Synonyms for solicit
səˈlɪs ɪtso·lic·it

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1. solicitverb

   Synonyms:
   request, plead, appeal, supplicate

2. solicitverb

   To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.

   Synonyms:
   request, supplicate, plead, appeal

3. solicitverb

   To woo; to court.

   Synonyms:
   appeal, supplicate, request, plead

4. solicitverb

   To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior.

   Synonyms:
   request, supplicate, appeal, plead

5. solicitverb

   To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.

   Synonyms:
   appeal, request, supplicate, plead

6. solicitverb

   To make a petition.

   Synonyms:
   appeal, supplicate, plead, request

7. solicitverb

   To disturb or trouble; to harass.

   Synonyms:
   plead, request, supplicate, appeal

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1. solicit

   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 but pity. Demand is a determined and often an arrogant word; one may rightfully demand what is his own or his due, when it is withheld or denied; or he may wrongfully demand that to which he has no claim but power. Require is less arrogant and obtrusive than demand, but is exceedingly strenuous; as, the court requires the attendance of witnesses. Entreat implies a special earnestness of asking, and beseech, a still added and more humble intensity; beseech was formerly often used as a polite intensive for beg or pray; as, I beseech you to tell me. To implore is to ask with weeping and lamentation; to supplicate is to ask, as it were, on bended knees. Crave and request are somewhat formal terms; crave has almost disappeared from conversation; request would seem distant between parent and child. Pray is now used chiefly of address to the Supreme Being; petition is used of written request to persons in authority; as, to petition the legislature to pass an act, or the governor to pardon an offender.

   Synonyms:
   ask, beg, beseech, crave, demand, entreat, implore, petition, pray, request, require, supplicate

   Antonyms:
   claim, command, deny, enforce, exact, extort, insist, refuse, reject

   Preposition:
   Ask a person for a thing; ask a thing of or from a person; ask after or about one's health, welfare, friends, etc.

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1. solicit

   Synonyms:
   entreat, beg, urge, pray, ask, crave, implore, importune

   Antonyms:
   demand, require, exact, claim

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1. solicit, beg, tapverb

   make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently

   "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities"

   Synonyms:
   court, pray, exploit, accost, wiretap, tip, rap, romance, tap, pink, knock, intercept, bug, beg, tapdance, implore, woo, hook

2. woo, court, romance, solicitverb

   make amorous advances towards

   "John is courting Mary"

   Synonyms:
   romance, coquet, accost, court, tap, woo, chat up, philander, butterfly, mash, flirt, beg, coquette, hook, dally

3. hook, solicit, accostverb

   approach with an offer of sexual favors

   "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park"

   Synonyms:
   thieve, cop, hook, nobble, cabbage, romance, come up to, rob, accost, overcharge, snitch, lift, surcharge, soak, abstract, sneak, pilfer, filch, gazump, snare, purloin, snarf, address, woo, crochet, plume, pluck, pinch, swipe, tap, knock off, addict, beg, fleece, glom, court

4. solicitverb

   incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination

   "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"

   Synonyms:
   woo, court, romance, hook, accost, beg, tap

5. solicitverb

   make a solicitation or petition for something desired

   "She is too shy to solicit"

   Synonyms:
   woo, court, romance, hook, accost, beg, tap

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Ask
   • Induce

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1. solicitverb

   Synonyms:
   ask (earnestly), request (urgently), entreat, beg, pray, implore, crave, importune, beseech, supplicate, petition, conjure, press, urge, appeal to

2. solicitverb

   Synonyms:
   invite, summon

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1. solicitverb

   Synonyms:
   ask, seek, request

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1. List of paraphrases for "solicit":

   seek, collect, request, obtain, gather

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1. Director Jonathan Jarvis:

   While there will continue to be opportunities for limited donor recognition in parks, no one is going to commercialize national parks and park superintendents still won’t be allowed to solicit donations, we have federal law to back us up on that. Still, some non-profit groups are fiercely opposed to the revision and backlash on social media has been biting.

2. John Milton, Paradise Lost:

   Did I request thee Maker, from my clay, to mould me Man? Did I solicit thee from darkness, to promote me?

3. Lindsey Graham:

   I know Mr. Trump is reaching out to many people, throughout the party and the country, to solicit their advice and opinions. I believe this is a wise move on his part.

4. Dani Lever:

   Groups that solicit or encourage fake reviews violate our policies and are removed, we are working with Amazon on this matter and will continue to partner across the industry to address spam and fake reviews.

5. Mark Warner:

   If he doesn't do that, then I think it's going to be very difficult to solicit a lot of support from Democrats ... in terms of whoever the President picks to be a permanent FBI director.