Antonyms for demand
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : dih-mand, -mahnd |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmænd, -ˈmɑnd |
Definition of demand
Origin :- late 14c., "ask, make inquiry," from Old French demander (12c.) "to request; to demand," from Latin demandare "entrust, charge with a commission" (in Vulgar Latin, "to ask, request, demand"), from de- "completely" (see de-) + mandare "to order" (see mandate). Meaning "to ask for as a right" is early 15c., from Anglo-French legal use. Related: Demanded; demanding.
- noun question, request
- verb ask strongly for something
- verb require
- My heart fluttered as I rose to comply with the demand, and the chapel was hushed.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Not for myself, but for my Master's sake, I demand your friendship and fidelity.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- I had but to demand an investigation into the man's affairs.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- That sort o' trade, ye see, miss, the demand's not steady in it.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Something to strive for we demand, even at the risk of bereavement.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Chip's nervous system did not demand the relief of cachinnation.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- The demand was so sudden and unexpected that it found them poorly prepared to meet it.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- The age will demand men of good taste who care for the best they know.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
- Yet the occasion did not, he recognised, demand speech from her.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- The uncle of the babes in the wood could hardly have been more startled by the demand!
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Synonyms for demand
- abuse
- appeal
- application
- apply
- arrogate
- arrogation
- ask
- badger
- beg
- beseech
- besiege
- bid
- bidding
- call
- call for
- challenge
- charge
- cite
- claim
- clamor
- clamor for
- coerce
- command
- compel
- constrain
- counterclaim
- crave
- cry out for
- direct
- dun
- enjoin
- entreat
- entreatment
- entreaty
- exact
- exaction
- expect
- fail
- force
- hit
- hit up
- impetrate
- impetration
- imploration
- implore
- importune
- importunity
- imposition
- inquire
- inquiry
- insist on
- insistence
- interest
- interrogate
- interrogation
- involve
- knock
- lack
- lien
- nag
- necessitate
- necessity
- need
- oblige
- occasion
- order
- pester
- petition
- plea
- postulate
- pray
- prayer
- press
- pursuit
- question
- request
- require
- requirement
- requisition
- rush
- sale
- search
- solicit
- solicitation
- stipulate
- stipulation
- sue for
- suit
- summon
- supplicate
- supplication
- take
- tax
- trade
- ultimatum
- urge
- use
- vogue
- want
- whistle for
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