You should have refused his request flatly.
Source: tatoeba (15903)
Request
//ɹɪˈkwɛst//
Synonyms for "request" (83 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (41)
Related word relations
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More general
14 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
is a
3 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
381 translations across 84 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- aanvraag noun (act of requesting)
- aanvraag noun (formal message requesting something)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- αἴτημα noun (act of requesting)
- αἰτέω verb (to express the need or desire for)
Arabic
4 entries- ضَرَاعَة noun (act of requesting)
- طَلَب noun (act of requesting)
- مَسْأَلَة noun (act of requesting)
- طلب verb (to express the need or desire for)
Armenian
4 entries- խնդիր noun (act of requesting)
- խնդիրք noun (act of requesting)
- խնդրանք noun (act of requesting)
- հարցապնդում noun (formal message requesting something)
Avar
1 entries- гьари noun (act of requesting)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- istək noun (formal message requesting something)
- rica noun (formal message requesting something)
- təvəqqe noun (formal message requesting something)
- xahiş noun (act of requesting)
Belarusian
4 entries- за́пыт noun (act of requesting)
- зая́ўка noun (act of requesting)
- патрабава́нне noun (act of requesting)
- прашэ́нне noun (act of requesting)
Bikol Central
1 entries- hagad verb (to express the need or desire for)
Bulgarian
4 entries- зая́вка noun (act of requesting)
- молба́ noun (act of requesting)
- про́сба noun (act of requesting)
- проше́ние noun (act of requesting)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- просьба noun (act of requesting)
Catalan
4 entries- crida noun (message sent over a network)
- petició noun (act of requesting)
- petició noun (formal message requesting something)
- requesta noun (act of requesting)
Central Kurdish
4 entries- تکا noun (act of requesting)
- تکا noun (formal message requesting something)
- خواست noun (act of requesting)
- خواست noun (formal message requesting something)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏔᏲᎯᎭ verb (to express the need or desire for)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 請求 /请求 noun (act of requesting)
- 請求 /请求 noun (message sent over a network)
- 拜托 verb (to express the need or desire for)
- 要求 verb (to express the need or desire for)
Czech
4 entries- požadavek noun (act of requesting)
- prosba noun (act of requesting)
- žádost noun (act of requesting)
- žádost noun (formal message requesting something)
Dalmatian
1 entries- precur verb (to express the need or desire for)
Danish
4 entries- anmodning noun (act of requesting)
- ansøgning noun (formal message requesting something)
- efterspørgsel noun (condition of being sought after)
- forespørgsel noun (act of requesting)
Dutch
4 entries- verzoek noun (act of requesting)
- verzoek noun (formal message requesting something)
- vraag noun (act of requesting)
- verzoeken verb (to express the need or desire for)
Egyptian
1 entries- d:bH-b-H-A2 verb (to express the need or desire for)
Esperanto
2 entries- peto noun (formal message requesting something)
- peti verb (to express the need or desire for)
Estonian
4 entries- avaldus noun (act of requesting)
- palve noun (act of requesting)
- tellimus noun (formal message requesting something)
- paluma verb (to express the need or desire for)
Faroese
1 entries- umbøn noun (act of requesting)
Finnish
4 entries- kysyntä noun (condition of being sought after)
- pyyntö noun (act of requesting)
- pyyntö noun (formal message requesting something)
- pyyntö noun (message sent over a network)
French
4 entries- demande noun (act of requesting)
- demande noun (condition of being sought after)
- requête noun (act of requesting)
- requête noun (formal message requesting something)
Galician
4 entries- pedir verb (to ask somebody to do something)
- pregar verb (to ask somebody to do something)
- requirir verb (to express the need or desire for)
- requirir verb (to ask somebody to do something)
Georgian
2 entries- თხოვნა noun (act of requesting)
- მოთხოვნა noun (act of requesting)
German
4 entries- Anfrage noun (formal message requesting something)
- Anfrage noun (message sent over a network)
- Anliegen noun (act of requesting)
- Ansinnen noun (formal message requesting something)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽𐍃 noun (act of requesting)
- 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽 verb (to express the need or desire for)
Greek
4 entries- αίτημα noun (act of requesting)
- αίτημα noun (message sent over a network)
- αίτηση noun (act of requesting)
- ζητώ verb (to express the need or desire for)
Hebrew
3 entries- בַּקָּשָׁה noun (act of requesting)
- בִּקֵּשׁ verb (to express the need or desire for)
- בִּקֵּשׁ verb (to ask somebody to do something)
Hindi
4 entries- अनुरोध noun (act of requesting)
- निवेदन noun (act of requesting)
- फ़रमाइश noun (act of requesting)
- निवेदन करना verb (to express the need or desire for)
Hungarian
4 entries- igény noun (condition of being sought after)
- kereslet noun (condition of being sought after)
- kérelem noun (formal message requesting something)
- kérvény noun (formal message requesting something)
Icelandic
3 entries- beiðni noun (act of requesting)
- biðja verb (to express the need or desire for)
- biðja verb (to ask somebody to do something)
Indonesian
1 entries- minta noun (act of requesting)
Ingrian
2 entries- ampua verb (to express the need or desire for)
- kyssyä verb (to express the need or desire for)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- خواهِش noun (act of requesting)
- دَرْخواسْت noun (act of requesting)
Irish
2 entries- iarr verb (to express the need or desire for)
- iarr verb (to ask somebody to do something)
Italian
1 entries- richiesta noun (act of requesting)
Japanese
4 entries- 依頼 noun (act of requesting)
- 要望 noun (act of requesting)
- 要求 noun (act of requesting)
- 願い noun (act of requesting)
Kaitag
1 entries- тилади́ noun (act of requesting)
Kazakh
3 entries- бұйымтай noun (act of requesting)
- өтініш noun (act of requesting)
- сұрау салу verb (to express the need or desire for)
Khmer
4 entries- សំណូម noun (act of requesting)
- សំណើ noun (act of requesting)
- សុំ verb (to express the need or desire for)
- សូម verb (to express the need or desire for)
Korean
4 entries- 부탁 noun (act of requesting)
- 요구 noun (act of requesting)
- 요망 noun (act of requesting)
- 의뢰 noun (act of requesting)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- суроо noun (act of requesting)
- өтүнүч noun (act of requesting)
Latin
4 entries- petītum noun (act of requesting)
- petō verb (to express the need or desire for)
- petō verb (to ask somebody to do something)
- poscō verb (to express the need or desire for)
Latvian
4 entries- lūgums noun (formal message requesting something)
- lūgšana noun (act of requesting)
- prasība noun (formal message requesting something)
- prasīšana noun (act of requesting)
Lithuanian
2 entries- prašymas noun (act of requesting)
- prašyti verb (to express the need or desire for)
Macedonian
4 entries- баран noun (condition of being sought after)
- барање noun (act of requesting)
- барање noun (formal message requesting something)
- молба noun (act of requesting)
Malayalam
3 entries- അഭ്യർത്ഥന noun (act of requesting)
- അഭ്യർത്ഥിക്കുക verb (to express the need or desire for)
- ചോദിക്കുക verb (to ask somebody to do something)
Mòcheno
1 entries- pitten verb (to ask somebody to do something)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- dawa noun (act of requesting)
- daxwaz noun (act of requesting)
- doz noun (act of requesting)
- rica noun (act of requesting)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- anmodning noun (act of requesting)
- oppfordring noun (act of requesting)
- anmode verb (to express the need or desire for)
- anmode verb (to ask somebody to do something)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- oppfordring noun (act of requesting)
Occitan
2 entries- demandar verb (to express the need or desire for)
- demandar verb (to ask somebody to do something)
Persian
3 entries- درخواست کردن verb (to express the need or desire for)
- درخواستن verb (to express the need or desire for)
- طلب کردن verb (to express the need or desire for)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Aunfroag noun (formal message requesting something)
Polish
4 entries- petycja noun (message sent over a network)
- prośba noun (act of requesting)
- wniosek noun (formal message requesting something)
- żądanie noun (act of requesting)
Portuguese
4 entries- pedido noun (act of requesting)
- requerimento noun (act of requesting)
- requerimento noun (formal message requesting something)
- requisição noun (act of requesting)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਗੁਜਾਰਸ਼ noun (act of requesting)
Quechua
1 entries- mañay verb (to express the need or desire for)
Romanian
4 entries- cerere noun (act of requesting)
- cere verb (to express the need or desire for)
- cere verb (to ask somebody to do something)
- ruga verb (to express the need or desire for)
Russian
4 entries- запро́с noun (act of requesting)
- запро́с noun (formal message requesting something)
- зая́вка noun (act of requesting)
- про́сьба noun (act of requesting)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- iarraidh noun (act of requesting)
- iarrtas noun (formal message requesting something)
- iarrtas noun (condition of being sought after)
- iarr verb (to express the need or desire for)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- mòlba noun (act of requesting)
- мо̀лба noun (act of requesting)
Slovak
3 entries- požiadavka noun (act of requesting)
- prosba noun (act of requesting)
- žiadosť noun (act of requesting)
Slovene
2 entries- prošnja noun (act of requesting)
- zahteva noun (act of requesting)
Spanish
4 entries- demanda noun (formal message requesting something)
- instancia noun (act of requesting)
- instancia noun (formal message requesting something)
- pedido noun (act of requesting)
Sundanese
1 entries- suhun noun (act of requesting)
Swahili
2 entries- ombi noun (act of requesting)
- ombi noun (formal message requesting something)
Swedish
4 entries- anhållan noun (formal message requesting something)
- anmodan noun (formal message requesting something)
- begäran noun (act of requesting)
- begäran noun (formal message requesting something)
Tagalog
3 entries- paki-usap noun (act of requesting)
- paki-usap noun (formal message requesting something)
- makiusap verb (to express the need or desire for)
Tajik
3 entries- дархост noun (act of requesting)
- илтимос noun (act of requesting)
- хоҳиш noun (act of requesting)
Tamil
2 entries- வேண்டுகோள் noun (act of requesting)
- வேண்டுகோள் noun (formal message requesting something)
Thai
3 entries- การขอ noun (act of requesting)
- ขอ verb (to express the need or desire for)
- ขอให้ verb (to express the need or desire for)
Tibetan
1 entries- བསྐུལ་བ verb (to express the need or desire for)
Turkish
3 entries- istek noun (act of requesting)
- rica noun (act of requesting)
- talep noun (act of requesting)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вимо́га noun (act of requesting)
- за́пит noun (act of requesting)
- за́пит noun (formal message requesting something)
- за́пит noun (message sent over a network)
Urdu
4 entries- دَرْخْوَاسْت noun (act of requesting)
- عَرْض noun (act of requesting)
- فَرْمائِش noun (act of requesting)
- دَرْخواسْت کَرنا verb (to ask somebody to do something)
Uyghur
1 entries- تەلەپ noun (act of requesting)
Uzbek
3 entries- iltimos noun (act of requesting)
- soʻrov noun (act of requesting)
- talab noun (act of requesting)
Vietnamese
2 entries- thỉnh cầu verb (to express the need or desire for)
- yêu cầu verb (to express the need or desire for)
Welsh
1 entries- cais noun (act of requesting)
Yiddish
1 entries- בקשה noun (act of requesting)
Zazaki
4 entries- reca noun (act of requesting)
- taleb noun (act of requesting)
- waştış noun (act of requesting)
- waştış noun (formal message requesting something)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
With reference to your request, I will support.
Source: tatoeba (17035)
May I make so bold as to request your assistance?
Source: tatoeba (19150)
She attended the meeting at the request of the chairman.
Source: tatoeba (20009)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.