ASK Synonyms

• a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

• the verbal act of requesting

• express the need or desire for

• ask (a person) to do something

• inquire for (information)

• require as useful, just, or proper

• consider obligatory; request and expect

• make someone do something

• have need of

• an urgent or peremptory request

• the ability and desire to purchase goods and services

• required activity

• the act of demanding

• a condition requiring relief

• request urgently and forcefully

• require as useful, just, or proper

• claim as due or just

• lay legal claim to

• summon to court

• ask to be informed of

• regard something as probable or likely

• consider obligatory; request and expect

• look forward to the probable occurrence of

• consider reasonable or due

• look forward to the birth of a child

• be pregnant with

• address a question to and expect an answer from

• have a wish or desire to know something

• conduct an inquiry or investigation of

• express the need or desire for

• require as useful, just, or proper

• request the participation or presence of

• gather or collect

• ask for or request earnestly

• an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

• an attempt to get something

• a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

• (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

• propose a payment

• invoke upon

• ask for or request earnestly

• make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands

• make a serious effort to attain something

• ask someone in a friendly way to do something

• wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)

• the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

• an inclination to want things

• something that is desired

• feel or have a desire for; want strongly

• expect and wish

• express a desire for

• ask for or request earnestly

• transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication

• pose a series of questions to

• a colloquial expression for invitation

• increase the likelihood of

• invite someone to one's house

• give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting

• ask someone in a friendly way to do something

• have as a guest

• ask to enter

• request the participation or presence of

• express willingness to have in one's home or environs

• a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

• reverent petition to a deity

• write a petition for something to somebody; request formally and in writing

• appeal or request earnestly

• offer as an excuse or plea

• enter a plea, as in courts of law

• make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts

• an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

• a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities

• an exploratory action or expedition

• an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity

• question or examine thoroughly and closely

• examine physically with or as if with a probe

• an instance of questioning

• pose a question

• an instance of questioning

• the subject matter at issue

• a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply

• uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something

• a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote

• an informal reference to a marriage proposal

• challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

• pose a series of questions to

• pose a question

• conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting

• place in doubt or express doubtful speculation

• an examination consisting of a few short questions

• examine someone's knowledge of something

• the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk

• try to get or reach

• try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

• make an effort or attempt

• go to or towards

• inquire for