Show me
of
Looking for synonyms for "claim"? Browse alternatives ranked by relevance — sharper word choices for fiction, poetry, and copywriting.
(v)
(usually with to) To state that something belongs to oneself.
Relevance: 0%
(transitive, uncommon) To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(adj)
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
(n)
The name of a writing such as a book, which identifies it and usually describes its subject, with a short phrase that often summarizes its topic.
(heading) To reach out with one's voice.
(figuratively) To request, demand.
One who claims; one who makes a claim.
One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner.
(ambitransitive, copulative) To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.
A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest.
(ditransitive) To give (permission or wish).
(law) The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
The desire to purchase goods and services.
(transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action.
The act or principle of compensating.
(law) A legal right or entitlement.
An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
(archaic) A requirement.
(law) The conduct of a lawsuit.
(law) An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury.
Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
One who makes complaint, one who complains.
(transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something.
The act of repaying.
The right to have something, whether actual or perceived.
Attempt to collect a debt.
State of owing money; being in debt.
A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
(transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
(law) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.
(transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.
(countable) An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.
A person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent
The act of conceding.
(transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
A formal request for something.
(finance) Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.
Allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
(transitive or with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something).
(uncountable, recourse to) The use of (someone or something) as a source of help in a difficult situation.
(religion) Salvation from sin.
(ambitransitive) To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.
(transitive) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
A debt owed, usually to a business, from the perspective of that business.
A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
The act of one who affirms something; an affirmation.
To utilize or employ.
Evidence, facts, statements, or arguments that justify a claim or belief.
That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
(transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
(with on or upon, formerly also with in) to trust; to have confidence in; to depend.
(transitive) To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
A prosecuting attorney.
Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
(transitive) To return (money) to (someone); to reimburse.
An act or instance of appropriating.
Necessary; obligatory; mandatory.
(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
To request or petition.
The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty.
(business, management, accounting) The act of compensating someone for an expense.
An exclusive hereditary or official right or privilege.
The act of submitting or giving e.g. a completed piece of work.
(countable) An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it.
Security from damage, loss, or penalty.
The act of applying; an application.
The act or process of posing a question or making a request.
An advantage; help or aid from something.
(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).
British English form of inquire. [(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).]
British form of inquiry. [The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.]
The amount of money levied for a service.
An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
(finance) A person to whom a debt is owed.
To successfully fall under some category or description by meeting requisite conditions.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
(uncountable) Acceptance of a belief or claim as true, especially on the basis of evidence.
The ability to be deducted, such as from one's taxes
(intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
The effort of performing or doing something.
A declaration or remark.
The action of, or an instance of the action of the verb to lend.
(transitive) To return land to a suitable condition for use.
A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).