2. (verb)ask, require, expect consider obligatory; request and expect Synonyms: await, call for, demand, enquire, inquire, need, look, involve, wait, want, require, have a bun in the oven, necessitate, postulate, anticipate, gestate, take, carry, ask, command, expect, bear
3. (verb)command, require make someone do something Synonyms: require, need, command, expect, take, involve, ask, overlook, dominate, call for, postulate, overtop, control, necessitate, want, demand
4. (verb)want, need, require have need of Synonyms: take, need, require, expect, demand, involve, ask, desire, command, postulate, call for, necessitate, want
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'require'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. require One asks what he feels that he may fairly claim and reasonably expect; "if a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father," Luke xi, 11; he begs for that to which he advances no claim b Synonyms: ask, beg, crave, entreat, petition, request, solicit, beseech, demand, implore, pray, require, supplicate Antonyms: claim, deny, enforce, exact, extort, insist, refuse, reject, command
Synonyms for require 
