Synonyms for Insist upon:

• v.

  •challenge (verb)
  • cross,
  • impugn,
  • face the music,
  • reclaim,
  • tax,
  • accost,
  • inquire,
  • arouse,
  • impose,
  • assert,
  • investigate,
  • demand,
  • provoke,
  • confront,
  • brave,
  • beard,
  • call for,
  • stimulate,
  • summon,
  • claim,
  • throw down the gauntlet,
  • test,
  • defy,
  • dare,
  • try,
  • query,
  • vindicate,
  • denounce,
  • impeach.
  •exact (verb)
  • constrain,
  • call,
  • command,
  • compel,
  • assess,
  • force,
  • put on,
  • solicit,
  • wrest,
  • extract,
  • oblige,
  • pinch,
  • wrench,
  • levy,
  • postulate,
  • wring,
  • squeeze,
  • requisition,
  • gouge,
  • bleed,
  • coerce.
  •require (verb)
  • crave,
  • push for,
  • enjoin,
  • instruct,
  • cause,
  • beseech,
  • order,
  • expect,
  • look for,
  • bid,
  • obligate,
  • request,
  • involve,
  • beg,
  • assert oneself,
  • take,
  • direct,
  • entail.
  •stipulate (verb)
  • engage,
  • state,
  • contract,
  • bargain,
  • pledge,
  • promise,
  • name,
  • make,
  • designate,
  • arrange,
  • settle,
  • spell out,
  • detail,
  • condition,
  • agree,
  • slot,
  • provide,
  • specify,
  • covenant,
  • guarantee.
  •take on (verb)
  • question,
  • go up against,
  • dispute,
  • go toe to toe with,
  • go one on one with,
  • buck,
  • go eyeball to eyeball with.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • Levied,
  • called out,
  • require,
  • lay down,
  • pinning down,
  • call out,
  • hang in,
  • search out,
  • asked for,
  • face down,
  • fly in the face of,
  • hanging in,
  • throw down gauntlet,
  • Gouging,
  • laying down,
  • fly in face of,
  • extort,
  • stipulate,
  • Specificate,
  • lay finger on,
  • stood up to,
  • challenge,
  • pins down,
  • take on,
  • make a stand,
  • Postulating,
  • Slotted,
  • re-claim,
  • object to,
  • searching out,
  • make a point,
  • ask for,
  • face off,
  • stand up to,
  • make a point of,
  • stick it out,
  • particularize,
  • stand to,
  • invite competition,
  • leaning on,
  • sticks out,
  • lean on,
  • calls out,
  • specificize,
  • pin down,
  • extorts,
  • searched out,
  • standing to,
  • shake down,
  • put down for,
  • laid down,
  • wrenching,
  • exact.
  •require
  • looking for,
  • called upon,
  • looked for,
  • calls upon,
  • looks for.
  •take on
  • go on with,
  • go against,
  • go with.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • harp,
  • reaffirm,
  • harp on,
  • recommend,
  • horns,
  • repeat,
  • bring to bear,
  • labor,
  • dwell on,
  • crack down,
  • impress on,
  • rival,
  • clamp down,
  • carry out,
  • prose,
  • jawbone,
  • gauntlet,
  • denial,
  • labour,
  • compete,
  • must,
  • sway,
  • dictate,
  • dogmatize,
  • prevail on,
  • cry out for,
  • cram,
  • plead,
  • emphasize,
  • nag,
  • vie,
  • positively,
  • attach a condition,
  • rap,
  • pressurize,
  • persuade,
  • reassert,
  • belabour,
  • work on,
  • belabor,
  • roundly,
  • stand on,
  • stick to,
  • lobby,
  • throat,
  • swear,
  • res,
  • harp upon,
  • apply pressure,
  • reinforce,
  • always trot out,
  • call upon,
  • impose upon,
  • emulate,
  • bully,
  • stickle,
  • hammer away at,
  • Importune,
  • implement,
  • inflict,
  • maunder,
  • apply,
  • prevail upon,
  • put into effect,
  • stickle for,
  • buckle,
  • cope,
  • stress,
  • railroad.

Antonyms for Insist upon:

• v.

  • challenge
    calm, deny, answer, decision, dodge, ignore, victory, agreement.
  • exact
    give, let go, free, receive, disapprove, release.
  • require
    have, reply, dislike, offer, stop, let off, not want, disallow.
  • stipulate
    confuse, calculate, break, discourage, break off, disagree, refuse, decline, imply, mix up, wish.
  • take on
    reject.