What are some opposite words for demand?
Antonyms for demand
dɪˈmænd, -ˈmɑndde·mand
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Wiktionary
demandnoun
A requirement.
His job makes many demands on his time.
Synonyms:
imposition
English Synonyms and Antonyms
demand
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.
Antonyms:
claim, command, deny, enforce, exact, extort, insist, refuse, rejectSynonyms:
ask, beg, beseech, crave, entreat, implore, petition, pray, request, require, solicit, supplicatePreposition:
Ask a person for a thing; ask a thing of or from a person; ask after or about one's health, welfare, friends, etc.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
demandnoun
an urgent or peremptory request
"his demands for attention were unceasing"
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supplySynonyms:
requirement, needdemandnoun
the ability and desire to purchase goods and services
"the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply"
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supplySynonyms:
requirement, needrequirement, demandnoun
required activity
"the requirements of his work affected his health"; "there were many demands on his time"
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supplySynonyms:
necessary, requirement, essential, prerequisite, necessity, requisite, needdemandnoun
the act of demanding
"the kidnapper's exorbitant demands for money"
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supplySynonyms:
requirement, needneed, demandverb
a condition requiring relief
"she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs"
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supplySynonyms:
indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization, requirement, motive, motivation, want, penurydemandverb
request urgently and forcefully
"The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager"
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supplySynonyms:
take, involve, require, ask, need, postulate, exact, call for, necessitatenecessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demandverb
require as useful, just, or proper
"It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
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supplySynonyms:
require, read, pick up, occupy, subscribe to, withdraw, lead, ingest, inquire, take on, carry, deal, assume, have, hold, choose, study, learn, fill, necessitate, bespeak, invite, imply, consume, drive, hire, posit, consider, need, rent, pick out, collect, quest, contract, adopt, film, remove, gather up, lease, take aim, want, take up, train, strike, use up, select, take, engage, make, claim, regard, enquire, request, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, call for, affect, expect, bring, command, submit, convey, shoot, aim, direct, contend, charter, get, contain, take in, subscribe, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, accept, guide, admit, ask, conductdemand, exactverb
claim as due or just
"The bank demanded payment of the loan"
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supplySynonyms:
claim, take, involve, require, ask, need, postulate, exact, call for, necessitatedemandverb
lay legal claim to
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supplySynonyms:
take, involve, require, ask, need, postulate, exact, call for, necessitatedemandverb
summon to court
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supplySynonyms:
take, involve, require, ask, need, postulate, exact, call for, necessitatedemandverb
ask to be informed of
"I demand an explanation"
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supplySynonyms:
take, involve, require, ask, need, postulate, exact, call for, necessitate
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
demandnoun
Synonyms:
exaction, requisition, requirement, order, request
How to use demand in a sentence?
We demand an unconditional peace, we demand a cease-fire, a withdrawal of all foreign troops, and closing of the border.... We will find a compromise within the country.
This 'on demand,' or so-called 'gig economy,' is creating exciting opportunities and unleashing innovation but it's also raising hard questions about workplace protections and what a good job will look like in the future.
Rather than simply scaling up mining's processes to meet demand, the industry will need to find new, more efficient and more sustainable ways of working.
Solid global demand growth combined with declining production both domestically( in the U.S.) and globally, should lead to a meaningfully undersupplied global oil market by mid-2016.
There's a lot of pent up demand.
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