What is another word for ask?
791 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ˈask], [ ˈask], [ ˈa_s_k]Table of Contents
Similar words for ask:- call for (noun)
- enquire (noun)
- expect (noun)
- inquire (noun)
- involve (noun)
- postulate (noun)
- appeal (verb)
- appeal to, implore (verb)
- arrange meeting (verb)
- beckon (verb)
- beg (verb)
- beg, push for, encourage (verb)
- beseech (verb)
- bespeak (verb)
- call (verb)
- call, signal, or lure (verb)
- catechize (verb)
- charge (verb)
- claim (verb)
- communication (verb)
- crave (verb)
- demand (verb)
- demand, insist (verb)
- entreat (verb)
- explore, investigate (verb)
- importune (verb)
- instruct and question (verb)
- invite (verb)
- make suggestion, often improper (verb)
- necessitate (verb)
- order something done (verb)
- petition (verb)
- plead (verb)
- plead, appeal for (verb)
- plead; call upon for help, answer (verb)
- plead with (verb)
- pose (verb)
- pray (verb)
- probe (verb)
- propose (verb)
- proposition (verb)
- propound (verb)
- question (verb)
- quiz (verb)
- solicit (verb)
- summon (verb)
- urge (verb)
- other synonyms
- appeal
- importune
- indicate
- petition
- plead
- question
- request
- require
- take counsel
Synonyms for Ask:
n.
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- it's a long story,
- no reason,
- perish the thought,
- over,
- don't remind me,
- skip it,
- keep it simple,
- necessary.
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.
- call.
- waving,
- in-vite,
- Enticed,
- in vite,
- co axed,
- co-axing,
- motion,
- invited,
- co axing,
- co-axed,
- pulling,
- entices.
- 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.
- urge.
- 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.
- 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.
- crossexamine,
- in-quiring,
- in quire,
- in-quires,
- in quires,
- in-quired,
- Educating,
- teach,
- in quiring,
- in-quire,
- cross examine,
- in quired.
- 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.
- ask.
- bid.
- pray.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- pro positioning,
- pro-position,
- pro-positioned,
- pro positioned,
- pro-positions,
- pro-positioning,
- pro positions,
- pro position.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
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- 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.
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- inquiry,
- take out,
- decipher,
- fire,
- result,
- have in,
- put to,
- explain,
- questioner,
- tackle,
- comeback,
- reception,
- entail,
- plea,
- unravel,
- leave.
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- guest.
-
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- host.
-
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- return.
- beg.
- take.
Paraphrases for Ask:
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
Has.
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Noun, plural
invites.
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Verb, past tense
Urged, Questioned, Wished, instructed, enquired, commissioned, wanted, Inquired, Appealed, appeals, raised, called, directed, deducted, posed, turned, Wondered, Demanded, claims.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
seeking, Advising, Soliciting, wondering, Instructing, wanting, appealing, Querying, mandating, filing, ordering, Begging, posing, Availing, Charging, Needing, getting.
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Verb, past participle
Questioned, Prompted, solicited, Approached, Wondered.
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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.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
asking.
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Noun, singular or mass
asking.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
please.
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Verb, base form
please.
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Proper noun, singular
Antonyms for Ask:
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v.
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request
disclaim, disapprove, give.
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request
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:
Hyponym for Ask:
v.