100 Words to Use Instead of “Demand”

100 Words to Use Instead of

No. Term Definition
1. Ask Request information or action.
2. Assert State firmly as true.
3. Bargain for Negotiate to obtain.
4. Beseech Beg earnestly.
5. Bid for Make an offer to obtain.
6. Call for Require or request publicly.
7. Claim State a right to something.
8. Clamor for Demand loudly and persistently.
9. Command Give an authoritative order.
10. Compel Force someone to act.
11. Decree Order officially and formally.
12. Deliver an ultimatum Issue a final condition.
13. Dictate Lay down authoritatively.
14. Direct Instruct someone to do.
15. Dispatch an order Send an official instruction.
16. Drive Press or force toward action.
17. Enjoin Instruct with authority.
18. Entreat Ask earnestly and humbly.
19. Exact Obtain by force or pressure.
20. Exhort Urge strongly.
21. Expect Anticipate as due or required.
22. Extract Obtain with effort or pressure.
23. File a claim Submit a formal request.
24. Fix as a condition Make a requirement for agreement.
25. Force Compel through power or threats.
26. Forestall objections Preempt resistance with insistence.
27. Garner Collect or obtain gradually.
28. Give an order Issue a directive.
29. Go after Pursue to obtain.
30. Hold out for Refuse until terms improve.
31. Importune Press with persistent requests.
32. Impose Force something to be accepted.
33. Insist Maintain firmly; not yield.
34. Instruct Tell someone what to do.
35. Invoke a right Cite entitlement as basis.
36. Issue a directive Send an authoritative instruction.
37. Issue an edict Publish an official order.
38. Jawbone Pressure through persuasion or talk.
39. Lay claim to Assert ownership or right.
40. Lay down the law State rules authoritatively.
41. Levy Impose and collect a charge.
42. Lobby for Seek support to obtain.
43. Make a case for Argue strongly in favor.
44. Make a request Ask formally for something.
45. Make it a requirement Set as necessary condition.
46. Mandate Require by authority.
47. Move for Propose formally, especially in meetings.
48. Move to require Propose making something mandatory.
49. Name your terms State conditions for agreement.
50. Need Require as necessary.
51. Notify as required State obligation to comply.
52. Oblige Require or force to act.
53. Obtain Get or secure.
54. Order Command to do something.
55. Petition Make a formal written request.
56. Plead for Request urgently and emotionally.
57. Press for Urge insistently.
58. Pursue Seek to achieve or obtain.
59. Push for Advocate persistently.
60. Put in a claim Assert a right formally.
61. Put your foot down Refuse to compromise; insist.
62. Raise a claim Assert a right or demand.
63. Rally for Mobilize support to obtain.
64. Request Ask politely or formally.
65. Require Need; make necessary.
66. Requisition Officially require and take.
67. Seek Try to obtain.
68. Set a condition Make a requirement for agreement.
69. Settle for nothing less Refuse anything below a standard.
70. Solicit Ask for or try to obtain.
71. Stand firm Refuse to yield.
72. Staunchly insist Insist with unwavering resolve.
73. Stipulate Specify as a condition.
74. Stipulate terms Set conditions explicitly.
75. Strong-arm Coerce with threats or pressure.
76. Sue for Seek legally through court.
77. Summon Call authoritatively to appear.
78. Take a hard line Adopt an uncompromising stance.
79. Tell Instruct directly.
80. Tender an offer Present terms for acceptance.
81. Threaten Warn of harm to compel.
82. Twist someone’s arm Persuade or pressure strongly.
83. Ultimatize Present as an ultimatum.
84. Underscore necessity Emphasize as required.
85. Uphold a claim Maintain a stated right.
86. Urge Encourage strongly.
87. Validate a claim Confirm a stated entitlement.
88. Vindicate a right Assert and defend entitlement.
89. Voice a requirement State a needed condition.
90. Vow not to budge Promise to remain firm.
91. Wage for Strive strongly to obtain.
92. Warrant Justify as necessary.
93. Win Secure through effort or contest.
94. Work to secure Act to obtain reliably.
95. Wrangle for Argue to obtain.
96. Wrest Pull away by force.
97. X-press Press urgently for action.
98. X-ray the terms Scrutinize conditions closely.
99. Yearn for Desire strongly.
100. Yell for Shout a request loudly.