Definition for Ask:

• To request: to make inquiry.

Synonyms for Ask:

• n.

  •
  • ask for,
  • insist on something,
  • appeal,
  • value.
  •
  • propose,
  • interview,
  • put someone on the spot,
  • suggest,
  • pick someone's brains.
  •
  • put,
  • I'll hold you to that,
  • entertain,
  • raise,
  • disinvite,
  • pose.
  •
  • it's a long story,
  • no reason,
  • perish the thought,
  • over,
  • don't remind me,
  • skip it,
  • keep it simple,
  • necessary.
  •
  • do you mind?,
  • warn,
  • why should I?,
  • get lost,
  • suit yourself.
  •call for (noun)
  • call for.
  •enquire (noun)
  • enquire.
  •expect (noun)
  • expect.
  •inquire (noun)
  • inquire.
  •involve (noun)
  • involve.
  •postulate (noun)
  • postulate.

• v.

  •appeal (verb)
  • hits on,
  • re quired,
  • calling upon,
  • re quiring,
  • calling up on,
  • resorting to,
  • re-quired,
  • re-quires,
  • re quires,
  • called up on,
  • calls up on,
  • re-quiring,
  • re quire,
  • resorts to,
  • hitting on,
  • call up on,
  • resorted to,
  • re-quire.
  •appeal to, implore (verb)
  • conjure.
  •arrange meeting (verb)
  • call.
  •beckon (verb)
  • waving,
  • in-vite,
  • Enticed,
  • in vite,
  • co axed,
  • co-axing,
  • motion,
  • invited,
  • co axing,
  • co-axed,
  • pulling,
  • entices.
  •beg (verb)
  • Impetrate,
  • de siring,
  • be sieged,
  • requisitioned,
  • be sieges,
  • be-sieges,
  • be siege,
  • Obsecrated,
  • beseech,
  • nag,
  • de sired,
  • called to,
  • crave,
  • be-siege,
  • calling to,
  • Obsecrate,
  • applying to,
  • be-sieged,
  • be sieging,
  • Obsecrating,
  • impetrates,
  • Impetrating,
  • de sires,
  • Obtest,
  • call to,
  • apply to,
  • de-siring,
  • obsecrates,
  • Obtested,
  • de-sired,
  • applied to,
  • applies to,
  • Obtesting,
  • be-sieging,
  • de-sire,
  • obtests,
  • de-sires,
  • calls to,
  • Impetrated,
  • de sire.
  •beg, push for, encourage (verb)
  • urge.
  •beseech (verb)
  • be sought,
  • be-sought.
  •bespeak (verb)
  • dis cussed,
  • re-serving,
  • ex claiming,
  • re serve,
  • dis cussing,
  • be speaking,
  • ex claim,
  • dis-cuss,
  • dis cusses,
  • be-speak,
  • ex-claiming,
  • dis-cussing,
  • dis cuss,
  • fore tells,
  • be-spoke,
  • re served,
  • be-speaking,
  • ex claimed,
  • be-speaks,
  • be-spoken,
  • be spoken,
  • dis-cusses,
  • fore told,
  • fore telling,
  • re-serve,
  • fore-told,
  • ex claims,
  • be spake,
  • re-served,
  • be-spake,
  • fore-telling,
  • be spoke,
  • ex-claimed,
  • be speak,
  • ex-claim,
  • fore-tell,
  • re serving,
  • ex-claims,
  • fore-tells,
  • be speaks,
  • re-serves,
  • fore tell,
  • dis-cussed.
  •call (verb)
  • de-crees,
  • set apart,
  • pro-claims,
  • prays to,
  • de-clare,
  • pro claim,
  • ex acts,
  • re quests,
  • pro claimed,
  • ex-acts,
  • pro claims,
  • tele phone,
  • ringed up,
  • ex act,
  • appealed to,
  • re questing,
  • de-creed,
  • ex-acting,
  • ex-acted,
  • setting apart,
  • de-cree,
  • pray to,
  • ex acting,
  • re-quests,
  • appealing to,
  • ring up,
  • sets apart,
  • tele-phoned,
  • de-clares,
  • praying to,
  • de creed,
  • tele phoned,
  • pro claiming,
  • rings up,
  • Postulated,
  • de clares,
  • de crees,
  • tele-phoning,
  • Rallied,
  • prayed to,
  • ringing up,
  • de cree,
  • elect,
  • ex acted,
  • appeals to,
  • Postulating,
  • tele-phone,
  • ex-act,
  • pro-claiming,
  • tele-phones,
  • re-questing,
  • de clare,
  • tele phoning,
  • tele phones,
  • rang up,
  • re quested.
  •call, signal, or lure (verb)
  • beckon.
  •catechize (verb)
  • crossexamine,
  • in-quiring,
  • in quire,
  • in-quires,
  • in quires,
  • in-quired,
  • Educating,
  • teach,
  • in quiring,
  • in-quire,
  • cross examine,
  • in quired.
  •charge (verb)
  • exhort,
  • entrusting.
  •claim (verb)
  • de fended,
  • hold out for,
  • pop question,
  • pro-fesses,
  • de-fended,
  • held out for,
  • pre-tending,
  • needs,
  • have dibs something,
  • pro fesses,
  • pre tends,
  • has dibs on something,
  • staked out,
  • hath dibs on something,
  • up holding,
  • hadst dibs on something,
  • laid claim to,
  • holds out for,
  • lay claim to,
  • up holds,
  • pre-tend,
  • up held,
  • stake out,
  • de fending,
  • up-hold,
  • pre-tended,
  • pro fess,
  • hast dibs on something,
  • has dibs something,
  • having dibs something,
  • hits up,
  • lays claim to,
  • pro-fess,
  • hast dibs something,
  • had dibs on something,
  • hit up,
  • pre tend,
  • staking out,
  • up-holding,
  • had dibs something,
  • de-fend,
  • having dibs on something,
  • be-lieve,
  • up-held,
  • laying claim to,
  • hitting up,
  • have dibs on something,
  • holding out for,
  • pre tending,
  • up hold,
  • stakes out,
  • de-fends,
  • up-holds,
  • hadst dibs something,
  • de fends,
  • hath dibs something,
  • pop the question,
  • pre-tends,
  • haddest dibs something,
  • de fend,
  • de-fending,
  • be lieve,
  • haddest dibs on something.
  •communication (verb)
  • ask.
  •crave (verb)
  • pleading for,
  • pled for,
  • prayed for,
  • pleaded for,
  • prays for,
  • praying for,
  • pleads for,
  • plead for.
  •demand (verb)
  • Lacked,
  • cry out for,
  • crying out for,
  • cried out for,
  • cries out for.
  •demand, insist (verb)
  • Importune.
  •entreat (verb)
  • wheedle.
  •explore, investigate (verb)
  • probe.
  •importune (verb)
  • wrought on,
  • be setting,
  • be sets,
  • be-setting,
  • be-sets,
  • works on,
  • be-set.
  •instruct and question (verb)
  • catechize.
  •invite (verb)
  • bid.
  •make suggestion, often improper (verb)
  • proposition.
  •necessitate (verb)
  • be hooves,
  • necessitate,
  • be-hooves.
  •order something done (verb)
  • charge.
  •petition (verb)
  • puts for,
  • put for,
  • putting in for,
  • puts in for,
  • putting for.
  •plead (verb)
  • makes for,
  • squared things,
  • cop plea,
  • makes up for,
  • squares things,
  • entreatying.
  •plead, appeal for (verb)
  • petition.
  •plead; call upon for help, answer (verb)
  • pray.
  •plead with (verb)
  • entreat.
  •pose (verb)
  • ex tend,
  • ex-tends,
  • Tendered,
  • posits,
  • ex-tended,
  • pre-sents,
  • pre-sent,
  • tenders,
  • ex tends,
  • ex-tending,
  • posed,
  • ex-tend,
  • Tendering,
  • ex tending,
  • pre sent,
  • ex tended.
  •pray (verb)
  • communed with,
  • invocates,
  • cried for,
  • Invocated,
  • cry for,
  • Invocate,
  • re-cited,
  • communes with,
  • cries for,
  • Invocating,
  • re cites,
  • crying for,
  • re citing,
  • re-cites,
  • commune with,
  • communing with,
  • re cited.
  •probe (verb)
  • checking over,
  • look into,
  • pro spects,
  • test waters,
  • delve in to,
  • look-sees,
  • putting out a feeler,
  • check over,
  • look seeing,
  • sounds out,
  • put out feeler,
  • feels out,
  • check up,
  • look in to,
  • tests the waters,
  • feel around,
  • looksees,
  • lookseeing,
  • delve into,
  • tests waters,
  • puts out a feeler,
  • testing the waters,
  • look-see,
  • checking up,
  • feeling out,
  • puts out feeler,
  • sounding out,
  • felt out,
  • felt around,
  • look-saw,
  • looked into,
  • pro spect,
  • test the waters,
  • go in to,
  • delves in to,
  • sound out,
  • pro-bed,
  • tested waters,
  • look-seeing,
  • delves into,
  • checks up,
  • look sees,
  • put out a feeler,
  • feeling around,
  • pro bed,
  • looksaw,
  • look see,
  • looksee,
  • pro-spects,
  • testing waters,
  • tested the waters,
  • delved into,
  • putting out feeler,
  • feels around,
  • checks over,
  • look saw,
  • feel out,
  • sounded out,
  • delving into,
  • checked up,
  • delved in to,
  • checked over,
  • delving in to.
  •propose (verb)
  • laying on line,
  • proponed,
  • put forward,
  • made a motion,
  • speaking one's piece,
  • re-commend,
  • speaks one's piece,
  • spake ones piece,
  • pro-posed,
  • intro-duce,
  • proponing,
  • spoke one piece,
  • re commending,
  • moved for,
  • speak one's piece,
  • laid on line,
  • kibitzing,
  • intro duce,
  • laying on the line,
  • moves for,
  • lays before,
  • spitballed,
  • laying before,
  • spake piece,
  • spoke one's piece,
  • made motion,
  • lay before,
  • spake one piece,
  • making a motion,
  • make a pitch,
  • lays the line,
  • speak piece,
  • spitball,
  • speaking piece,
  • makes motion,
  • move for,
  • re commended,
  • lay line,
  • lays line,
  • re commends,
  • co unselling,
  • re-commends,
  • makes a motion,
  • pro-pose,
  • Volunteering,
  • pro pose,
  • laid before,
  • spake one's piece,
  • re commend,
  • lays on line,
  • lay on the line,
  • intro duces,
  • laid on the line,
  • puts to,
  • kibitzes,
  • pro-pone,
  • speaks piece,
  • making pitch,
  • pro-pones,
  • moving for,
  • make a motion,
  • lays on the line,
  • speaks ones piece,
  • spoke ones piece,
  • re-commending,
  • spitballing,
  • pro-posing,
  • pro posing,
  • pro pones,
  • intro-duces,
  • makes pitch,
  • laying line,
  • makes a pitch,
  • spoke piece,
  • speaking one piece,
  • pro pone,
  • putting to,
  • Propone,
  • laid the line,
  • come with,
  • putting forward,
  • speaking ones piece,
  • made pitch,
  • laid line,
  • co-unselling,
  • lay on line,
  • make pitch,
  • make motion,
  • sets forth,
  • speaks one piece,
  • spitballs,
  • kibitzed,
  • pro posed,
  • laying the line,
  • propones,
  • re-commended,
  • speak ones piece,
  • lay the line,
  • made a pitch,
  • puts forward,
  • kibitz,
  • propound,
  • speak one piece,
  • making a pitch,
  • making motion.
  •proposition (verb)
  • pro positioning,
  • pro-position,
  • pro-positioned,
  • pro positioned,
  • pro-positions,
  • pro-positioning,
  • pro positions,
  • pro position.
  •propound (verb)
  • pro pounds,
  • pro-pounded,
  • pro-pounding,
  • pro pounding,
  • pro pound,
  • pro-pounds,
  • pro-pound,
  • pro pounded.
  •question (verb)
  • institute,
  • pick one's brains,
  • sweat,
  • go over,
  • direct,
  • quiz,
  • interpolate,
  • dispute,
  • give the third degree,
  • pump,
  • delve,
  • challenge,
  • poll,
  • investigate,
  • demand,
  • enjoin,
  • explore,
  • put through the wringer,
  • request,
  • query,
  • pry into,
  • buzz,
  • interrogate,
  • survey,
  • HIT,
  • question,
  • roast,
  • put the screws to,
  • seek,
  • debate,
  • canvass,
  • hunt for,
  • contemplate,
  • needle,
  • examine.
  •quiz (verb)
  • pick brains,
  • picked brains,
  • picks ones brains,
  • picks brains,
  • picks one brains,
  • picking ones brains,
  • pick one brains,
  • picked one brains,
  • pick ones brains,
  • picked ones brains,
  • picking one brains,
  • giving third degree,
  • gives the third degree,
  • picking one's brains,
  • give third degree,
  • gives third degree,
  • giving the third degree,
  • gave third degree,
  • gave the third degree,
  • picking brains,
  • picked one's brains,
  • picks one's brains.
  •solicit (verb)
  • passes hat,
  • whistled for,
  • sue for,
  • passed the hat,
  • comes on to,
  • re sorting,
  • passes the hat,
  • coming on to,
  • sues for,
  • pro-motes,
  • come on to,
  • Bumming,
  • pro-mote,
  • passing the hat,
  • came on to,
  • pass hat,
  • passed hat,
  • whistling for,
  • re-sort,
  • pro-moting,
  • suing for,
  • hawking,
  • passing hat,
  • re-sorts,
  • sued for,
  • re sorted,
  • re-sorted,
  • whistles for,
  • re-sorting,
  • panhandling,
  • Bummed,
  • whistle for,
  • Hawked,
  • pro moting,
  • pass the hat.
  •summon (verb)
  • called in,
  • re-call,
  • calls in,
  • call in to action,
  • calls in to action,
  • calls together,
  • called in to action,
  • calling into action,
  • called forth,
  • called together,
  • re calls,
  • re-called,
  • calling forth,
  • call forth,
  • called into action,
  • re-calls,
  • call into action,
  • calling together,
  • call in,
  • calls into action,
  • call together,
  • calling in,
  • re-calling,
  • calls forth,
  • calling in to action,
  • sending for,
  • re calling,
  • sends for,
  • Summoned,
  • sent for.
  •urge (verb)
  • in duce,
  • in-cite,
  • spoke for,
  • in spires,
  • puts up to,
  • speaks for,
  • in-duces,
  • in cites,
  • in-duce,
  • in spired,
  • put up to,
  • speaking for,
  • insist on,
  • in spiring,
  • in-spiring,
  • in-spired,
  • insists on,
  • fire up,
  • in spire,
  • spake for,
  • insisted on,
  • in-cited,
  • firing up,
  • speak for,
  • in-spires,
  • putting up to,
  • insisting on,
  • in duces,
  • in-spire,
  • fires up,
  • in cite,
  • Urged.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • plead,
  • inquire into,
  • cross question,
  • inquisitor,
  • prober,
  • have over,
  • querier,
  • Appealer,
  • interrogatory,
  • researcher,
  • hold to,
  • inquire of,
  • grill,
  • appellant,
  • quester,
  • invite back,
  • interrogator,
  • apply,
  • inquirer,
  • ask after,
  • catering,
  • riposte,
  • invite along,
  • Imploration,
  • summon,
  • invite in,
  • have round,
  • invite over,
  • broach,
  • place card.
  •
  • inquiry,
  • take out,
  • decipher,
  • fire,
  • result,
  • have in,
  • put to,
  • explain,
  • questioner,
  • tackle,
  • comeback,
  • reception,
  • entail,
  • plea,
  • unravel,
  • leave.
  •
  • receive,
  • sue,
  • angle,
  • resolve,
  • send for,
  • prayer.
  •
  • guest.
  •
  • determination.
  •
  • host.
  •
  • return.
  •appeal
  • resort to,
  • questions,
  • hit on,
  • refer,
  • calls upon,
  • call upon,
  • implores,
  • called upon.
  •importune
  • Dunned,
  • working on,
  • Dunning,
  • goosed,
  • gooses,
  • be set,
  • goose,
  • dun,
  • goosing,
  • worked on,
  • work on,
  • DUNS.
  •indicate
  • bespeak.
  •petition
  • put in for.
  •plead
  • squaring things,
  • make up for,
  • make for,
  • making for,
  • made up for,
  • square things,
  • entreatied.
  •question
  • cross-examine.
  •request
  • beg.
  •require
  • take.
  •take counsel
  • consult.

Paraphrases for Ask:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Has.
  • Noun, plural
    invites.
  • Verb, past tense
    Urged, Questioned, Wished, instructed, enquired, commissioned, wanted, Inquired, Appealed, appeals, raised, called, directed, deducted, posed, turned, Wondered, Demanded, claims.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    seeking, Advising, Soliciting, wondering, Instructing, wanting, appealing, Querying, mandating, filing, ordering, Begging, posing, Availing, Charging, Needing, getting.
  • Verb, past participle
    Questioned, Prompted, solicited, Approached, Wondered.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    wonder, questions, pray, beseech, implore, appeal, say, pose, interrogate, tell, Told, encourage, insist, askyou, raise, know, Knew, wish, hypothesize, arise.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    solicits, wishes, presents, represents, follows, Queries, formulates, poses, becomes, Charges, provides, remains, makes, questions, claims, raises.
  • Verb, base form
    invited, Wondered, wonder, questions, enquire, claims, pray, implore, raises, appeal, say, pose, plead, interrogate, tell, encourage, insist, askyou, cross-examine, raise, know, journalist, impose, ascertain, wish, arise.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    asking.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    asking.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    please.
  • Verb, base form
    please.

Antonyms for Ask:

• v.

  • question
    repudiate, disinvite, ignore, tell.
  • request
    disclaim, disapprove, give.
  • Other antonyms:
    constrain, eliminate, duck, answer, exact, extort, reject, claim, insist, comment, force, enforce, require, reply, refuse, deny, oblige, observe, avoid, remark, coerce, retort, command, compel.

Ask Sentence Examples:

• Now, my brothers, I will ask you how you feel about it.

• Ask Julia about her - ask her to tell you what she told me.

Homophones for Ask:

• aix, akha, ashe, aqua, ashcake, achy, aga, accuse, aec, aweigh, auxesis, ace, ashy, ac, agog, ash, azo, azygos, assizes, aizoaceae, a.k.a., agha, accho, azoic, asch, Aggeus, ak, az, agua, agio, as such, Asahikawa, aug, ash-key, Assessee, ajuga, aqueous, Agee, aguish, axis, ACC, ascus, asio, assagai, awake, ag, ass, assegai, askew, ash cake, AUC, a-okay, as, ack-ack, ache, asea, akka, assize, ackee, agassiz, ascii, age, aussie, acacia, ax, axe, azygous, agaze, Ajaia Ajaja, ascesis, access, ago, aegis, acquiesce, Augeas, ajaia, aas, asia, auk, accoucheuse, au jus, a-ok, Ajax, ague, akee, assay, assuage, awash, assess, akko, as we say, aku.

Hypernym for Ask:

• v.

  • communication
    request, solicit.

Hyponym for Ask:

• v.

  • communication
    call for, phrase, articulate, quest, ask for, request, give voice, demand, word, bespeak, formulate.