Ask

//ɑːsk//

Synonyms for "ask" (137 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (28)

Verb(2 words)
ask outcall for

Strong matches (41)

Related words (68)

Related word relations

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More general

22 entries

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More specific

15 entries

Antonyms

4 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

derived

48 entries

Showing 16 of 48 words.

has context

3 entries

is a

1 entries

manner of

4 entries

related to

71 entries

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similar

5 entries

Translations

419 translations across 175 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • vra verb (request an answer)

Aghwan

1 entries
  • 𐔱𐔴𐕚𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 verb (make a request)

Aklanon

1 entries
  • kutana verb (request an answer)

Albanian

2 entries
  • lut verb (make a request)
  • pyet verb (request an answer)

Amharic

1 entries
  • መጠየቅ verb (request an answer)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • αἰτέω verb (make a request)
  • αἰτίζω verb (make a request)
  • ἐξαιτέω verb (make a request)
  • ἐρεείνω verb (request an answer)

Ao

1 entries
  • asüngdang (Chungli) verb (request an answer)

Arabic

4 entries
  • سأل verb (request an answer)
  • سأل verb (request an answer)
  • سال verb (request an answer)
  • سقصى verb (request an answer)

Armenian

2 entries
  • խնդրել verb (make a request)
  • հարցնել verb (request an answer)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • tser verb (request an answer)

Assamese

2 entries
  • খোজা verb (make a request)
  • সোধা verb (request an answer)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries
  • ܒܲܩܸܪ verb (request an answer)
  • ܛܵܠܹܒ verb (make a request)
  • ܫܵܐܹܠ verb (request an answer)
  • ܫܵܐܹܠ verb (make a request)

Asturian

2 entries
  • entrugar verb (request an answer)
  • preguntar verb (request an answer)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • arzu etmək verb (make a request)
  • diləmək verb (make a request)
  • soruşmaq verb (request an answer)
  • tələb etmək verb (make a request)

Bangi

1 entries
  • luka verb (request an answer)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • һорау verb (request an answer)

Basque

2 entries
  • eskatu verb (make a request)
  • galdetu verb (request an answer)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • папрасі́ць verb (make a request)
  • прасі́ць verb (make a request)
  • пыта́ць verb (request an answer)
  • спыта́ць verb (request an answer)

Bengali

4 entries
  • চাওয়া verb (make a request)
  • জানতে চাওয়া verb (request an answer)
  • জিজ্ঞাসা করা verb (request an answer)
  • প্রশ্ন করা verb (request an answer)

Berbice Creole Dutch

1 entries
  • fragi verb (request an answer)

Bhojpuri

2 entries
  • पूछल verb (request an answer)
  • माँगल verb (make a request)

Breton

1 entries
  • goulenn verb (request an answer)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • и́скам verb (make a request)
  • мо́ля verb (make a request)
  • пи́там verb (request an answer)

Burmese

3 entries
  • တိုင် verb (make a request)
  • ပန် verb (make a request)
  • မေး verb (request an answer)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • просити ся verb (request an answer)

Catalan

3 entries
  • demanar verb (request an answer)
  • demanar verb (make a request)
  • preguntar verb (request an answer)

Central Atlas Tamazight

1 entries
  • ⵙⵇⵙⴰ verb (request an answer)

Central Kurdish

4 entries
  • داوا کردن verb (request an answer)
  • داواکردن verb (make a request)
  • پرسین verb (request an answer)
  • پرسین verb (make a request)

Chechen

1 entries
  • деха verb (request an answer)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᎠᏓᏛᏛᎲᏍᎦ verb (request an answer)
  • ᎠᏔᏲᎯᎭ verb (make a request)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • funsa verb (request an answer)

Chickasaw

4 entries
  • asilhha verb (request an answer)
  • asilhha verb (make a request)
  • asilhlha verb (request an answer)
  • asilhlha verb (make a request)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 問 /问 verb (request an answer)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 問 /问 verb (request an answer)
  • 詢問 /询问 verb (request an answer)
  • 請 /请 verb (make a request)
  • 請求 /请求 verb (make a request)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • пꙑтати verb (request an answer)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • ыйт verb (request an answer)

Corsican

1 entries
  • dumandà verb (request an answer)

Czech

4 entries
  • prosit verb (make a request)
  • ptát se verb (request an answer)
  • zeptat se verb (request an answer)
  • žádat verb (make a request)

Dalmatian

1 entries
  • precur verb (make a request)

Danish

2 entries
  • bede verb (make a request)
  • spørge verb (request an answer)

Dutch

2 entries
  • vragen verb (request an answer)
  • vragen verb (make a request)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • demandi verb (request an answer)
  • peti verb (make a request)

Estonian

3 entries
  • küsima verb (request an answer)
  • paluma verb (make a request)
  • pärima verb (request an answer)

Faroese

1 entries
  • spyrja verb (request an answer)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kysyä verb (request an answer)
  • pyytää verb (make a request)

French

3 entries
  • demander verb (request an answer)
  • demander verb (make a request)
  • poser une question verb (request an answer)

Friulian

2 entries
  • domandâ verb (request an answer)
  • domandâ verb (make a request)

Galician

2 entries
  • pedir verb (make a request)
  • preguntar verb (request an answer)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ითხოვს verb (make a request)
  • იკითხავს verb (request an answer)
  • კითხვა verb (request an answer)
  • სთხოვს verb (make a request)

German

3 entries
  • bitten verb (make a request)
  • fragen verb (request an answer)
  • stellen verb (request an answer)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌽 verb (request an answer)

Greek

3 entries
  • ζητώ verb (make a request)
  • παρακαλώ verb (make a request)
  • ρωτώ verb (request an answer)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • aperivoq verb (request an answer)

Guyanese Creole English

1 entries
  • aks verb (request an answer)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • mande verb (request an answer)

Hausa

1 entries
  • tambaya verb (request an answer)

Hawaiian

4 entries
  • noi verb (make a request)
  • nīnau verb (request an answer)
  • ui verb (request an answer)
  • ui verb (make a request)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • בִּקֵּשׁ verb (make a request)
  • שָׁאַל verb (request an answer)
  • שָׁאַל verb (make a request)

Hindi

3 entries
  • पूछना verb (request an answer)
  • पूछना verb (make a request)
  • माँगना verb (make a request)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • kér verb (make a request)
  • kérdez verb (request an answer)
  • kérdést tesz fel verb (request an answer)
  • megkér verb (make a request)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • frohe verb (request an answer)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • biðja verb (make a request)
  • spyrja verb (request an answer)
  • spyrja verb (make a request)

Ido

2 entries
  • demandar verb (make a request)
  • questionar verb (request an answer)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • minta verb (make a request)
  • tanya verb (request an answer)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • kyssyä verb (request an answer)
  • kyssyä verb (make a request)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • demandar verb (request an answer)

Irish

4 entries
  • ceistigh verb (request an answer)
  • fiafraigh verb (request an answer)
  • fiosraigh verb (request an answer)
  • iarr verb (request an answer)

Isoko

1 entries
  • nọ verb (request an answer)

Italian

4 entries
  • chiedere verb (request an answer)
  • chiedere verb (make a request)
  • domandare verb (request an answer)
  • domandare verb (make a request)

Jamaican Creole

3 entries
  • aax verb (request an answer)
  • aks verb (request an answer)
  • ax verb (request an answer)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 伺う verb (request an answer)
  • 尋ねる verb (request an answer)
  • 聞く verb (request an answer)
  • 質問する verb (request an answer)

Javanese

1 entries
  • takon verb (request an answer)

Jeju

2 entries
  • 듣다 verb (request an answer)
  • 여쭈다 verb (request an answer)

Juba Arabic

1 entries
  • asalu verb (request an answer)

Kannada

2 entries
  • ಕೇಳು verb (request an answer)
  • ಕೇಳು verb (make a request)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • сұрау verb (request an answer)
  • өтіну verb (make a request)

Khmer

4 entries
  • សុំ verb (request an answer)
  • សុំ verb (make a request)
  • សួរ verb (request an answer)
  • សួរ verb (make a request)

Komi-Permyak

2 entries
  • корны verb (make a request)
  • юавны verb (request an answer)

Konkani

1 entries
  • निम्गुंचे verb (request an answer)

Korean

4 entries
  • 묻다 verb (request an answer)
  • 부탁하다 verb (make a request)
  • 여쭈다 verb (request an answer)
  • 질문하다 verb (request an answer)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • суроо verb (request an answer)

Lao

3 entries
  • ຂໍ verb (make a request)
  • ຈັງ verb (make a request)
  • ຖາມ verb (request an answer)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • lyugt verb (request an answer)
  • praseit verb (request an answer)

Latin

4 entries
  • precor verb (make a request)
  • quaerō verb (request an answer)
  • quaerō verb (make a request)
  • rogō verb (request an answer)

Latvian

4 entries
  • jautāt verb (request an answer)
  • lūgt verb (make a request)
  • pieprasīt verb (make a request)
  • prasīt verb (make a request)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • atsiklausti verb (request an answer)
  • klausti verb (request an answer)
  • paklausti verb (request an answer)
  • prašyti verb (make a request)

Lombard

1 entries
  • domandà verb (request an answer)

Low German

1 entries
  • frogen verb (request an answer)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • pšosyś verb (make a request)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • bieden verb (make a request)
  • froen verb (request an answer)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦏᦱᧄ verb (request an answer)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • моли verb (make a request)
  • праша verb (request an answer)
  • прашува verb (request an answer)

Maltese

2 entries
  • saqsa verb (request an answer)
  • staqsa verb (request an answer)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡶᠣᠨᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ verb (request an answer)

Mauritian Creole

1 entries
  • dimande verb (request an answer)

Middle English

2 entries
  • asken verb (request an answer)
  • axen verb (request an answer)

Middle High German

1 entries
  • vrâgen verb (request an answer)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • асуух verb (request an answer)
  • гуйх verb (make a request)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • dimannà verb (request an answer)

Nepali

1 entries
  • सोध्नु verb (request an answer)

Norman

2 entries
  • d'mander verb (request an answer)
  • d'mander verb (make a request)

North Frisian

4 entries
  • fraage verb (request an answer)
  • fraagi verb (request an answer)
  • freege verb (request an answer)
  • froage verb (request an answer)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • dawa kirin verb (make a request)
  • daxwaz kirin verb (make a request)
  • pirs kirinpirsiyar kirin verb (request an answer)
  • pirsîn verb (request an answer)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • jearrat verb (request an answer)

Northern Thai

1 entries
  • ᨳᩣ᩠ᨾ verb (request an answer)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • be om verb (make a request)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • spørre verb (request an answer)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • spørje verb (request an answer)

Nupe

1 entries
  • gbíngàn verb (request an answer)

Occitan

2 entries
  • demandar verb (request an answer)
  • demandar verb (make a request)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries
  • въпрашати verb (request an answer)

Old Dutch

1 entries
  • fragon verb (request an answer)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • пꙑтати verb (request an answer)

Old English

4 entries
  • biddan verb (request an answer)
  • biddan verb (make a request)
  • friġnan verb (request an answer)
  • āscian verb (request an answer)

Old Frisian

2 entries
  • fregia verb (request an answer)
  • āskia verb (request an answer)

Old High German

2 entries
  • bitten verb (make a request)
  • frâhên verb (request an answer)

Old Irish

2 entries
  • imm·comairc verb (request an answer)
  • íarmi·foich verb (request an answer)

Old Javanese

2 entries
  • takwan verb (request an answer)
  • taña verb (request an answer)

Old Norse

2 entries
  • fregna verb (request an answer)
  • spyrja verb (request an answer)

Old Saxon

1 entries
  • fragon verb (request an answer)

Oromo

1 entries
  • gaafachuu verb (request an answer)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • афӕрсын verb (request an answer)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • صورمق verb (request an answer)
  • صورمق verb (make a request)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • pidi verb (make a request)

Persian

3 entries
  • درخواستن verb (make a request)
  • سؤال کردن verb (request an answer)
  • پرسیدن verb (request an answer)

Polish

4 entries
  • poprosić verb (make a request)
  • prosić verb (make a request)
  • pytać verb (request an answer)
  • zapytać verb (request an answer)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • pedir verb (make a request)
  • perguntar verb (request an answer)
  • requerer verb (make a request)
  • requisitar verb (make a request)

Quechua

3 entries
  • mañai verb (make a request)
  • tapui verb (request an answer)
  • tapuy verb (request an answer)

Romanian

4 entries
  • cere verb (make a request)
  • invita verb (make a request)
  • ruga verb (make a request)
  • întreba verb (request an answer)

Romansch

1 entries
  • dumandar verb (request an answer)

Russian

4 entries
  • зада́ть verb (request an answer)
  • задава́ть verb (request an answer)
  • попроси́ть verb (make a request)
  • проси́ть verb (make a request)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • पृच्छति verb (request an answer)
  • पृच्छति verb (make a request)

Sardinian

3 entries
  • apiliare verb (make a request)
  • dimandhare verb (request an answer)
  • percontare verb (request an answer)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries
  • fräigje verb (request an answer)

Scots

4 entries
  • frain verb (request an answer)
  • frain verb (make a request)
  • speir verb (request an answer)
  • speir verb (make a request)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • faighnich verb (request an answer)
  • iarr verb (make a request)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mòliti verb (make a request)
  • pȉtati verb (request an answer)
  • pȉtati verb (make a request)
  • мо̀лити verb (make a request)

Shan

1 entries
  • ထၢမ် verb (request an answer)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • addimannari verb (request an answer)
  • addumannari verb (request an answer)
  • dimannari verb (request an answer)
  • dumannari verb (request an answer)

Slovak

3 entries
  • prosiť verb (make a request)
  • pýtať sa verb (request an answer)
  • žiadať verb (make a request)

Slovene

2 entries
  • prositi verb (make a request)
  • vprašati verb (request an answer)

Spanish

4 entries
  • pedir verb (make a request)
  • preduntar verb (request an answer)
  • preguntar verb (request an answer)
  • requerir verb (make a request)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • suhun verb (make a request)

Swahili

2 entries
  • kuomba verb (make a request)
  • kuuliza verb (request an answer)

Swedish

4 entries
  • be om verb (make a request)
  • fråga verb (request an answer)
  • spörja verb (request an answer)
  • ställa (en fråga) verb (request an answer)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • hingiin verb (make a request)
  • humingi verb (make a request)
  • magtanong verb (request an answer)

Tajik

2 entries
  • дархост кардан verb (make a request)
  • пурсидан verb (request an answer)

Tamil

4 entries
  • கேள் verb (request an answer)
  • கேள் verb (make a request)
  • கோரு verb (make a request)
  • வினவு verb (request an answer)

Tashelhit

1 entries
  • ⵙⵇⵙⴰ verb (request an answer)

Telugu

2 entries
  • అడుగు verb (request an answer)
  • అడుగు verb (make a request)

Thai

4 entries
  • ขอ verb (make a request)
  • ถาม verb (request an answer)
  • ถามหา verb (request an answer)
  • วาน verb (make a request)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • pärk verb (request an answer)

Tongan

1 entries
  • kole verb (request an answer)

Turkish

2 entries
  • dilemek verb (make a request)
  • sormak verb (request an answer)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • haýyş etmek verb (make a request)
  • soramak verb (request an answer)

Udmurt

2 entries
  • курыны verb (make a request)
  • юаны verb (request an answer)

Ugaritic

2 entries
  • 𐎌𐎀𐎍 verb (request an answer)
  • 𐎌𐎀𐎍 verb (make a request)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • запита́ти verb (request an answer)
  • пита́ти verb (request an answer)
  • попроси́ти verb (make a request)
  • проси́ти verb (make a request)

Urdu

2 entries
  • مانگنا verb (make a request)
  • پوچھنا verb (request an answer)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • سوراش verb (make a request)
  • سورىماق verb (request an answer)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • iltimos qilmoq verb (make a request)
  • soʻramoq verb (request an answer)

Venetan

4 entries
  • dimandar verb (request an answer)
  • dimandar verb (make a request)
  • domandar verb (request an answer)
  • domandar verb (make a request)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cầu xin verb (make a request)
  • hỏi verb (request an answer)

Walloon

1 entries
  • dimander verb (request an answer)

Welsh

4 entries
  • ceisio verb (request an answer)
  • ceisio verb (make a request)
  • gofyn verb (request an answer)
  • gofyn verb (make a request)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • easkje verb (request an answer)
  • freegje verb (request an answer)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • noog verb (request an answer)

Xhosa

2 entries
  • ukubuza verb (request an answer)
  • ukucela verb (make a request)

Yaghnobi

1 entries
  • пурсак verb (request an answer)

Yakut

1 entries
  • ыйыт verb (request an answer)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • בעטן verb (make a request)
  • פֿרעגן verb (request an answer)

Yoruba

2 entries
  • bèèrè verb (request an answer)
  • béèrè verb (request an answer)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • cam verb (request an answer)

Zulu

4 entries
  • buza verb (request an answer)
  • buza verb (make a request)
  • cela verb (request an answer)
  • cela verb (make a request)

Zyphe

1 entries
  • hei verb (request an answer)

Sample sentences

42 total sentences available.

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Why do you ask?

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If anyone was to ask what the point of the story is, I really don't know.

Source: tatoeba (1382)

I won't ask you anything else today.

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I need to ask you a silly question.

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