

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Ask 76% connected

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assert 76% connected

To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

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Assertion 76% connected

The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

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Asseveration 76% connected

The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration.

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Aver 76% connected

A work horse, or working ox.

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Averment 76% connected

The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion.

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Avow 76% connected

To declare openly, as something believed to be right; to own or acknowledge frankly; as, a man avows his principles or his crimes.

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Bespeak 76% connected

To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.

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Demand 76% connected

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Involve 76% connected

To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Necessitate 76% connected

To make necessary or indispensable; to render unaviolable.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Need 76% connected

A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

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Postulate 76% connected

Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to w…

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Quest 76% connected

The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property…

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Request 76% connected

The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

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Require 76% connected

To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Right 76% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Swan 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and stro…

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Swear 76% connected

To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Verify 76% connected

To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.

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Narrower term 4

Allegation 76% connected

The act of alleging or positively asserting.

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Allegement 76% connected

Allegation.

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Dibs 76% connected

A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East.

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Pretension 76% connected

The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title.

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Manner of action 12

Arrogate 76% connected

To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assign 76% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Contend 76% connected

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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Counterclaim 76% connected

A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.

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Demand 76% connected

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…

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Exact 76% connected

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; pr…

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Postulate 76% connected

Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to w…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pretend 76% connected

To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

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Profess 76% connected

To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely.

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Purport 76% connected

Design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor.

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Requisition 76% connected

The act of requiring, as of right; a demand or application made as by authority.

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Derivationally related 8

Claimant 74% connected

One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Claimant 74% connected

One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.

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Title 74% connected

An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

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Title 74% connected

An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

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Titular 74% connected

Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince.

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Titular 74% connected

Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Titulary 74% connected

A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.

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Titulary 74% connected

A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.

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Synonym 5

Arrogate 92% connected

To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Call 92% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Exact 92% connected

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; pr…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Take 92% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Title 92% connected

An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Near synonym 1

Say 86% connected

Saw.

general 66% interchangeable

Claim overlaps with say, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

Academic alternative 1

Say 84% connected

Saw.

claim 52% interchangeable less formal softer

Claim can signal that a statement is asserted but not necessarily accepted.

The company says the method works. / The company claims the method works.

Antonym 2

Disclaim 94% connected

To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disclaim 94% connected

To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.

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